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04-13-2010 City and County to Meet Over City’s Sprawl Growth Plans

The Issue
After established deadlines, HB 1141 (amending Article 66B) prohibits the annexation of  any property that is not included in a Municipal Growth Element.  This Growth Element must contain a detailed analysis of the growth impacts of annexing and developing properties in the municipality’s planned growth area. Prior to adopting this Growth Element, a municipality [...]

Letter to citizens from Frederick Citizens for Bio-lab Safety

May 1, 2009 by admin  
Filed under Frederick, Public Health, Write a Letter

Dear Community,
I have just received a phone call from Frank Cristinzio, legislative aide to Senator Mikulski.   The Senator’s office is very interested in our concerns about the transportation EIS- the plan to transport infected workers from Fort Detrick to Bethesda, down  270.   They are planning to work with the NIH about these concerns- so they [...]

Monocacy River polluted with bacteria and sediments