County
Commissioner to help push for town bypass
EMMITSBURG, Md. – County Commissioner Michael Cady will
be trying to include an Emmitsburg bypass on the “wish
list” for possible funding in the upcoming state six-year
transportation budget.
In
a related action, the town board of commissioners adopted
a resolution Aug. 29 indicating support for inclusion of
a town “village zone” bypass in the »
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Black-clad
counter protestors (left) shout obscenities
at the Ku Klux Klan (right) using a hand-held
megaphone. The KKK obtained a permit from the
Gettysburg National Battlefield to host a rally
Sept. 2 adjacent to the Cyclorama. About two
dozen of their members participated, with other
members and supporters among the spectators.
About 100 federal, state and park police provided
security in the pouring rain. At least one counter
protestor was arrested as hundreds of participants
mixed with battlefield tourists looked on. (See
related article “Former
racists lectures Mount students”
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Little interest
in wildlife/human protection plan
EMMITSBURG,
Md. – Gunfire will continue unhampered on town land
and neighboring property owners will have to continue to rely
on an unresponsive state for protection based on a Sept. 5
board decision.
The commissioners
chose to take no action on a proposed resolution by Commissioner
William B. O’Neil Jr. that would have implemented a
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Where has all the county growth gone?
EMMITSBURG, Md. – Only two other years in the past 35
did Frederick County grow slower than it did last year, according
to the Maryland Department of Planning.
The
county’s population was estimated at 220,701 last
year, an increase of 3,245 people or 1.5 percent. That is
the lowest percentage increase since the county grew by
1.3 percent in 1983 and 1.4 percent in 1970.
“It’s
easy to explain,” said Frederick County Commissioner
John L. Thompson Jr. “We had a moratorium in 2002
and that pretty much put a crimp on »
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