The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) recently introduced their own application meant to be downloaded onto smart phones. A new website was also launched. This can be found at www.frederickcosheriff.com. The application has 12 options, including crime statistics, locations of…
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Soter Calls for Review of Impact Fees
Eric Soter, former Frederick County planning director who is principal, director of Research & Analytics with Rodgers Consulting, Inc., gave a presentation March 12 to the Frederick County Building Industry Association (FCBIA). He called for Frederick County to gather and…
Tax Assessments See Increase in Urbana
Two days after Christmas, the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT) sent out their reassessments of nearly 700,000 residential and commercial properties across the state and Urbana residents saw a noticeable increase. Area residential assessments went up about…
Krimm Elected Leader of Frederick County State Delegation
State Delegate Carol Krimm (D-District 3-A) was elected leader of the Frederick County State Delegation at their annual public meeting, held Dec. 8 at Winchester Hall in Frederick. The eight-member Frederick County State Delegation is split equally, 4 to 4,…
Executive, County Council Look Forward
Frederick County Executive Jan Gardner and the Frederick County Council were sworn in Dec. 3 at the Weinberg Center for the Arts. This is the second county executive and County Council sworn in since Frederick County voted to change to…
Gardner Wins County Executive, Democrats Win Majority in County Council
After absentee and provisional ballot counting, the 60 percent Frederick County voter turnout for the 2018 election was indeed high and mirrored turnout in presidential elections when the highest number of voters cast their ballots. Democratic Frederick County incumbent County…
Hogan Had No Coattails in Frederick County or Across State
While Maryland Republican Governor Larry Hogan defied odds to win reelection in a state where Democratic voter registration is twice that of Republican voter registration, it turned out he had no coattails in Frederick County or across the state to…
Kerr Victory in District 3-B Leads to More Changes
It has been decades since a Democrat was elected leader of the Frederick County state delegation, and Democrat Frederick County Executive Jan Gardner will have the opportunity to appoint a member to replace the soon to be vacant Frederick County…
Frederick County Executive Candidates Answer Important Questions
Frederick County voters will be electing a county executive and County Council on Nov. 6. The three candidates running for county executive are incumbent Jan Gardner (D), Kathy Afzali (R) and Earl Robbins (U). We asked the candidates to limit…
At-Large Council Candidates Discuss Pressing Issues
Frederick County voters will elect a county executive and a seven-member County Council on Nov. 6. Five of the council members are elected by district and two are elected at-large (countywide). The five running for the two at-large positions are…