(With Exclusive Cecil Times Video) The Cecil County Council is taking steps to remove Councilor Diana Broomell (R-4) from the county’s Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council, at the request of health officials, after a recent meeting of the panel was abruptly adjourned after Broomell and some allies loudly challenged the proceedings. Broomell restrained her...
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News Analysis Cecil County Commissioners adopted a get-tough stance Tuesday against a state-mandated “tiers” land preservation map–which local farmers fear would strip them of property rights—and said they would defer any action until a summit meeting with other rural counties and consideration of legal action against the state. On the surface it might look...
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ANALYSIS The state Senate is expected to vote this week on a revised proposal, approved by a Senate committee late last week, that would ease the devastating blow to county budgets proposed by Gov. Martin O’Malley to shift half of teacher, community college and library staff pension costs to the counties. But the bill...
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A new state “Plan Maryland” mandate could halt growth and business development in Cecil County, even in areas designated as a “growth corridor” under the 2010 county comprehensive plan, Cecil County Commissioners were told Tuesday. The new state mandate, proposed in late April and awaiting a signature later in the year by Governor Martin...
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