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		<title>Amanda Bessicks, Cecil County State&#8217;s Attorney, Resigns for Health Reasons; Judges to Name Successor</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2019 21:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWS ANALYSIS Amanda Bessicks, the newly-elected Cecil County State’s Attorney, is resigning her post as of 3/15/2019 due to health reasons, according to a letter sent to the county Circuit Court administrative judge.. Her resignation cuts short a promising career as the county’s chief prosecutor and a reform-minded leader for an office that has been mired in turmoil since her predecessor was charged and convicted in an indecent exposure/disorderly conduct case in 2017. And her decision to resign her position, so that a successor can be named quickly, reflects a level of character and public service that had been absent in the recent past history of the office. Former State’s Attorney Ellis (E.D.E.) Rollins continued to collect a salary and benefits for many months while he unsuccessfully fought, and appealed, the charges against him—while not actually performing the duties of the office. Taking a leave of absence to address her medical issues would have been an understandable, and fully appropriate, course of action while not actually surrendering the office and title. But her decision to step aside clears the path for the Circuit Court judges to name either an interim or permanent State’s Attorney to lead the office until the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Animal Shelter Opens Quietly; Renovations Cut Number of Kennels from 51 to 40</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2016 15:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Schwerzler]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County’s newly-purchased animal shelter welcomed its first four-legged residents on Friday, with well-wishers dropping off treats and toys even as renovation work continued, including reducing the number of dog kennels available to house strays and limiting the size of a formerly open room for cats to interact with visitors. Milo, a Shepherd mix with personality plus, poised his nose against the mesh of his kennel to nuzzle against a visitor’s hand and later enjoyed a walk outdoors with some potential adopters visiting the shelter. (PHOTO: Milo hangs out with new shelter director Abigail Bingham) The county purchased the animal shelter formerly owned and operated for many years by the Cecil County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Inc. (CCSPCA) on Route 213 in Chesapeake City, south of the C&#038;D Canal bridge. For the past 3 ½ years, the county paid a private “rescue” group, A Buddy for Life, Inc., a total of over $2.5 million to operate animal control services at a rented kennel in Elkton. The county purchased the CCSPCA facility for $395,000 several month ago and obtained County Council approval to spend another $100,000 for renovations and equipment purchases for what will now be a [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>New Animal Shelter Chief Tells Cecil County Council of Plans for &#8216;Sonic Enrichment,&#8217; Lavender Oil Sprays; Budget Questions Remain on Costs of County Shelter Takeover</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2016 21:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWS ANALYSIS The newly hired director of the recently purchased Cecil County government-owned animal shelter made her first public appearance before a Cecil County Council budget workshop on Tuesday 5/17/16, displaying enthusiasm and energy&#8211; and practical naiveté&#8211; about operating an open-admissions, government-owned animal shelter and animal control program in a rural and lower-income county. Budget documents given to Council members, but not the public, gave a few more details of the planned program but still failed to account for major aspects of future operating costs. Abigail (Abbey) Lightning Bingham, the new animal shelter head who has been on the job in Cecil County for a little over a week, appeared at a Tuesday afternoon County Council budget worksession in tandem with her boss, David Trolio, the director of the newly-named Department of Community Services, formerly the county’s bus services and senior center operations. (Trolio has been expanding his program portfolio, and budget funding, significantly in the past few years under the administration of current County Executive Tari Moore.) Bingham, who has six months experience as “shelter supervisor” of the open-admissions government-owned animal care facility in Baltimore County, told the Cecil County Council that she wanted to create a welcoming environment [&#8230;]]]></description>
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