State election officials have now counted absentee, provisional and overseas ballots to come up with the full results of the April 3 Democratic and Republican primaries for Cecil County candidates. The post-election count of votes did not alter the outcome in any of the contests from the early voting and Election Day results. Overall,...
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A citizen’s budget advisory committee urged Cecil County Commissioners Tuesday to impose a hiring freeze for most county employee positions, keep the county schools budget at the current level, and reject a proposal for a limited county-operated ambulance service. The report also urged opening up community services all over the county to receipt of...
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Tags: "Barry Janney", ambulance, budget, cecil county, Cecil county schools, citizens budget advisory, Deputies, government, Jim Butkiewicz, maintenance of effort, public schools, Richard Brfooks, school funding, Sheriff, spending, tax, Volunteer fire companies
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The Cecilton volunteer fire company is seeking Cecil County support for a modernized approach to fire-fighting—selling off a fairly new fire engine and a very old one and instead buying a new ladder truck to meet southern county needs—but a new report by a budget advisory panel could scuttle the proposal. Robert Plato, who...
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Cecil County volunteer fire companies are challenging a proposal by the county’s emergency services director to create a new government-operated basic ambulance service. Instead, they propose a paid driver service, covering the Cecilton and Hack’s Point areas of southern Cecil County, that would be operated by the two fire companies in those areas. The...
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Tags: ambulance, budget, cecil county, Cecil County Fireman's association, Cecil County Firemsn's Association, Cecilton, chesapeake city, Hack's Point, Monica Penhollow, paramedic, Richard Brooks, Volunteer fire companies
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(UPDATED 10:59 pm) Dr. Alan McCarthy, a Chesapeake City veterinarian and businessman, overpowered incumbent County Commissioner James Mullin in the Dist. 1 County Council race, in a test of county business leaders versus the political group led by Sen. E.J. Pipkin (R-36). McCarthy trounced Mullin, 62-37 percent, with 20 precincts reporting. Overall voter turnout...
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Tags: Alan McCarthy, cecil county, county commissioner, County Council, Democrat, District 1, E.J. Pipkin, earleville, Garrett Billmire, james mullin, Michael Smigiel, pamela bailey, Republican, Smipkin
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