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Madison County has reached an undisclosed settlement with the Veterans’ Assistance Commission (VAC) and Superintendent Bradley Lavite in a lawsuit alleging the department has been underfunded by more than $1 million.

Q: I walk on the Long Branch Trail daily from 8 to 9 a.m. A day doesn’t go by when I don’t see dog owners allowing their dogs to run

Burkart The Fifth District Appellate Court gave Bradley Lavite, Superintendent of the Veterans Assistance Commission of Madison County, until June 1 to file a reply brief in his appeal involving a $1 million funding dispute. Lavite and the Veterans’ Assistance Commission (VAC) filed a notice of appeal to the Fifth District on Aug. 3 through attorney Thomas Burkart of Hamel. In a previous motion for an appealable order, Burkart wrote that the plaintiffs respectfully...

Vision For Downtown Areas Gets More In Focus kirsten@ladailypost.com The vision of an ideal downtown in Los Alamos and White Rock is coming more and more in focus. Thursday evening, Dekker, Perich and Sabatini (D/P/S), the contractor tasked with developing the downtown master plans, presented drafts of the plans for the public’s consideration. The open house meeting for the master plans was held virtually and attendees were polled on their thoughts regarding the draft plans. During an intervi...

County Council Ponders Pedestrian Retail Overlay Zone kirsten@ladailypost.com Los Alamos County Council voted Tuesday night to approve a motion for the Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) to review a proposed ordinance that will change Chapter 16 of the County Code. The change includes a pedestrian retail overlay zone in which offices would no longer be permitted to occupy ground level spaces. According to agenda documents: “…the downtown district is limited to pedestrian-oriented ground ...

The Baltimore County Council voted unanimously Monday to loosen a provision allowing retirees to be rehired for government service after a report found the county improperly paid at least 20 employees salaries and pensions.

Construction is expected to begin soon, however a start date has yet to be determined. In the meantime, part of the site plan requires pedestrian and bicycle accommodations along the Rochambeau Road street frontage, however due to the existing topographical conditions, construction of these accommodations are impractical at this location. The applicant, Dominion Energy, asked for an exception to Section 24-35 of the County Code, which has been granted by the Director of Planning, a Paul Holt. �...

The Shelby County States Attorney was asked during the last county board meeting if the board had the power to finance the farming operation. Her response was common for a criminal prosecutor rather than a well-versed local government law attorney. We say common because, in the criminal side of legal matters, prosecutors deal with very specific criminal statutes that are commonly viewed in isolation from other statutes, unlike local government law where statutes must be read in harmony with man...

Q: One of our neighbors has a dog that is constantly roaming our street. He is not vicious, but does chase my daughter in our yard, terrorize our outdoor cats, and his new trick is to just follow me inside the house. We have taken her home countless times. The owners seem not to care at all and since they only speak Spanish it’s hard to communicate with them. I have called the sheriff’s department non-emergency number and reported it at least 20 times, and nothing has been done. I do...

Dear Ms. Hornberger: Per the County Code, Chapter 39-4 C: Not more than three members of the Commission shall be affiliated with the same political party. We understand that, as someone deeply associated with the Republican Party but fairly new to Cecil County politics, you may not be familiar with many Democrats in our area. As the Cecil County Democratic Central Committee, we feel it important that the Democratic Party have some representation on the Ethics Commission. We are writing today to...