FREDERICK — A former deputy Frederick County attorney says the county’s elected leaders fired her in 2011 at the behest of land developers who considered her their enemy. The Frederick News-Post reported Friday that Frederick County Commissioners President Blaine Young ...

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FREDERICK — Officials in Maryland have received at least two complaints about a closed-door vote by the Frederick County commissioners. The Frederick News-Post reports the Maryland Open Meetings Compliance Board received the complaints, including one from the paper, after the ...

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FREDERICK — Frederick County homeowners may be getting some property tax relief in the form of $100 checks. The Frederick News-Post reports that county commissioners were poised to vote Thursday on whether to refund $6.7 million in surplus revenue by ...

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HAGERSTOWN — Washington County is agreeing to help fund construction of a minor-league baseball stadium in downtown Hagerstown. The Herald-Mail reports that county commissioners and the city council agreed Tuesday on a plan involving local public expenditures of up to ...

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HAGERSTOWN — Washington County is offering an unidentified company $100,000 to establish a local operation. The Hagerstown Herald-Mail reported Friday that the incentive was disclosed in an annual report of expenditures from local hotel-motel tax receipts. The funds are listed ...

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HAGERSTOWN — Garrett County will assume ownership of a manmade whitewater course near McHenry after the nonprofit developer of the western Maryland tourism and training site defaulted on more than $3 million in bank loans, county officials and the development ...

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FREDERICK — Frederick County officials are asking citizens to weigh in on a proposed ordinance making English the official language of Frederick County government. The proposal is up for a public hearing Tuesday night in Frederick. Board President Blaine Young ...

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FREDERICK — Frederick County’s planning board is going head-to-head with the county commissioners over growth. The Frederick News-Post reports that the board voted Thursday against revising a comprehensive land-use plan the county adopted last year. County commissioners President Blaine Young ...

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FREDERICK — The Frederick County Commissioners are adding an opening prayer to their public meetings. Board members voted 3-to-2 on Thursday to invite religious leaders to attend their meetings to invoke “divine guidance” for the commissioners and their deliberations. The ...

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