Thurmont
Municipal Government
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THURMONT,
Md. – Many people will tell you Mayberry
doesn’t exist. Quaint towns with thriving
Main Streets are a thing of the past that only
exist in old movies and TV shows … or in
Maryland Main Street Communities like Thurmont,
Frederick and Taneytown.
“Being a Main Street Community has brought
us new stores and shops,” said Nancy McCormick,
Taneytown economic development director.
Maryland Main Street is a revitalization program
created in 1998 by the Maryland Department of
Housing and Community Development. The program
helps improve the economy, image and appearance
of Maryland’s traditional downtown business
districts.
“Main Street is an avenue to increase grants
and visibility for the »
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Should
there be a separate trash disposal fee?
THURMONT,
Md. – About 40 percent of Thurmont residents’ property
taxes go to pay for trash disposal.
“Hundreds of thousands of dollars on the municipal property
tax pay for solid waste disposal
and it’s not fair that someone who owns a $500,000 house
will pay more for solid waste disposal than someone in a $50,000
even if they generate the same amount of trash,” said
Thurmont Mayor Martin Burns.
In 2006, disposing of trash in Thurmont cost residents $371,700
or 9 cents of their 27-cent municipal tax rate.
Burns wants to take the trash costs out of the tax rate and
create an enterprise fund for solid waste disposal like the
sewer, water and electricity funds. Waste disposal costs have
risen
over the years, putting more pressure on the town council to
raise the tax rate. However, they then get blamed for the »
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‘Bye,
bye road.’ County kills industrial parkway for now
THURMONT,
Md. – All Thurmont hoped to do was to have the alignment
of the proposed industrial parkway moved on the county map.
And the Frederick County Planning and Zoning Commission did
move it …right off the map … at least for now.
After slightly more than two minutes of discussion during the
Dec. 19 commission meeting, the commission eliminated the parkway
north of Thurmont that had been planned for decades.
“Bye, bye road,” Commission Chairman Joe Brown III
said after the unanimous vote.
The group laughed and then County Commissioner »
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