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		<title>BULLETIN: Councilor Gregory Targets Emergency Services, Library, Parks for Cecil Co Budget Cuts; Worksession, Council Votes Expected Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2020 16:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County Council member Jackie Gregory (R-5) has drafted a list of budget cuts for the proposed Fiscal 2021 county budget that will be considered today (5/19/2020), with no advance public notice, that particularly targets county library, parks, and emergency services, including paramedics responding to emergency calls during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Gregory, who is running for re-election in the June 2 Republican primary, was still writing and re-writing her proposals late Monday night and is expected to offer amendments to the budget during a Council worksession that is slated to begin at 3.30 p.m. on Tuesday. The Council is meeting via videoconferencing and is also scheduled to vote on the full Fiscal 2020 budget during an evening legislative meeting that will also be conducted remotely. It is the first time in two years that Gregory, a routine critic of the county budget, has actually offered a list of amendments and sought formal votes on spending cuts. For the past two years she has just offered a few verbal suggestions, such as a possible $140,000 cut in parks operating funds last year, and instead called for using emergency reserve funds to lower the property tax rate, which has been frozen [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County Re-opens in Line with Hogan Orders; State Slow to Test Nursing Homes Here, Warwick new Virus &#8220;Hotspot&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2020 18:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County is re-opening business and social activities to the fullest extent allowed by Gov. Larry Hogan’s limited “Stage One” recovery plan as new hospitalizations for the COVID-19 virus show slight declines in the state. But a cluster of new cases in the Warwick area has emerged in recent days and county health officials concede that long promised special state testing of local nursing home patients and staff is lagging. Cecil County Executive Alan McCarthy announced, at a press conference on Friday (5/15/2020), that “Cecil County is ready to begin our reopening” and the county “will implement all of the facets stipulated“ in Hogan’s directive that took effect at 5 p.m. Friday. But he noted that “the county cannot remove restrictions that the Governor retains in place.” Hogan has lifted the “stay home” order and allowed limited re-opening of retail operations and hair or barber shops, under certain restrictions, as well as boating and golfing activities. Under questioning by reporters, McCarthy said he had hoped the governor would allow restaurants to open table services at outdoor patios or seating areas with appropriate social distancing. But the governor insisted that takeout ordering only must continue at restaurants until a later stage [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Most Local Virus Deaths at Calvert Nursing Home; Hogan Boosts Aid on Lower Shore as Harris Rallies to “Re-open” Biz in Virus Hot Spot; Cecil County Launches Small Biz “Recovery” Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2020 00:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the COVID-19 virus continues to spread in Maryland, new—but flawed—data from the state Health Department shows that a majority of fatalities have occurred in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. But the state report fails to accurately depict the tally in Cecil County, where the state claims there was just 1 virus death at the Calvert Manor nursing home in Rising Sun but county health statistics show that 7 of the 8 total deaths in the county occurred at Calvert Manor. It is one of the sad ironies of the current pandemic that Calvert Manor—for many years the top-rated nursing home in the county, according to Center for Medicare/Medicaid Services (CMS) reports, for its quality of care and infection control efforts—has become the center of the pandemic in Cecil County. Under orders from Gov. Larry Hogan, the state began just this week to publicly identify confirmed cases and deaths at nursing homes throughout Maryland. The state report listed 16 confirmed cases of the virus among staff at Calvert Manor, with no fatalities, plus 53 confirmed cases among residents, with 1 fatality. But in response to questions from CECIL TIMES, county health officials said that the actual local tally was [&#8230;]]]></description>
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