Size
of police building still hot
topic even as it nears completion
THURMONT,
Md. – A town commissioner who once tried to scale down
the size of the new Thurmont Police station when he was on the
Thurmont Police Commission now wants to try and lease space
in the building to other agencies.
Thurmont Commissioner Robert Lookingbill proposed in e-mail
to other town commissioners, which obtained by The Dispatch
through a freedom of information request, to put “the
building on hold once it is under roof until we can decide
to include or not include the Sheriff’s Department.”
Lookingbill has expressed concerns about the $1.8 million
cost of the building and the still-unknown cost to operate
it. In e-mail he also expressed doubt about who was making
the decisions for what should be or not be in the »
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Biomass
plant could power Thurmont
THURMONT, Md. – The construction of a power plant in Thurmont
that would save money for the town and benefit the environment
at the same time may be right around the corner if William Rodenberg
has anything to do with it.
At the
most-recent Thurmont Economic Development Council meeting,
held Nov. 21, Rodenberg, owner of Energy Management Strategies,
Inc., shared his “Vision for Thurmont’s Energy
Future,” which involves the building of a large power
plant that would use biomass to create the power.
Employing
reliable and proven technology, Biomass, such as wood chips
or animal droppings, would be broken down using anaerobic
respiration or other methods to produce the electricity which
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