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Farmers Market returns for both days to Lawyer`s Row
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The Farmers Market is now back on Lawyer’s Row, permanently.
Market vendors had unanimously agreed to relocate to Lawyer’s Row on Wednesdays and have now given up on the Millstream Park location for Saturdays, too.
Read more in the Record-Observer
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Queenstown OKs budget
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The Queenstown Town Commissioners have approved a $796,235 budget for fiscal year 2010 that is $73,195 lower than last year’s spending package and includes no tax increase.
The budget approved unanimously at the commissioners’ June 23 meeting also gives the town a surplus of $65,670 as a result of an increase in unrestricted net assets.
“There aren’t [...]
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Terrapin Run back in court
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Terrapin Run is back in court.
The Board of Allegany County Commissioners joined with Terrapin Run LLC to file suit against two state agencies alleging actions tantamount to taking of the property.
The suit, filed Thursday in Allegany County Circuit Court, centers around the 935-acre tract of land in eastern Allegany County for which the state’s highest [...]
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Centreville`s population now 3,458
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According to the latest figures from the US Census, Centreville`s population was estimated to be 3,458 as of July 1, 2008.
This is an increase of 4.2% from 2007 and is much lower than the 13.3% increase of the previous year. However, Centreville continues to grow faster than other large nearby Towns like Chestertown, [...]
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Meetings set next week for proposed MSP chopper move
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The Maryland State Police Aviation Command will hold two public meetings regarding the possible relocation of the Trooper 6 helicopter base from Centreville to the Easton Airport.
The first meeting will be on Tuesday, July 7, at 7 p.m. at the Chester River Hospital Center conference room, 100 Brown St., Chestertown. The second meeting will be [...]
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Petition against tax submitted
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Town residents hoping to force a referendum on Princess Anne’s fiscal 2010 budget turned in a petition Friday that is still short by 40 signatures.
Since the deadline for the petition falls on Sunday, when town offices are closed, the group is allowed to turn in additional names Monday morning, said Beechwood Street resident John Nicholson, [...]
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Officials travel to meeting despite protest
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If the adage, “it’s not what you know, but whom you know,” holds true, politicians from cash-strapped towns and cities are banking it’s true at the Maryland Municipal League’s annual convention, where they expect to rub elbows with controllers of state coffers.
Attendance is up slightly among municipal officials, most of them squeezing out the $399 [...]
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Bloomfield slowly turning from working farm to park
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Sealed bids for leasing up to 40 acres of the former Bloomfield Farm on Route 213 just north of Centreville for a vineyard will be opened next Tuesday, June 30, by the Queen Anne’s County commissioners.
That was not what farm owner William V. (Bill) Riggs III had in mind when he agreed, in the closing [...]
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Assateague Coastal Trust Files Complaint with MD Open Meetings Compliance Board
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Assateague Coastal Trust (ACT) has announced today that it has filed a complaint with the Maryland Open Meetings Compliance Board, through the state Attorney General’s office. The seven page Complaint, with four sets of exhibits attached, was filed to formally complain regarding actions taken by the Worcester County Commissioners on May 26, 2009 in closed [...]
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Group takes tour of conservancy efforts
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Tramping through tall grass and muddy fields, participants in a recent rain-filled tour of Corsica River restoration projects, got their feet more than a little wet, but they were rewarded by glimpses of how these efforts will both improve the quality of water flowing into the river and provide habitat for wildlife.
Led by John McCoy [...]
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Town OKs budget for 2010
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The town of Centreville approved its FY 2010 budget on Thursday.
Council members voted to OK $6,397,592 in general fund expenditures and $10,773,495 in enterprise (water and sewer) expenditures.
At work sessions leading up to the June 18 vote, the tax rate was cut a cent and a half, from the proposed $0.395 to $0.380, and the [...]
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Town Council Special Meeting Minutes - June 9, 2009
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The June 9, 2009, Town Council Special Meeting was called to order at 4:00 p.m., by Council President Frank C. Ogens in the first floor meeting room of the Goodwill Volunteer Fire Company. The following Council members and staff were present: Frank C. Ogens, President; Norman P. Pinder, Jr., Vice President; Timothy E. McCluskey, Member; [...]
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Town Council Meeting Minutes - June 4, 2009
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The June 4, 2009, Town Council meeting was called to order at 7:15 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, President; Norman P. Pinder, Jr., Vice President; Timothy E. McCluskey, Member; Bob McGrory, [...]
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Town Council Public Hearing Minutes - June 4, 2009
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The June 4, 2009, Town Council Public Hearing was called to order at 6:30 p.m., by Council President Frank C. Ogens in the first floor meeting room of the Goodwill Volunteer Fire Company. The following Council members and staff were present: Frank C. Ogens, President; Norman P. Pinder, Jr., Vice President; Timothy E. McCluskey, Member; [...]
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Centreville aims to start economic development group
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Representatives of nonprofits and businesses, as well as citizens and town officials discussed a potential name, mission statement and goals for a Centreville partnership for economic development at a June 11 meeting.
The first gathering of the fledgling group to take place outside the context of an official town meeting also included discussion of a block [...]
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Town Council Meeting Agenda - June 18, 2009
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7:00 p.m.
Goodwill Fire Company
I. Convene – Council President Frank C. Ogens
II. Review of Minutes from Past Meetings
a. June 4, 2009
b. [...]
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Town Council Special Meeting Agenda - June 16, 2009
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4:00 p.m.
Goodwill Volunteer Fire Company
The Town Council will hold a Special Meeting (Work Session) on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 4:00 p.m., at the Goodwill Volunteer Fire Company in the first floor meeting room, for the purpose of conducting a budget work session.
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Centreville Planning Commission Agenda - June 17, 2009
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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 [...]
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Budget Hearing - June 18, 2009
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The Town Council of Centreville will hold a Budget Public Hearing on June 18, 2009 at 6:30 p.m., at the Goodwill Fire Company in the 1st Floor Meeting Room. More detailed information is found on the Town web site: www.TownofCentreville.org
All citizens are invited to attend and provide the Council with written and oral comments concerning [...]
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Parking Lot Discussion Posted
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The discussion between General Services Secretary Collins, County Commissioners, Circuit Court Clerk and the Town Council are available on the QAC TV website.
Select “RECENTLY ADDED” on the right panel and then “Commissioners Meeting 06/09/09″. Advance to 58:00 on the timeline bar.
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