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• SAVE-THE-DATE: “Unity in OUR Community”

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  Diversity Forum - Saturday, January 23, 2010 The Charles County Commissioners, Blue Ribbon Commission for Diversity and Intergroup Relations, College of Southern Maryland, and partnering organizations are busy planning the 2010 “Unity in OUR Community” Diversity Forum, which will be held in the Center for Business & Industry at the [...]

  Posted: December 17, 2009, 8:14pm EST
  

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• Charles County Sheriff’s Officers Close Four Unrelated Burglaries with Eight Arrests

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  Charles County Sheriff Rex W. Coffey said officers recently solved four unrelated burglaries in which good, solid police work was credited with identifying, locating and arresting eight suspects. Citing the arrests, Sheriff Coffey said the work performed in each case is commendable and demonstrates the commitment officers have in solving [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 10:15pm EST
  

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• Notice of Applications Received for State Permit and Opportunity for Hearing

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  [...] CH1976G011/05 – Charles County Department of Utilities, 5310 Hawthorne Road, La Plata, Maryland 20646 has applied to combine the appropriation permits for Chapel Point Woods (CH1976G011) and Jude House/Bel Alton (CH1977G017) under permit CH1976G011 and to increase the existing allocation under this permit from an annual average of 24,000 gallons of [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 8:43pm EST
  

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• From the Duck Hotline: Case 09-1912 (1232 docket) - Rescheduled for January 5th

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  Re: APPEAL against Charles County, WSG Holdings LLC, Docket 1232 Apparently the County screwed up and didnt have it on the docket.  So after waiting all morning, they discovered the error - tried to EDIT the docket and have it today, but that was…  no legal. [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 4:09pm EST
  

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• A losing proposition

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  [...] That is why when the county commissioners purchased the rink from the original owners, the deal was negotiated in secret. The taxpayers of Charles County paid far more than market value so that the investors could recoup the losses on their bad investment. Such shenanigans required a deal without public knowledge [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 12:39pm EST
  

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• School system planning appeal of state’s edict on high school

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  Charles Wineland, assistant superintendent for supporting services, told the Charles County Board of Education last week that after requesting fiscal 2011 state planning and construction approval for the new high school planned on Piney Church Road in Waldorf, the Interagency Committee on School Construction recommended that if plans go forward [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 12:37pm EST
  

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• Charles County Government - Employment Opportunities

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  Job Title: Public Safety Dispatcher Department: Emergency Services Work Location: La Plata, MD Salary: $34,513.00 Closing Date: 2010-01-08 Job Details (pdf) ————————————————————————————————————————— [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 9:08am EST
  

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• NOTICE OF FINAL DETERMINATION

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  Charles County Application for State Discharge Permit 08-DP-0518, NPDES Permit MD0020524: The Town of La Plata, 305 Queen Anne Street, La Plata, Maryland 20646, applied for a renewal permit to discharge 1.5 and 2.0 million gallons per day MGD) of domestic wastewater from the La Plata Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) located at [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 7:13am EST
  

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• Appliance thieves hit apartments under construction

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  [...] Police in Charles County are looking for a group of suspects who broke into several under-construction apartments in White Plains and stole washers, dryers and ranges sometime over the weekend. [...] Anyone with information may contact Crime Solvers at 1-866-411-TIPS or Text CHARLES + their tip to CRIMES. Crime Solvers offers [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 6:42am EST
  

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• Incident and Arrest Reports

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  MSP Reports for Charles County Charles County Sheriff’s Reports [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 2:55pm EST
  

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• County Seeks Snow Removal Contractors for Winter Season

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  The Charles County Department of Public Facilities, Roads Division is currently seeking snow removal contractors for the 2009-10 winter season. [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 8:13pm EST
  

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• Commissioners Approve Disadvantaged Loan Fund Review Committee Bylaws

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  [...] The Disadvantaged Loan Fund Loan Review Committee is an advisory review body appointed by the Director of Economic Development and Tourism. The 5 voting members of the Committee will be appointed by the Director of Economic Development and Tourism and must be approved by the Charles County Board of Commissioners. [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 8:07pm EST
  

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• Gazette LTE: Sorry to see Levy leave public office

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  Over the past 30 years I have known every county commissioner and state legislator in Charles County and southern Maryland, and have worked with most of them. Throughout this period, Murray Levy has been one of our truly outstanding elected officials and public servants. Like everyone else, I was very surprised [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 1:07pm EST
  

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• Watch Works

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  Charles County Sheriff’s Office - Sheriff Rex Coffey December 2009 [...]

  Posted: December 13, 2009, 8:47am EST
  

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• Senior Cadets Honored at Third Annual Military Ball

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  Charles County Public Schools hosted its third annual Junior Reserve Officers Training Corp (JROTC) Joint Services Military Ball on Friday, Dec. 4 at North Point High School.  This is the third consecutive year CCPS has sponsored a joint ball for high school senior cadets. In previous years, each school organized [...]

  Posted: December 13, 2009, 8:03am EST
  

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• Having themselves a merry little Christmas

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  Charles Shop With a Cop helps kids’ dreams come true Lights blazing and sirens screaming, 80 cruisers from law enforcement agencies in Charles County circled the Waldorf Wal-Mart recently. The sight confused and worried shoppers, who pulled out cellphones to call loved ones. On closer inspection, the customers would have seen [...]

  Posted: December 13, 2009, 7:40am EST
  

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• Charles under fire over pay proposal

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  Charles County commissioners were on the defensive last week when they set a date for the public to comment on proposed salary increases for the board. [...] “We’ve been accused of trying to pass this along as self-promotion for ourselves,” Commissioner Samuel N. Graves Jr. (D-La Plata) said. “I can assure [...]

  Posted: December 13, 2009, 7:33am EST
  

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• La Plata It’s Academic Team Advances to Televised Regional Competition

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  The La Plata High School It’s Academic team will participate in the regional televised competition as the first-place winner in the annual Charles County Public Schools competition, held Dec. 9 at the College of Southern Maryland.  The three-member team of Captain Tyler Fini, Rachel Clark and Alex Smith scored 590 [...]

  Posted: December 12, 2009, 5:56pm EST
  

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• Crime rate drops

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  Double-digit decreases reported in almost all types Serious crime in Charles County sank substantially over the first half of this year compared with the same period last year, with double-digit decreases in reports of both violent and property offenses, according to Maryland State Police statistics. [...]

  Posted: December 11, 2009, 5:34pm EST
  

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• Other counties are confronting raises

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  The Charles County government isn’t the only jurisdiction dealing with compensation quandaries. [...] State lawmakers haven’t received a pay boost since 2006, but saw their salaries increase by 38 percent to $43,500 in the four preceding years. Maryland legislators earn the second-highest annual salary among nonfull-time legislatures — Hawaii is No. 1 [...]

  Posted: December 11, 2009, 5:28pm EST
  

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• How is this place in the red when the parking lot is always packed?

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  Ice rink slips into the red yet again Friday, Dec. 11, 2009 By MEREDITH SOMERS, Staff writer The Charles County commissioners have approved a quick fix to bring the Capital Clubhouse out of the red, but it's a problem that board members and staff agree will need a permanent solution next year. On Tuesday, [...]

  Posted: December 11, 2009, 3:35pm EST
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• Paying more for incompetence

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  Let's pay the folks who spent over $500k to bail out the Capital Clubhouse (again) MORE money! Commissioners take next step on pay hike Bill for $28,000, $24,000 increases introduced Friday, Dec. 11, 2009 By MEREDITH SOMERS, Staff writer The Charles County commissioners voted 3-1 Tuesday to introduce a bill that could increase the salary [...]

  Posted: December 11, 2009, 3:25pm EST
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• Ice rink slips into the red yet again

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  The Charles County commissioners have approved a quick fix to bring the Capital Clubhouse out of the red, but it’s a problem that board members and staff agree will need a permanent solution next year. On Tuesday, the board approved a fiscal 2010 budget amendment that transferred $546,400 from the county’s [...]

  Posted: December 11, 2009, 7:35am EST
  

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• Commissioners get to meet the voters, face the music

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  Community meetings raise familiar topics Charles County commissioners’ community meetings in recent weeks served up a big dose of familiar topics. It would appear — from the dozens of citizens who came out to the forums — that the main questions and concerns among county residents center on finances, future growth and [...]

  Posted: December 11, 2009, 7:31am EST
  

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• Crash after police chase in Md. leaves three seriously injured

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  Two men fleeing in a car from Charles County sheriff’s officers crashed head-on into a utility truck in Accokeek on Thursday, seriously injuring themselves and the driver of the truck, authorities said. The incident began about 1:15 p.m., when a woman in the 2300 block of Tacoma Place in Waldorf [...]

  Posted: December 11, 2009, 6:49am EST
  

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• ‘Shop with a Cop’ Program Helps Over 80 Kids Wish Lists Come True

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  On Saturday, Dec. 5, Charles County Sheriff’s and Corrections officers, Maryland Transportation Authority Police, Maryland State Police and La Plata Town Police, participated in the Second Annual Shop with a Cop program. The event, coordinated by Charles County Sheriff’s Officers John Long and Colby Shaw, paired 81 children with officers [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 8:38pm EST
  

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• Public Hearing Set for Commissioner’s Compensation Study

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  On Wednesday morning, the Charles County Commissioners set a public hearing date of January 13th at 7:00 p.m. for the recently presented Compensation Commission Study. Commissioner Cooper voted in opposition to moving forward with a public hearing. Commissioner Collins was absent from the vote. [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 10:03am EST
  

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• MSP Reports for Charles County

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  LA PLATA, Md. (Dec. 09, 2009) - The La Plata Barrack of the Maryland State Police (MSP) today released the following incident and arrest report. [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 7:00am EST
  

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• Charles County Receives Positive Annual Audit Report

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  The Charles County Commissioners received a presentation from Clifton Gunderson LLP, Certified Public Accountants and Consultants on Tuesday morning regarding the Charles County Government’s financial standing as of June 30, 2009. Clifton Gunderson LLP performs the County’s audit on an annual basis. The County’s audit for fiscal year 2009 did [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 6:56am EST
  

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• County’s Lehan loses job

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  The fifth high-ranking Charles County employee in nearly as many months was handed a pink slip last week. Joe Lehan, the man who took over the communications division of the county government in June, wrote in an e-mail that his contract expired Dec. 4 and Charles County commissioners’ President F. Wayne [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 12:29pm EST
  

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