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.
10-10-11 Seven citizen groups address 194 land use change proposals with letter to the Frederick County Planning Commissioners
October 12, 2011 by FofFC
Filed under Addressing the "Northern Annexations" and Development Plans, Brunswick, Changes in Comprehensive Zoning 2011, Electricity, Frederick, Government Affairs: budget, privatization, land use policies, Growing Smart with Adequate Public Services, Jefferson, Middletown, Mount Airy, Natural Gas, New Market, Police, Fire and Rescue, Public Health, Roads, Schools, Share your Opinion on Policy, Solid Waste, Spread the Word!, Thurmont, Urbana, Walkersville, Water and Sewer
Proposals for land use change in Frederick County
October 10, 2011 by FofFC
Filed under Brunswick, Burkittsville, Changes in Comprehensive Zoning 2011, Emmitsburg, Frederick, Government Affairs: budget, privatization, land use policies, Jefferson, Libertytown, Middletown, Monrovia, Mount Airy, Myersville, New Market, Rosemont, Share your Opinion on Policy, Thurmont, Urbana, Walkersville, Woodsboro
Friends of Frederick County has analyzed the 194 proposals available for public reading at: Frederick County Government website, Community Development page. Here is a summary of our findings:
05-24 7PM Gasland film showing in Middletown
May 5, 2011 by FofFC
Filed under Distribution Material, Middletown, Natural Gas, Public Meetings and Workshops, Spread the Word!
Tuesday, May 24th @ 7pm showing of GASLAND A film directed by Josh Fox, winner of Special Jury Prize-Best US Documentary Feature-Sundance 2010, nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary. “The largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history has swept across the United States. The HALLIBURTON-developed drilling technology of “fracking” or “hydro-fracking” [...]
03-01-2011 Country wide APFO for schools on annexed land repealed FNP headline: Ordinance repeal will crowd Frederick County schools
March 2, 2011 by FofFC
Filed under Addressing the "Northern Annexations" and Development Plans, Crumland Farm, Frederick City, Frederick, Growing Smart with Adequate Public Services, Middletown, Municipal Growth: addressing the hidden costs of sprawl in New Market, New Market, Press and Media, Public Meetings and Workshops, Schools, Spread the Word!, Woodsboro
Speakers: Ordinance repeal will crowd Frederick County schools Originally published March 02, 2011
Citizen Letter to FNP: Winning or losing the growth game
June 1, 2010 by FofFC
Filed under Middletown, Municipal Growth: addressing the hidden costs of sprawl in New Market, Press and Media, Share your Opinion on Policy, Write a Letter
I’ve been following the “conversation” about growth and the comprehensive plan with great interest. There are some in our community who want to make Janice Wiles and Friends of Frederick County the issue. They are not. Growth is the issue. How we choose to grow, and where we choose to grow are the issues.
31 Ways Citizens Can Help Our Economy in Frederick County
April 17, 2010 by FofFC
Filed under Brunswick, Burkittsville, Distribution Material, Emmitsburg, For Locavores, Frederick, Jefferson, Libertytown, Middletown, Monrovia, Mount Airy, Myersville, New Market, Preserving Farms and Open Space, Rosemont, Spread the Word!, Thurmont, Urban Revitalization and Infill, Urbana, Walkersville, Woodsboro
Buy Local Buy Fresh at Farmers Markets in Frederick County
March 30, 2010 by FofFC
Filed under Brunswick, Emmitsburg, For Locavores, Frederick, Middletown, Preserving Farms and Open Space, Thurmont
Municipal Growth Element Fact Sheet
February 9, 2010 by FofFC
Filed under Brunswick, Burkittsville, Distribution Material, Emmitsburg, Frederick, Growing Smart with Adequate Public Services, Middletown, Mount Airy, Municipal Growth Element, Myersville, New Market, Reading Material, Rosemont, Spread the Word!, Thurmont, Walkersville, We Draw the Line: Comprehensive Plan, Woodsboro
County’s Role in the Development of “Municipal Growth Elements”
Gas Turbine Compressor Station in Planning Stages for Rural Middletown
June 10, 2008 by admin
Filed under Middletown, Natural Gas
Join others (http://www.tellmetoday.com/) to fight the Dominion Transmission Inc. Storage Factory Compressor Station Project proposed for Marker Road in Middletown. Dominion Transmission is in the initial planning stage for the construction of an 11-acre industrial site on Marker Rd. at the location shown below. There was a meeting held in Middletown on November 19, [...]



