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Cullen
Center to Reopen
Residents
are skeptical about Victor Cullen Center reopening
| SABILLASVILLE,
Md. – Following a meeting with Department
of Juvenile Services Secretary Donald
Devore, many Sabillasville area residents
said they would wait to see if the state
follows through with promises made during
the meeting about the re-opening of Victor
Cullen Academy for juvenile offenders.
Devore answered questions during the meeting
hosted by the Northwestern Frederick County
Civic Association at Sabillasville Elementary
School on Monday, April 10.
Approximately 100 people will be employed
by the facility and plans are currently
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Drees annexation
request ready to continue
THURMONT, Md. - Thurmont
business owners and members of the community flooded the
two gymnasiums and lobby of Catoctin High School on the
evening of March 30, for the Third Annual Thurmont Business
Expo.
Thurmont Commissioner
Bill Blakeslee believes that this year’s expo drew
in around 1,600 patrons, if not more. “It was virtually
impossible to get an exact number. We had people coming
and going from multiple entrances,” he said.
The Thurmont Economic Development Commission established
the expo in 2005 to emphasize local businesses in the
area. This year’s theme, Hawaiian luau, was a
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Myers
annexation drops 350 houses from plan
THURMONT, Md. – After announcing a revision to his
original annexation request for the Myers Farm north of
Thurmont, developer Tom Hudson has submitted his revised
annexation request to the Town of Thurmont.
“The
proposal is the same proposal I presented in November
but without the residential,” Hudson said.
Though 188 acres is still being requested for
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