From
hay bales to houses
Like
silent, monolithic guardians, hay bales stand
stacked on the “Keeper’s Farm,”
shown here off Annandale Road in Frederick
County. The farm could become the site of
a future development, which would also include
the “Frailey Farm,” if a annexation
petition is submitted and approved by Emmitsburg.
Town staff has suggested that any proposal
also include plans for a by-pass.
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Annexation
may need to include a by-pass
EMMITSBURG,
Md. – Town staff have advised proponents of an approximately
200-acre annexation located at the western end of the town
line to develop a plan that would include a by-pass to help
alleviate traffic congestion.
Specific
plans remain to be made public about the reported annexation
of 100 to 200 acres of land adjacent to the western boundary
of Emmitsburg, but Town Manager David Haller said the proposal
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Board approves long-awaited pension plan
EMMITSBURG, Md. – Town commissioners approved a resolution,
3-1-1 (mayor abstaining), at their Feb. 20 meeting authorizing
town staff to participate in the state pension program, including
back payment for time earned to date.
According
to the plan, the town will pay for employee participation
in the pension program, and will also pay more than $318,000
representing accrued pension time technically already earned
by employees to date.
Under
the state plan the town is permitted to make installment
payments on the $318,000, which would amount to $28,000
annually over a 25-year period if the town were to use the
maximum amount of time allowed for payment of the
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Casino
opponents present findings to county planners
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – With an April 5 public hearing date
set by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board on the Gettysburg
casino proposal, members of No Casino Gettysburg, an opposition
group of local residents and merchants, presented a casino-related
cost-benefit analysis to the Adams County Planning Commission
on Feb. 15.
Much
of the report challenges the Dec. 20, 2005 local impact
report from Chance Enterprises, Inc., the group proposing
the Crossroads Gaming Resort & Spa (formerly the Gettysburg
Casino & Spa), to be located in Straban Township on
Route 30 near the U.S. 15 interchange.
“Gettysburg
Casino: Facts, a cost-benefit analysis of casino gambling
in Adams County” was prepared by Keith Miller, Ridgefield,
Conn., in conjunction with »
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Silver
Fancy annexation
progressing cautiously
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Tentative
town park
concert schedule
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Wal-Mart
in Thurmont?
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Carroll
Valley considers
opening meetings with
prayer
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Civil War musical coming
to Majestic Theater
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