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1/18/13 FNP editorial on New Market process: Skirting open meetings

1/7/13 New Market on fast track to double size of town

Monday, January 7th at 7pm, New Market held a public hearing,

New Market annexation proposals would nearly double size of town

Originally published October 11, 2012

Expert affidavits on New Market growth plans illustrate likely tax increases, congested roads, overcrowded schools and harm to environmentally sensitive areas

In 2011, Friends of Frederick County, the Audubon Society of Central Maryland and 13 residents filed a complaint in the Frederick County Circuit Court against the Town of New Market asserting that the Town’s Master Plan, the Municipal Growth Element, failed to satisfy the requirements of the State law.  (Friends of Frederick County et al. [...]

New Market’s supplement to their growth plan and FoFC’s response

April 2011 New Market’s mayor and town council released a New Market Supplement to their Municipal Growth Element and Comprehensive Plan along with an analysis of traffic.  In July 2011   Friends of Frederick County submitted comments on the supplement to Mayor Burhans, as did the Maryland Department of Planning.  In October 2010 Dr Reid [...]

03-18-2011 Mayor Burhans reacts to citizens’ lawsuit in New Market

New Market mayor not threatened by lawsuit, says plan has town’s best interests in mind

03/13/2011 FNP letter to the editor: Friends or not Friends — an easy call for taxpayers

Evidently in his Feb. 28 letter to The Frederick News-Post Mark Koehler was following the wisdom of Harry Truman, who once said, “If you can’t convince them, confuse them.”

03-05-2011 FNP: Friends of Frederick County wrongly vilified by New Market-area resident

02-17-2011 Gazette: Friends of Frederick County files complaint against New Market Group hopes lawsuit will urge mayor, council to remove future annexations from plan

The Friends of Frederick County and 13 landowners with New Market addresses have filed a complaint in Frederick County Circuit Court in protest of the town’s amended master plan, updated in November, which earmarks three large parcels for future annexation.

Costs to county taxpayers for school needs in New Market growth plan: $10 million for school construction and $7 million/year for operations

Recently approved New Market Plan includes 3 Annexations that will double town size and triple its population

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