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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
A variety of sometimes opposing views on hot button issues were aired at the Frederick County Building Industry Association’s County Executive Forum, held at Dutch’s Daughter on Oct. 9. Approximately 100 attended the forum that was moderated by Eric Soter…
The Five Man Electrical Band once sang, “Sign, sign, everywhere a sign. Blockin’ out the scenery, breakin’ my mind. Do this, don’t do that, can’t you read the sign?” This 1970 rock song lyric might pop into your head while…
