Cecil Times

When someone offers a ‘shout-out,’ in the current slang parlance, it is usually a good-natured verbal hello to a friend, while a ‘call-out’ is a throw-down-the-gauntlet challenge. But those distinctions were blurred Tuesday at a Cecil County Council worksession in Elkton when Councilor Diana Broomell (R-4) tried to call out the county attorney and...
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Michael W. Dawson, a longtime Perryville resident and former candidate for a state delegate’s seat, has filed as a Republican candidate for the Cecil County Council in District 4 for the 2014 election—looking to replace the controversial incumbent, Councilor Diana Broomell (R). Michael W. Dawson (MWD) – NOT to be confused with another local...
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To settle a lengthy and costly court case, Cecil County will reverse a 2011 decision by the old “Three Amigos” faction of the County Commissioners board to strip a Perryville property of its heavy industry zoning and downgrade it to the most restrictive agricultural designation. But Councilor Diana Broomell, who led the downzoning effort,...
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Walter Rozanski has been removed from the Cecil County Ethics Commission, after his vocal criticism of several county elected officials, expressed on social media and emails, raised questions about his ability to be impartial in considering cases or rendering decisions on complaints. Rozanski had been appointed to the ethics panel with support from Councilor...
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State Sen. Nancy Jacobs (R-Harford/Cecil) peered out the window of a mini-bus crossing the Conowingo Dam Thursday and exclaimed, “where’s all the usual debris—they must have scooped it up…did they know we were coming?” But the real problem with the dam is invisible and far below the surface of the Susquehanna River: tons of...
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