FREDERICK — A lawsuit against Frederick County over a proposed rezoning that opponents say will lead to higher taxes, sprawl and environmental harm has been dismissed. But an attorney for the environmental groups and residents who filed the lawsuit said ...

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MYERSVILLE — The Myersville Planning Commission is recommending that the Town Council reject plans for a natural gas compressor station near the intersection of Interstate 70 and Maryland Route 17 in Frederick County. The Frederick News-Post reports that the panel ...

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WALKERSVILLE  — Phillip Thompson and his girlfriend Lauren Tickard will begin their careers as dairy farmers in the fall. “It’s what I know and love and it’s been my dream since I was a kid,” Thompson said. The young farmers, ...

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If you didn’t watch television news, follow Twitter or sit in traffic on Route 100 last night, you may have missed the opening Maryland Live! and Arundel Mills mall, the state’s third — and largest — slots casino. The Daily ...

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MYERSVILLE — Opponents of a proposed natural gas compressor station in Myersville claim the unit would block views of the South Mountain Civil War battlefield. The Frederick News-Post reported Tuesday that a group called Myersville Citizens for a Rural Community ...

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Gov. Martin O’Malley’s gambling work group meets today in Annapolis, in its first attempt to examine expanding gambling in the state. Meanwhile, today in The Daily Record, businesses around the soon-to-open Maryland Live! casino express optimism that the casino opening ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Frederick County officials are praising clarifications to PlanMaryland, a statewide development plan criticized by many local officials from rural parts of the state. Gov. Martin O’Malley signed the measure on Tuesday. Supporters say the bill clarifies that the ...

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Business advocates are bemoaning the actions of the General Assembly, and how those actions will impact the state’s economy. Meanwhile, officials from eight of the world’s largest economies will descend upon Camp David, near the tiny town of Thurmont in ...

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Josh Halbedel has joined NAI KLNB as an associate for its land brokerage and religious properties brokerage divisions. He will work company’s Columbia offices. In his new position, Halbedel will represent property owners and investors in the marketing and sale ...

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FREDERICK — A former Frederick County public school teacher is charged with molesting a student. The Frederick News-Post reported Tuesday that 50-year-old James Ways of Westminster was served Monday with a criminal summons charging him with three counts of fourth-degree ...

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