A CECIL TIMES Special Report The Cecil County Council didn’t seem to care that costs of animal control services rise in the proposed Fiscal 2018 budget, on top of costly fiscal add-ons a year ago to buy a county-owned shelter facility and staff it with county employees earning government-worker salaries, healthcare and pension benefits....
Read more »
Tags: Abby Bingham, animal control, animal services, budget, cat, cecil county, Cecil Times, costs, County Council, county executive, Dan Schneckenburger, David trolio, dog, feline, Joyce Bowlsby, regulations, Tari Moore
Posted in Business, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, county commissioner, Elkton, Health, politics, real estate, Uncategorized | No Comments »
Cecil County Council members were all aboard the budget bus Tuesday evening (4/25/2017) when they reviewed Fiscal 2018 spending plans for the county’s bus transit, senior citizens’ and other programs, even as the services have grown in size and scope. The Council is looking for ways to save money in the upcoming budget year,...
Read more »
Tags: aid, Alan McCarthy, budget, bus, cecil county, Cecil Transit, community services, County Council, Dan Schneckenburger, David trolio, federal, housing, HUD, MARC, meals on wheels, North East, rail, SEPTA, state, tax, train, transit, Trump, Trump administration
Posted in Business, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, Elkton, Health, real estate, seniors, Uncategorized | No Comments »
NEWS ANALYSIS Cecil County Executive Alan McCarthy’s first-ever budget proposal landed with a bang at the doorstep of the County Council this week, accompanied by a perhaps surprisingly muted reaction, so far, from the public and positive endorsements from local business leaders and representatives of popular county programs. McCarthy’s budget raises property tax rates...
Read more »
Tags: Alan McCarthy, Bob Meffley, CBL, CCPL, Cecil business leaders, Cecil College, county executive, Dan Scheckenburger, David K. Williams, Elkton, fund balance, George Patchell, income tax, Jackie Gregory, Joyce Bowlsbey, library, Morgan MIller, North East, property tax, reserve funds, spending, spending.deficit, Tari Moore, tax incrase, tuition
Posted in Business, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, county commissioner, education, Elections, Elkton, governor, Health, politics, real estate, Republicans, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
NEWS ANALYSIS Which came first: the chicken or the executive order? After months of loud citizens versus farmers feuding over the future of large chicken farms in Cecil County with no clear resolution in sight, there are now some menu alternatives on the county government’s plate: a largely symbolic “executive order” proposed by County...
Read more »
Tags: Alan McCarthy, buffer, calvert, calvert alliance, cecil county, Cecil Times, chicken, councilor, County Council, county executive, delmarva poultry, dpi, farm, George Patchell, Joyce Bowlsbey, Maryland Association of Counties, perdue, poultry, setback, zoning
Posted in andy harris, Business, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, Elkton, Health, politics, real estate, Uncategorized | 4 Comments »
A CECIL TIMES SPECIAL REPORT About 96 percent of Cecil County residents are now covered by health insurance, a substantial gain since the federal Affordable Care Act took effect in 2014. But uncertainty over the fate of the federal law, which the Trump administration has vowed to repeal, poses fiscal concerns for the Maryland...
Read more »
Tags: Affordable Care act, behavioral health, budget, cecil county, Donald Trump, drug treatment, drugs, expanded medicaid, governor, Health, healthcare, Larry Hogan, Legislative services, maryland, Medicaid, Medicare, mental health, navigators, obamare, Seedco, state, Trump, Union Hospital, waiver
Posted in Business, cecil county, Cecil Times, education, Elections, Elkton, governor, Health, politics, Republicans, seniors, Uncategorized | No Comments »
