Thurmont
Municipal Government
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Planning
commissioners warned
about expressing opinions
THURMONT, Md. – The Thurmont Planning and Zoning
Commission has been cautioned by the town attorney not
to take public positions on issues before them prior to
taking a vote. Commissioner
Ron Terpko read a letter from Town Attorney Lynn Board
into the record at the start of the January Planning and
Zoning Commission meeting. Mayor Martin Burns requested
the board’s opinion because of the divisive nature
of the annexation requests before the town.
“I
believe any commissioner dealing with land use decisions
on the planning and zoning commission should not be expressing
how he or she will
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County
may close stretch
of Eylers Valley Road THURMONT,
Md. – A property owner on Eylers Valley Road
wants to close a section of the road from Kelbaugh
Road to Three Springs Road and a local resident
organization is not happy with the possibility.
“It’s
a beautiful country road and now he wants to cut
off all traffic and have the property revert to
him and one other property owner,” said Mary
Gerstner, president of the Eylers Valley Citizen
Association.
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Tension
growing between towns and county
THURMONT,
Md. – Frederick County mayors see the county trying
to influence municipal issues. Frederick County commissioners
see it as a municipal issue that affects the surrounding
county.
More
and more, the county and municipalities are running
up against each other and the issue, more times than
not, involves growth and annexation.
“The
county commissioners and the planning commission have
no role in our growth boundary except in determining
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Thurmont
Seeking grants to fund
sewer work ...M. Burns
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Residents take
a look at
Thurmont region plan
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Bulk
trash goes
quarterly in April
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Business
Dance studio adds artistic
flavor to Thurmont
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The
Retired Ecologist
Global Warming and the
New China Syndrome
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Education
Catoctin’s drop-out
rate
ranks low
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