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Sykesville Community Continues the Tradition of Love for Seniors in the Area

Sykesville Community Continues the Tradition of Love for Seniors in the Area

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Muckraker: ‘Compromise’: Commissioners decide on commercial height limit after storage facility lawsuit, pushback

On Thursday, the Board of Carroll County Commissioners voted unanimously to lower the starting height limit for commercial buildings that adjoin residential properties, going from 50 feet down to 35 feet. But they simultaneously implemented a sliding scale, permitting developers to build back up to 50 feet on the condition they add in additional setback over the required minimum of 15 feet, where every foot of extra setback unlocks another foot of height, not to exceed 50 feet.

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Controversial “Freedom to Read Act” Sparks Statewide Debate Over Local Control in Maryland Education

Will Governor Wes Moore’s campaign promise to protect local control of school systems prevail?

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Muckraker: ‘Strong opposition’ to Bouchat’s charter government bill from Republican counties, Delegate

Delegate Eric Bouchat, a Carroll County Republican, is the lone sponsor of a bill, HB0081, that would require every county in Maryland to adopt a charter form of government, where each jurisdiction would feature its own constitution, an executive, and a legislature, instead of a commissioner form of government, where each county simply has a board of county commissioners like Carroll and 11 other jurisdictions have now.

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Sykesville Town Council To Consider Speed Cameras

At the last Town Council meeting, Councilperson Guroff requested research on the possibility of installing speed cameras in Town.

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Smooth Sailing: Four BOE Hopefuls To Skip Primary Election, Head Straight to Generals

With only four candidates needed to advance through the primaries, all four will immediately progress to the general election in November, and their names will not appear on the primary ballot.

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Jimmie Lee Benjamin Haney Pleads Guilty to Robbery Charges and Receives 35-Year Prison Sentence

Jimmie Lee Benjamin Haney Pleads Guilty to Robbery Charges and Receives 35-Year Prison Sentence

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Muckraker: Maryland Moms for Liberty and Republican lawmakers in Annapolis ‘Stay on the offensive’

ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Moms for Liberty held a Parental Rights Legislation Rally at Lawyers Mall in Annapolis on Thursday, where lawmakers, activists, and parents gathered to cheer legislation meant to help “stop woke indoctrination” as some of the conservative group’s signs read just outside a convening General Assembly.

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Muckraker: New eyewitness says Delen just shot Lewis, there was no altercation, no fight

BEL AIR — An eyewitness who observed Brian Delen fatally shoot Jimmy Wayne Lewis at English Country Manor condominiums on December 27th, told investigators that, contrary to what Delen originally reported to Police, there was no altercation between the two, no argument, no fight.

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Sheriff’s Office Arrests Two for Possession of CDS and a Handgun During Traffic Stop

Sheriff’s Office Arrests Two for Possession of CDS and a Handgun During Traffic Stop

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