Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Carroll County Commissioner Doug Howard will host an April Town Hall meeting on Monday.
A representative of the Carrolltown Mall developers will attend a Town Hall meeting on Monday to announce plans for the site. Commissioner Doug Howard will host the next Town Hall Meeting at the Sykesville-Freedom Fire Hall, 6680 Sykesville Rd on Monday, April 22 at 7 p.m. This Town Hall Meeting is the fifth in a series of eight monthly meetings designed to keep District 5 residents informed about issues facing the Freedom-Eldersburg-Sykesville area, according to a county news release. Commissioner Howard will provide an overview of the county budget process and the decisions made to date at the meeting. Additionally, Dixon Harvey of Black Oak Associates will unveil redevelopment plans for Carrolltown Mall. According to a news release, …
Thursday, February 28, 2013
The Board of Education will be asking the county commissioners for a one percent funding increase over last year.
The Carroll County Board of Education adopted the Superintendent's proposed budget Wednesday, much to the chagrin of Commissioner Doug Howard, who said the county just doesn't have the money to fund at the requested level. The school board will be asking the county commissioners to increase funding of Carroll County Public Schools (CCPS) by $1.7 million, or one percent above last year's funding level. The board of education will ask the commissioners for total funding of $166.6 million. CCPS Superintendent Stephen Guthrie explained that the the school system has made $20 million in reductions in the past five years and cut 155 positions system-wide. The FY14 budget again includes reductions--20 custodial staff positions and four central …
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Tell us: Do you agree with the decision to suspend the program?
A new technology that uses a child’s handprint to obtain their school lunch account has come under fire, and now, the superintendent has suspended the program and halted the installation of the technology, according to the Carroll County Times. Earlier this fall, the Baltimore Sun reported that some parents felt this system, one of the first of its kind to be used in a Maryland school district as of October, was a violation of privacy. School officials have previously said the technology is only used to access a student’s school cafeteria account – and for no other purpose. The program was piloted because it was thought students would spend less time in line waiting and would have more time to eat lunch, according to the Carroll County …
Monday, October 8, 2012
Commissioner Doug Howard will host a town meeting tonight at the South Carroll Senior Center.
Commissioner Doug Howard will host a Town Hall Meeting tonight at the South Carroll Senior Center located, 5928 Mineral Hill Road in Eldersburg at 7 p.m. Law Enforcement will be the primary focus of tonight's meeting, with representatives from the Sheriff’s Department providing information on the policing efforts currently in place in the Eldersburg/Sykesville area. This Town Hall Meeting will be the first in a series of 8 monthly meetings designed to keep District 5 residents informed about issues facing the South Carroll area, according to a news release. Each month Commissioner Howard will review issues facing the county and their impact on District 5. Other organizations will also provide updates and information that are facing their …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
A commissioner has invited county employees to pray with her each Thursday in the county office building.
Carroll County Commissioner Robin Bartlett Frazier has invited county employees to join her for a weekly prayer group, but board President Doug Howard says it may not be appropriate to use government space for such a purpose. Frazier's email invitation, obtained by Patch from a citizen who filed a public information request, was sent by a county employee, inviting staff to join Frazier for "a time for prayer" on Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. starting June 7. Frazier told Patch she held such prayer meetings when she previously served as a commissioner from 1998 to 2002. "I simply set aside a time weekly to pray during the lunch hour and invite anyone that would like to to join me during their lunch hour," Frazier said. She said the county has …
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Shannon
7:01 pm on Sunday, April 28, 2013
I want a dog park and Michael's or Joanne's fabrics, not another Walmart. I like the current Walmart. And no movie theater either, movie theaters in carroll county always suck. more ›