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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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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Analysis Now that everyone has caught up on their sleep (maybe), pored over the election returns, and toasted with champagne (or cried in their beer), it’s time for a little post-primary election review and some look-aheads to the rest of the campaign season until November. After the Landslide The landslide victory of County Commissioner...
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