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Catoctin
girls win first state championship
The
Catoctin High Lady Cougars celebrate their
Maryland 1A Basketball Championship after
its 61-45 win over Southside Academy at UMBC
Mar. 11. Pictured are: Coaches – Amy
Murray, Hayley Howe, Rick Wastler, Mike Valentine.
Players – Hanna Dubois, Katie Stackhouse,
Ashley Metal, Brittany Cole, Amber Kline,
Kate Robinson, Carrie Mathews, Emily Firor,
Connie Cuddahee, Kasey Gladhill, Becky Cuddahee,
Lauren Wildasin, Monie Cuddahee. Manager –
Julie Hagelin. Cougar – Erin Hogan.
See our next issue of The Dispatch for a feature
story on the Lady Cougars and their championship
season.
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Voters
will
elect fifth commissioner
Two
candidates have officially filed
EMMITSBURG,
Md. – The board of commissioners reaffirmed at their
March 6 meeting that voters will be electing a fifth commissioner
for the first time in the town’s charter history during
the upcoming April 25 town election.
At the
Jan. 18 town meeting, the board voted to amend the town charter
to create a seat for a fifth commissioner. The decision could
have been challenged by a referendum petition had one been
filed with the required number of signatures by Feb. 28. Since
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Town officials confident with comp plan
EMMITSBURG, Md. – Although a large chunk of time has
been lost in the movement to produce a draft comprehensive
plan, town officials stated at the March 6 town meeting they
believe they can salvage the effort and move forward quickly.
The
original comprehensive plan, adopted in 1974, represented
the first effort to establish planning and zoning controls
in Emmitsburg, and was most recently updated in the mid-90s.
The current review is part of a periodic revision process.
Producing
the initial draft of the town’s soon-to-be-updated
comprehensive plan has taken more than a year and a half,
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Pa.
House votes to ban Gettysburg casino
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A bill proposed by Rep. Stephen Maitland
to ban stand-alone casinos in Adams County unanimously passed
in the state House of Representatives March 14, and will now
head to the senate.
The
representative's proposed bill would ban stand-alone casinos
in Pennsylvania counties with a population of between 91,000
and 92,000, which would include Adams County. Maitland told
The Dispatch his amendment casino to the 2004 slots regulations
which would ban an Adams County casino had only been before
the House less than 10 days before it was adopted.
“The
bill should be in the Senate now,” he said, “and
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