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		<title>Cecil County Finance Chief Rakes in Annapolis Political Consulting $ as Taxpayers Pay Six-Figure Salary; Council Pleads for Budget Numbers, Gets Limited Answers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2022 00:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A CECIL TIMES SPECIAL REPORT James Appel, the Cecil County Director of Finance who is paid more than $124,000 a year by local taxpayers, is also operating an Annapolis political campaign finances consulting business, earning at least $42,000 in 2021. At the same time, he has been working in Elkton just four days a week even as County Council members pleaded for many months for information on county expenditures and uses of millions in state and federal aid for COVID and economic relief. Council concerns and questions about fiscal transparency have grown especially since the resignation of Rebecca Anderson, the longtime deputy finance director and budget manager, about two months ago. She took a fiscal position with the County’s public schools, which operate independently from the county executive’s administration. Anderson was much admired by Council members for her diligence and straight-forward responses to Councilors’ questions. Appel, a longtime state Republican political operative in Annapolis where he continues to live, was hired by County Executive Danielle Hornberger (R), along with another Annapolis political operative, Lawrence Scott, who was hired as County Attorney despite the fact that he had never appeared in any state court or even entered a written “appearance” on [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County COVID-19 Cases Rise to 3, Local &#8216;Emergency&#8217; Declared; Gov. Hogan Closes &#8220;Non-essential Business,&#8221; Offers Small Biz Aid</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2020 23:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County now has 3 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus, prompting County Executive Alan McCarthy to issue a “declaration of emergency” on Monday to accelerate county access to state emergency services and supplies programs. In addition, Gov. Larry Hogan ordered closure of all “non-essential businesses” while announcing several new programs to aid small business affected by the pandemic. Speaking during a Facebook Live online press conference, McCarthy announced two new confirmed cases in Cecil County: a male in his 50s who lives in Elkton, and a female in her 40s who lives in Elkton. The first confirmed case, announced on Sunday, involved a woman in her 20s in the western area of the county. McCarthy further identified that patient’s location as the Rising Sun area. All three patients are “self-isolating at home.” Lauren Levy, Cecil County’s Health Officer, said there were no clear ties among the confirmed patients but that public health experts were conducting contact tracing interviews to try to identify the patients’ contacts and movements to identify possible other individuals who may have had contact with them She said county residents with health concerns could contact local health experts at 410-996-1005. She also urged residents to “remain [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>New $ for First Responders: Cecil Co. Gives $164K to Serve New Biz; Port Gets $407K Federal Aid</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2019 22:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Cecil County and federal aid for volunteer fire and ambulance services will boost funds for key first responders in the county, including a major federal grant for breathing apparatus for the Water Witch fire company in Port Deposit and new county funds for all local volunteer first responders to compensate for expanded demand for services from the many new businesses locating in the county. The Water Witch Volunteer Fire Company, which traces its roots in service to the western county area to the late 1880’s, recently obtained one of the largest federal grants given in Maryland to fire companies under the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) special grants program for local fire and ambulance services. Statewide, the program is providing over $2 million in aid to local fire services under a recently enacted federal appropriations bill, according to an announcement by Maryland’s US Senators Chris Van Hollen and Benjamin Cardin. The local Water Witch aid will be used for firefighters’ breathing apparatus, to purchase 48 complete sets of turn-out gear and spare oxygen bottles and to replace the fire company’s air cylinder/compressor machinery that is used for refilling oxygen tanks. The local volunteer fire company garnered more aid than [&#8230;]]]></description>
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