It’s a busy evening at the county office building on the Mason-Dixon Line as a public forum concerning the new comprehensive plan gets underway. We’re in the commissioners main meeting room and there’s a large crowd here (the room is full). Obviously there’s a greal deal of interest in the work of the Citizens Oversight Committee, as one of the consultants starts a 20-minute summary of what’s in the draft document, which provides the framework to guide growth and development in Cecil County. The county is projected to grow to 154,954 by 2030 from its 2000 base of 85,951. This document updates the 1990 plan and it looks out 20-years. If some attention grabbing subjects come up, we’ll blog it live. Otherwise we’ll do a summary of what went on tomorrow since the meeting is scheduled to go for for 2 1/2 hours.
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Originally concentrating on saving some Public Open Space Elkton proposed selling to a developer, we expanded the blog's focus once the Mayor and Commissioners abandoned the attempt. During the nearly year-long process, Someone Noticed found that many important subjects at town meetings weren’t being covered by the media and we also established a regular readership. In consideration of all these elements, we are now focusing more broadly on the “411 on the Mayor and Commissioners of the Town of Elkton” and subjects of broad civic interest to the Greater Elkton Community, especially when it isn't covered by other media. (see about section for more details.)Recent Comments
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- Need for probe at BCDC criticized May 23, 2013
- Cecil County Council OKs Budget, Last Minute Cuts to Cops, Schools,... May 23, 2013
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- Local Voices: Breast Cancer Testing, Police Unity Ride May 21, 2013
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- Church burglarized twice in three weeks May 20, 2013
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Bill Hughes Gazette – Area Images from A PhotojournalistFrom Cecil Co. Emergency Services
- Is your address clearly marked from the street? It is one of the easiest things you can do to help emergency responders. #EMSWeek 3 hours ago
- .@bhuaipe Here is the path of a March 2002 EF-1 that traveled from Crystal Beach toward Chesapeake City. http://t.co/v892r0Mz4C 1 day ago
- While not our largest hazard, there have been 15 confirmed tornadoes in #CecilCounty since 1967. They do happen here. goo.gl/nrpw9 1 day ago
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Reflections on Delmarva’s PastFrom Mike’s Twitter Microblog
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Cecil County News From Google- UCBAC: 11 Region Champs in Harford & Cecil Counties - Patch.com May 20, 2013
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- Main Line housekeeper gets 6 years in federal prison for transporting stolen ... - The Mercury May 22, 2013
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