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Colton Nusbaum’s reserve champion brought one of the fair’s highest individual prices as buyers backed young livestock exhibitors.
Mayor Frank Davis is running unopposed, while Valerie Turnquist, Mike Myers and Glenn Blanchard are competing for one commissioner seat.
Council members reviewed separate residential rates, a tiered system and land-value taxation. The discussion did not establish a new tax structure.
Peter Brehm’s proposal would let elected officials assume final review of certain applications, drawing concerns about delays, duplication and political influence.
Jesse Pippy and Bill Folden want a federal transportation initiative considered as a way to avoid carving a new power-line route through private property.
The City of Frederick renewed its Bird City Maryland designation after completing 30 action points, adding habitat improvements and planting nearly 200 trees through the Cooler Neighborhoods program.
