4/16/13 – COMMENTS SOUGHT ON OVERSIGHT OF “DUAL USE” BIO RESEARCH
April 16, 2013 by FofFC
Filed under Frederick, Public Health, Share your Opinion on Policy, Spread the Word!
Members of the public are invited to comment on the feasibility and desirability of various forms of institutional oversight at federally-funded institutions that perform research involving certain pathogens or toxins.
Eaglehead in Lake Linganore, 950 acres to become 1,735 new houses
April 11, 2013 by FofFC
Filed under 2012 Rezoning, New Market, Protecting Waterways, Roads, Schools, Share your Opinion on Policy, Spread the Word!, Water and Sewer
Casey farm (639 acres) in New Market on list for 1000 home development
April 11, 2013 by FofFC
Filed under 2012 Rezoning, New Market, Protecting Waterways, Public Health, Roads, Schools, Share your Opinion on Policy, Spread the Word!
Is poorly planned growth what you wanted from your county leaders?
March 19, 2013 by FofFC
Filed under 2012 Rezoning, Changes in Comprehensive Zoning 2011, Monrovia, New Market, Preserving Farms and Open Space, Roads, Schools, Share your Opinion on Policy, Smith/Cline Farm in New Market, Spread the Word!, Urbana, Water and Sewer
The Frederick County Commissioners have approved or are discussing approval of over 7000 new dwellings, in many cases without appropriate plans for schools, roads, emergency services and other key infrastructure. We believe that our public officials should follow existing laws; in a growing number of cases that is not happening.
3/12/13 How Fort Detrick might affect public health
March 12, 2013 by FofFC
Filed under Middletown, Public Health, Walkersville
University of Maryland PhD candidate Ed Kruse will be conducting community health surveys related to Middletown, Fort Detrick, and Walkersville. Middletown has been asked to introduce Ed Kruse to the community at a date yet to be decided.
1/18/13 FNP editorial on New Market process: Skirting open meetings
January 18, 2013 by FofFC
Filed under Delaplaine Farm in New Market, Municipal Growth: addressing the hidden costs of sprawl in New Market, New Market, Our Campaigns, Police, Fire and Rescue, Preserving Farms and Open Space, Press and Media, Protecting Waterways, Roads, Schools, Share your Opinion on Policy, Smith/Cline Farm in New Market, Spread the Word!
FNP: Monrovia Town Center protesters gather downtown
January 17, 2013 by FofFC
Filed under Changes in Comprehensive Zoning 2011, Monrovia, Preserving Farms and Open Space, Press and Media, Protecting Waterways, Roads, Schools, Share your Opinion on Policy, Spread the Word!, Water and Sewer
Monrovia Town Center protesters gather downtown Plan would put 1,510 houses, commercial development on hundreds of acres east of Ed McClain Road Originally published January 17, 2013By Patti S. Borda
Residents Against Landsdale Expansion R.A.L.E. – Monrovia
January 11, 2013 by FofFC
Filed under Government Affairs: budget, privatization, land use policies, Monrovia, Roads, Schools, Water and Sewer
Citizens are concerned. 1100 new homes, without warning, without discussion. One meeting called by the Monrovia Citizens Association (a group no one has heard about) was held 8 miles from Monrovia at Holly Hills Country Club.
Residents against Landsdale expansion UNITE!
January 10, 2013 by FofFC
Filed under Growing Smart with Adequate Public Services, Monrovia, Preserving Farms and Open Space, Protecting Waterways, Roads, Schools, Share your Opinion on Policy
A coalition of residents of Monrovia, Maryland are working together to keep the nature of their community small and rural, in keeping with the Comprehensive Plan for Frederick County . They have formed a facebook page called Residents against Landsdale Expansion Monrovia, please post something of interest, sign their petition (go to the bottom of [...]
FCPS says no school construction planned to handle Smith/Cline annexation kids
New Market has proposed annexing the Smith/Cline property for 925 new residences, which at full buildout would yield approximately 248 elementary 116 middle school and 181 high school students.
