The objective of the CGC is to help foster the development of the town and neighboring areas in a manner that preserves the quality of life now and for
future generations.
To this end, the organization supports, through an informed citizenry and interface with local government those programs and actions that ensure responsible planning, growth, and concern for the environment.
The Centreville Town Council will hold a closed session on Thursday, July 15, 2010, at 5:30 p.m., at the Goodwill Fire Department, 212 Broadway in the first floor meeting room, to discuss personnel issues and consult with counsel to obtain legal advice on a legal matter in accordance with the Maryland Open Meetings Act, State [...]
7:00 p.m.
Goodwill Fire Company
I. Convene – Council President Norman P. Pinder, Jr.
II. Review of Minutes from Past Meetings
a. June 15, 2010 (Public Hearing)
b. [...]
7:00 p.m.
Goodwill Fire Company
I. Convene – Council President Norman P. Pinder, Jr.
II. Review of Minutes from Past Meetings
a. May 20, 2010 (regular [...]
4:00 p.m.
Goodwill Volunteer Fire Company
The Town Council will hold a Work Session on Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at 4:00 p.m., at the Goodwill Volunteer Fire Company in the first floor meeting room..
I. [...]
4:00 p.m.
Goodwill Volunteer Fire Company
The Town Council will hold a Work Session on Thursday, June 10, 2010 at 4:00 p.m., at the Goodwill Volunteer Fire Company in the first floor meeting room.
I. [...]
[Copied from the Town`s website]
The Town Council of Centreville received the proposed FY 2011 Budget prepared by the staff, which proposes retaining the real property tax rate of $0.38 per $100 of assessed value as set by the Council last year. Over the past five years, that rate has been reduced by more than [...]
7:00 p.m.
Goodwill Fire Company
I. Convene – Council President Norman P. Pinder, Jr.
II. Review of Minutes from Past Meetings
a. April 20, 2010 (SHA [...]
The U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that its 2010 Small Business Matchmaking Event will take place on May 21, 2010 at the Waterview Conference Center, 1919 N. Lynn Street, Arlington, VA from 9:00 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. This event is hosted by the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) whose [...]
Ordinance No. 03-2010 and Ordinance No. 04-2010
May 6, 2010
6:30 p.m.
Goodwill Volunteer Fire Company
I. Convene – President Norman P. Pinder, Jr.
II. Ordinance No. [...]
All program times are for Maryland Public Television
Tuesday, April 20th, 9:00 pm - Chesapeake Bay by Air [repeats April 21st at midnight and 4:00 am, April 23rd at 8:00 pm, April 24th at midnight, 4:00 am and 3:30 pm and May 2nd at 3:30 pm]
Tuesday, April 20th, 10:30 pm - Sprawl: The Tipping Point [repeats [...]
8:00 p.m.
Goodwill Volunteer Fire Company
I. Convene and Presentation of Colors – Council President Frank C. Ogens
II. Citizens Forum (Citizens are requested to keep their questions/comments to three minutes)
III. Report of the Board of Supervisors of Elections – Chairman, Board of Supervisors of Elections
IV. Certification of Oath Administration [...]
The Town Council will hold a work session on Tuesday, April 20, 2010, with the State Highway Administration. The work session will begin at 4:00 p.m. at the Goodwill Fire Company, first floor meeting room.
8:00 am to 2:00 pm
Queen Anne’s County Dept of Public Works - Centreville, MD
DIRECTIONS: From 213/301 Intersection take Rte 301 N, right onto Rt 304 E (Truck Stop), go 0.1 miles then left onto Safety Drive. For GPS & Mapping programs, the street address is 312 Safety Dr, Centreville, MD 21617
For residents of Caroline, [...]
The June 10, 2010, Work Session was called to order at 4:03 p.m. by President Norman P. Pinder, Jr., in the Goodwill Fire Department. The following members and staff were present: Norman P. Pinder, Jr., President; Timothy E. McCluskey, Vice President; Frank C. Ogens, Member; Bob McGrory, Town Manager; and Lori Peddicord, Finance Officer.
Citizens Forum
No [...]
Three counties on the Mid-Shore are waiting to see where the federal government will choose an alternative site for the Foreign Affairs Security Training Center. The FASTC would be used to train diplomats.
The government had chosen the town of Ruthsburg in Queen Anne’s County as a preferred site for the project. Those plans were nixed [...]
The June 8, 2010, Town Council meeting was called to order at 4:03 p.m. by President Norman P. Pinder, Jr., in the Goodwill Fire Department. The following members and staff were present: Norman P. Pinder, Jr., President; Timothy E. McCluskey, Vice President; Frank C. Ogens, Member; Bob McGrory, Town Manager; Lori Peddicord, Finance Officer; and [...]
The June 3, 2010, Town Council meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by President Norman P. Pinder, Jr. in the Goodwill Fire Department. The following members and staff were present, Norman P. Pinder, Jr., President; Timothy E. McCluskey, Vice President; Frank C. Ogens, Member; Bob McGrory, Town Manager; Chief Charles Rhodes; Steve Kehoe, [...]
I find myself sitting in the auditorium of the Queen Annes County High School once again. Visions of the previous FASTC meetings enter my mind as I look around at the crowd forming. We are all here to once again let “government” know how “We the people feel”.
As I listen to people speak [...]
The May 20, 2010, Town Council meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by President Norman P. Pinder, Jr., in the Goodwill Fire Department. The following members and staff were present: Norman P. Pinder, Jr., President; Timothy E. McCluskey, Vice President; Frank C. Ogens, Member; Bob McGrory, Town Manager; Lori Peddicord, Finance Officer; Chief [...]
MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
WATER MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION
NOTICE OF APPLICATION RECEIVED
Queen Anne’s County
State Discharge Permit Application 10-DP-0116,
NPDES Permit MD0020834:
Town of Centreville, 101 Lawyers Row, Centreville, MD 21617 applied for renewal of the permit to discharge an average of 542,000 gallons per day of treated domestic wastewater from the Centreville Wastewater Treatment Plant located at 116 Johnstown [...]
The May 6, 2010, Town Council meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by President Norman P. Pinder, Jr. in the Goodwill Fire Department. The following members and staff were present, Norman P. Pinder, Jr., President; Timothy E. McCluskey, Vice President; Frank C. Ogens, Member; Bob McGrory, Town Manager; Lori Peddicord, Finance Officer; Chief [...]
The April 20, 2010 Work Session was called to order at 4:00 p.m. by Council President, Norman Pinder in the first floor meeting room at the Goodwill Fire Department. The following members and staff were present: Norman P. Pinder, Jr., President; Timothy E. McCluskey, Vice President; Frank C. Ogens, Member; Bob McGrory, Town Manager; Jane [...]
The April 15, 2010, Town Council Reorganizational Meeting was called to order at 8:00 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 [...]
The April 1, 2010, Town Council meeting was called to order at 7:02 p.m. by President Frank C. Ogens, in the Goodwill Fire Department. The following members and staff were present: Frank C. Ogens, President; Norman P. Pinder, Jr., Vice President; Timothy E. McCluskey, Member; Bob McGrory, Town Manager; Chief Charlie Rhodes; Steve Kehoe, Town [...]
The Delmarva Farmer was born in a sun-splashed room on the 11th floor of a conference center hotel in Ocean City in November 1977.
The precise date escapes me, but no matter.
Three sketches of the flag (the name of the paper which would appear at the top of Page 1) were spread on the bed.
We [...]
Last week, without notifying me or my campaign, the management of Red Apple Plaza removed one of my large campaign signs from their property. This occurred despite being granted permission to erect the sign weeks earlier. This action was the result of pressure from those that strongly objected to my stance in opposition to the [...]
One of the critical decisions facing the County is the disposition of the Queen Anne`s County Circuit Court House.
Built in 1796, the Court House is the oldest still in continuous use in Maryland and the sixth oldest in the United States. The historic building has been rendered obsolete and a public safety hazard due to [...]
Sustainability, not unbridled development, should be the guiding principle
Looking for signs of recovery in our part of the country, we note that homebuilders took out permits to construct nearly 1,900 new residential units in the Baltimore metropolitan area in the first four months of the year. That’s a 70 percent rise over the same period [...]
For the past six months or more I have listened to countless people tell me that “you can’t fight the government” regarding the Foreign Affairs Security Training Center (FASTC) and that we were just wasting our time and energy thinking that we could make a difference. Even those who were in this fight to save [...]
Plans for Queen Anne’s training facility axed - Annapolis Capital
Feds pull plug on Shore security project - Baltimore Sun
Feds kill terrorism training site on Eastern Shore - Washington Post
Feds Kill Plan for Md. Diplomatic Training Center - WBOC-TV (Salisbury). Here is a link to the video
State Department nixes foreign affairs facility on Eastern Shore [...]
Announcements
The Department of State (DoS) and General Services Administration (GSA) have determined that the Hunt Ray/CrismerFarm in Queen Anne’s County will no longer be considered for the proposed DoSForeign Affairs Security Training Center. Click Here for Details
News Articles
NEW! Links to articles concerning the demise of the Ruthsburg FASTC
NEW! It`s Official [...]
After further analysis, the Department of State (DoS) and General Services Administration (GSA) have determined that the Hunt Ray/Crismer Farm in Queen Anne’s County will no longer be considered for the proposed DoS Foreign Affairs Security Training Center. DoS and GSA remain committed to a robust and transparent public engagement process and value the input [...]
State Department Facility Would Hurt Delmarva Peninsula Fox Squirrel, Rural Eastern Shore Communities
The Center for Biological Diversity announced its intention to sue the State Department and General Services Administration today for failing to protect an endangered species, the Delmarva Peninsula fox squirrel, in plans to build a sprawling 1,250-acre training facility on farmland in rural [...]
