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		<title>Rising Sun Claims Victory in Water Fight with Cecil County as State Oks Possible Lines to Schools; But Maps Still Protect Rural Areas</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2019 23:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWS ANALYSIS Many years ago, a crusty, elderly Vermont senator had a solution to end the long Vietnam war: “Declare victory and leave.” But both sides in a war between the town of Rising Sun and the Cecil County government&#8211;over town plans for a major expansion of water service to rural areas, to defray some of the costs of its new $10.5 million water system&#8211; are declaring victory, after a state agency made two relatively minor concessions to the town while accepting the county’s insistence to protect rural and farm areas from development. One side in the local feud seems unwilling to “leave” the battlefield anytime soon. While the county adopted a low-key matter-of-fact tone with presentation of relevant documents, the Town of Rising Sun and its mayor, Travis Marion, went on the political offensive. In particular, portions of the town’s official statement claiming victory in the MDE’s decisions and posted on social media could make a libel lawyer salivate at the potential for a high-fee case. The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) recently approved Cecil County’s updated Master Water and Sewer Plan with two changes sought by the Town of Rising Sun: inclusion of possible future town water [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>McCarthy Presses for Local Road Help as Trucks Dodging Delaware Rt. 301 Tolls Invade Cecil County</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2019 20:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Delaware is considering coming up with money to repair southern Cecil County roads damaged by trucks that have clogged local rural roads while evading new tolls on Route 301 near the state line and Middletown, DE, according to a letter released by Cecil County Executive Alan McCarthy. McCarthy said Friday (3/15/2019) that he spoke by phone recently with Jennifer Cohan, Secretary for Delaware’s Department of Transportation (DELDOT) about the problems plaguing the Warwick and Cecilton areas since the recent opening of the Route 301 tollroad, which is intended to bypass local traffic in Middletown. But the high toll rates&#8211; $4 for cars and up to $14 for trucks for a distance of just a few miles—has had the effect of dumping large volumes of traffic onto local Cecil County roads as drivers seek to avoid paying the tolls. In a letter to McCarthy after their conversation, Cohan said DELDOT would post multiple new signs in the area, continue to support joint Delaware-Maryland truck weight enforcement efforts, and would “entertain the possibility of funding road paving in your county for roads that have been impacted by either the construction of US Rt. 301 or the subsequent toll avoidance traffic.” Cohan included [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Commentary: No Electricity, Internet or TV&#8211; South County Realities, Does Elkton Understand?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COMMENTARY Down here in Earleville, and other south-of-the-Canal environs of Cecil County, local residents often wonder if our county government in Elkton understands, or cares, about the challenges that many rural residents face. That was particularly true on Monday, when all of Earleville was without electricity, wireless phones, well-water pumping or toilet flushing capacities, and Internet or satellite TV services for most of the day. Our local electricity provider, Choptank Rural Electric Co-Operative, is a great, locally-admired service provider—showing up within minutes of devastating weather catastrophes such as tornadoes and hurricanes. Since it is a co-operative—organized under federal programs to bring electricity to rural areas—Choptank is not profit-motivated and has always had customer service as a top priority. Choptank notified customers in advance that power would be cut off for most of the day due to needed repairs, but their estimated time for outages was vastly longer than anticipated. So local residents were powerless from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. And this was on a clear, sunny day, with no unusual weather problems. Since the rural electric co-operatives do not generate their own power, they must buy power from larger profit-making entities—like Delmarva Power on the Eastern Shore. As a [&#8230;]]]></description>
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