Program Purpose
Initiate construction of a consolidated training facility capable of supporting all security related training for the Department and the wider foreign affairs community. The existing security training infrastructure is not sufficient to meet current and projected training needs and the training is currently conducted in 15 locations throughout the [...]
The Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS), is looking for sources to provide training facilities and qualified instructor personnel in support of the Diplomatic Security Training Center’s mission.
DS is looking for a facility within a radius of 150 statute miles centered on the US Capitol Building.
DS has two [...]
Several weeks ago Bud Roe and I met with Gene Ransom and John Borders with respect to our September 25, 2009 PIA request related to the training facility proposed for Ruthsburg. We conveyed our dissatisfaction at their non compliance with the Maryland Public Information Act and expressed our concerns that [...]
A $2 million effort to map the likelihood of shore protection as sea level rises is summarized in a new article entitled “State and local governments plan for development of most land vulnerable to rising sea level along the U.S. Atlantic Coast.”
The maps divide coastal low lands into four [...]
A state program that aims to upgrade septic systems throughout Maryland, reducing the amount of nitrogen that failing systems can discharge into the Chesapeake Bay, has been met with overwhelming public demand — and unexpected conflict.
Septic system vendors and installers throughout the state have threatened to abandon the Department of [...]
Environmental groups plan to ask the federal government to crack down on state environmental regulators, accusing them of going easy on water pollution discharged from businesses, sewage plants, farms and developments.
The state’s Waterkeepers - a network of environmental watchdogs - are expected to file a petition today with [...]
The October 1, 2009, Town Council meeting was called to order at 7:18 p.m. by Council President Frank Ogens in the first floor meeting room of the Goodwill Volunteer Fire Company. The following members and staff were present: Frank C. Ogens, President; Norman P. Pinder, Jr., Vice President; Timothy E. [...]
The Centreville Town Council will hold a closed session on Tuesday, December 8, 2009, at 4:00 p.m., at the Town Hall Annex, 105 N Liberty Street, to discuss personnel issues and consult with counsel to obtain legal advice on a legal matter in accordance with the Maryland Open Meetings Act, [...]
Artesian Water Maryland, a subsidiary of Artesian Resources Corporation (NASDAQ:ARTNA), announced today that it has entered into an agreement to purchase the water assets of the town of Port Deposit, subject to approval by the Maryland Public Service Commission, Cecil County and other regulatory agencies. The investment in the Port [...]
Critical decisions were made at the meeting of the Port Deposit Town Council on Tuesday night regarding the controversial proposed sale of its water and wastewater treatment plants.
The town is facing a significant operational deficit and cannot maintain its water and sewer infrastructure with its current revenue, town officials said.
Port [...]
Remaking Main Street
This little town in the paved-over heart of suburban Washington, where cows grazed long ago, is “greening” its main street — showing what Baltimore and other cities in the region may need to do to help save the Chesapeake Bay.
In a bid to make the working-class community of [...]
The October 21, 2009 Centreville Planning Commission meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Christopher Frank, Chairman in Meeting Room B of the County Annex Building. The following members and staff were present: Christopher Frank, Chair; Elizabeth Brice, Vice-Chair; Penny Lins, Secretary; Jim Cooke, Norma Coursey, and Kara [...]
A Queen Anne’s County commissioner said a committee of citizens and county staff should be formed to make recommendations on traffic, emergency services and other issues that need to be addressed if the federal government goes through with its plan to build a huge training center in Ruthsburg for security [...]
The November 5, 2009, Town Council meeting was called to order at 7:06 p.m. by Council President Frank C. Ogens, in the first floor meeting room of the Goodwill Volunteer Fire Company. The following members and staff were present: Frank C. Ogens, Council President; Norman P. Pinder, Jr., Vice President; [...]
7:00 p.m.
Goodwill Fire Company
I. Convene – Council President Frank C. Ogens
II. Review of Minutes from Past Meetings
a. November 19, 2009 (Regular Meeting)
III. Announcement of Closed Sessions
a. December 1, 2009
IV. Citizens Forum (Citizens are requested to keep their questions/comments to three minutes)
V. Appearances -
VI. Old Business
a. [...]
6:00 p.m.
Goodwill Volunteer Fire Company
The Centreville Town Council will hold a closed session on Tuesday, December 1, 2009, at 6:00 p.m., at the Town Hall Annex, 105 N Liberty Street, to discuss personnel issues and consult with counsel to obtain legal advice on a legal matter in accordance with [...]
The 1,400-acre Hunt Ray Farm in Queen Anne’s County has been chosen as the preferred site to build a new Foreign Affairs Security Training Center.
That decision by the General Services Administration was announced today by Sens. Barbara Mikulski and Benjamin Cardin and Rep. Frank Kratovil, all Maryland Democrats.
The Hunt [...]
At a meeting Tuesday with Maryland transportation officials, the Queen Anne’s County Commissioners continued to emphasize the county’s top transportation safety priority is getting an interchange built at U.S. Route 301 and state Route 304.
But state officials said funding for capital transportation projects has been cut severely. State Highway Administration [...]
The Leagues of Women Voters of Kent and Queen Anne’s Counties invite the citizens of Cecil, Kent, and Queen Anne’s Counties to a preview of the 2010 Maryland General Assembly.
The Legislative Preview will feature members of our 36th District Delegation: Senator E. J. Pipkin, Delegate Michael Smigiel, Delegate Richard [...]
A committee established 10 months ago in response to a controversial proposal dealing with rural development and smart growth has competed its task and submitted a package of recommendations to the Queen Anne’s County Planning Commission.
“We’re done now. We have a list of recommendations that’s going forward,” said County Commission [...]
Truckers carrying loads heavier than the maximum 80,000 pounds or whose rigs have safety violations are electronically signaled to pull over at the state’s new weigh and inspection station on U.S. 301 south of Middletown.
Most truckers get the green light to keep rolling by the cream-colored one-story station with an [...]
A complaint was filed with State Attorney General`s Open Meetings Act Compliance Board alleging numerous violations of the Open Meetings Act by the Centreville Town Manager. They include:
No minutes have been produced for several meetings or were not released in a timely manner. (Eight instances) The reason given for closing several [...]Every year the Maryland Department of Planning receives a report on “acreage subject to agricultural land transfer tax” which is used to measure the amount of farmland lost to development. The total number of acres lost in Fisal Year 2009 - 3,209 acres - was lower than 2008, which itself [...]
7:00 p.m.
Goodwill Fire Company
I. Convene – Council President Frank C. Ogens
II. Review of Minutes from Past Meetings
a. November 5, 2009 (Regular Meeting)
III. Announcement of Closed Sessions
a. none
IV. Citizens Forum (Citizens are requested to keep their questions/comments to three minutes)
V. Appearances -
VI. Old Business
a. Ordinance 04-2009, Budget Amendment [...]
County Annex Building – 2nd Floor (B)
206 North Commerce Street
7:00 P.M.
I. CALL TO ORDER – Christopher Frank – Chair
II. Review of Minutes from Previous Meeting
III. Citizen Comment (Citizens are requested to keep their questions/comments to three minutes)
IV. Appearances
a. Ron Manslow, Security Vault Works, Inc. – Simplified Site Plan for Drive-up Kiosk, BB&T [...]
Talbot County officials weren’t enamored of the town of Trappe’s desire to build a major housing development, so they twice turned down the Eastern Shore hamlet’s efforts to upgrade local sewer and water capacity, in 2004 and 2005. And theoretically, that should have been the end of it. But it [...]
Queen Anne’s County officials said they will again ask two federal agencies to hold a public meeting in Ruthsburg to preview the federal plan for a “hard skills” training center for U.S. embassy security personnel that could be built on 1,505 acres at Hunt Ray Farm, near state Routes 481 [...]
The October 15, 2009, Town Council meeting was called to order at 7:04 p.m. by Council President Frank C. Ogens, in the first floor meeting room of the Goodwill Volunteer Fire Company. The following members and staff were present: Frank C. Ogens, Council President; Norman P. Pinder, Jr., Vice President; [...]
Washington County is moving ahead with a plan to more fairly tax municipal residents.
The county commissioners voted 3-0 on Tuesday in favor of the concept of charging residents of Hagerstown and the towns lower taxes than residents in unincorporated areas, who don’t fund two different local governments.
The new structure, known [...]
The Maryland Chapter of the American Planning Association recently awarded the Town of Centreville the 2009 winner in the “Small Town/Rural Initiative, Plan, jurisdictional population less than 10,000″ category for its 2009 Community Plan. For more details see the Maryland Chapter of the APA’s web site.
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The September 17, 2009, Town Council meeting was called to order at 7:04 p.m. by Council Vice President Norman P. Pinder, Jr., in the first floor meeting room of the Goodwill Volunteer Fire Company. The following members and staff were present: Norman P. Pinder, Jr., Vice President; Timothy E. McCluskey, [...]
The August 19, 2009 Centreville Planning Commission meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Christopher Frank, Chairman in Meeting Room B of the County Annex Building. The following members and staff were present: Christopher Frank, Chair; Elizabeth Brice, Vice-Chair; Penny Lins, Secretary; Jim Cooke, member; Nick Barbalace, member; [...]
The parking lots of Queen Anne’s County’s Bloomfield Farm will soon be modeling the latest in a series of efforts by the county to battle stormwater runoff pollution in the Chesapeake Bay.
Pervious concrete — the technology Queen Anne’s County will use in Bloomfield Farm’s parking lots — allows water [...]
Queen Anne’s County embarked on its six year update to the 2002 Comprehensive Plan about 18 months ago with three large community meetings and the formation of seven citizen committees to guide the plan update.
These citizens, about 109 volunteers, spent 10 months reviewing critical studies, conducting visioning sessions and developing [...]
7:00 p.m.
Goodwill Fire Company
I. Convene – Council President Frank C. Ogens
II. Review of Minutes from Past Meetings
a. October 15, 2009 (Regular Meeting)
III. Announcement of Closed Sessions
a. none
IV. Citizens Forum (Citizens are requested to keep their questions/comments to three minutes)
V. Appearances -
a. Annexation Agreement signing regarding Providence [...]
A Searchable Integrated Report (303d List of Impaired Waterways) is now available on the Maryland Department of the Environment’s website.
Searching for Information on the Corsica River reveals that there are three impairments listed, with one considered too difficult to assess (Aquatic Life and Wildlife), one without an established [...]
In June 2009, The International City/County Management Association (ICMA) President Darnell Earley, city manager, Saginaw, Michigan, appointed Robert C. McGrory, town manager, Centreville, Maryland, to serve on the ICMA Conference Planning Committee.
New committee members began terms of service at the 95th annual conference in Montréal, Canada held in September 2009. [...]
Midshore Regional Recycling Program - HHW / eCycle Project
Saturday, November 7, 2009 - 8:00 am to 2:00 pm
Caroline County Dept of Public Works - Denton, MD
Household Hazardous Waste
Mercury Thermometer Collection
Consumer Electronics Recycling
DIRECTIONS: Route 404 to Denton / Greensboro Exit (McDonalds, Pizza Hut) onto Route [...]
The September 16, 2009 Centreville Planning Commission meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Christopher Frank, Chairman in Meeting Room B of the County Annex Building. The following members and staff were present: Christopher Frank, Chair; Elizabeth Brice, Vice-Chair; Penny Lins, Secretary; Jim Cooke, Nick Barbalace, Norma Coursey, [...]
A closed session decision by the Worcester County Commissioners to consolidate three county departments has been found in violation of Maryland’s sunshine laws.
In response to a complaint from the Assateague Coastal Trust, the Open Meetings Compliance Board found that the discussion that took place during the May 26 closed session [...]
This Friday evening, there will be a lecture in Chestertown by Pulitzer prize winning journalist Hedrick Smith, titled “Poisoned Waters”. As you might know, Mr. Smith’s documentary, (also titled ‘Poisoned Waters’) aired this past summer on PBS, and was a fascinating documentary regarding the environmental challenges that face the Chesapeake [...]
1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Chesapeake College Todd Performing Arts Center.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is holding a series of public meetings throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed to discuss a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for each jurisdiction in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. A TMDL is a strict “diet” [...]
With a chain link fence preventing access to the parking lot behind the Queen Anne’s County District Court building and construction trailers arriving, the Department of General Services appears set to begin construction on the $1.6 million parking deck it plans to put on the site of the current parking [...]
After a town council vote, Providence Farmhouse, a mid-18th century structure that preservationists say is second only to the Circuit Courthouse in historical significance in Queen Anne’s County, is closer to being annexed by Centreville, a move which would pave the way for stabilization of the declining structure.
While the council [...]
The Queen Anne’s County Historical Society membership meeting is Monday evening at 7:00 PM at the Library in Centreville.
Nancy Scozzari, Senior Community & Environmental Planner for the Department of Land Use, Growth Management & Environment, who will speak on the status of our list of Historic Sites and how [...]
County Annex Building – 2nd Floor (B)
206 North Commerce Street
7:00 P.M.
I. CALL TO ORDER – Christopher Frank – Chair
II. Review of Minutes from Previous Meeting
III. Citizen Comment (Citizens are requested to keep their questions/comments to three minutes)
IV. Appearances
a. Ron Manslow, Security Vault Works, Inc. [...]
P.J. Townsend, who served as Centreville`s town clerk for a year and a half, no longer works for the town, but town officials aren`t saying what happened.
“Her last day was Monday (Oct. 5). She`s no longer employed with the town,” said Town Manager Bob McGrory.
At the council’s regular session on [...]
The Queen Anne`s County Planning Commission voted 4-2 Thursday to reject the draft Wye Mills Area Community Plan.
The planning commission voted after Helen Spinelli, chief of community and environmental planning for the county Department of Land Use, Growth Management and Environment, reviewed a summary of comments, both for and against [...]
Following in the footsteps of the Talbot County Council, the Maryland Department of Planning has sent a letter to the Queen Anne’s County government firmly opposed to the draft Wye Mills Area Community Plan, which calls for large-scale commercial development around Chesapeake College.
The plan was approved on a 9-2 vote [...]
