Cecil County Votes: Early Vote Tally Favors Moore for County Exec; Hodge,...
Early voting tallies for the historic Cecil County election for the first County Executive show Republican Tari Moore ahead and fellow Republicans Robert Hodge and Alan McCarthy leading in two County...
View ArticleCecil County Del. Mike Smigiel MIA on Key Annapolis Votes on Gas Tax,...
If you take a paycheck, most employers expect you to show up for the job. But taxpayers didn’t get the job done by one of their employees when Cecil County Del. Michael Smigiel (R-36) was a no-show as...
View ArticleCecil County Council Backs Most of County Exec’s Budget; Rejects Cuts to...
The Cecil County Council voted late Thursday afternoon to support most of County Executive Tari Moore’s Fiscal 2014 budget proposal, repeatedly rejecting proposals by Councilors Diana Broomell (R-4)...
View ArticleCecil County, Upper Shore Senate: Hershey Woos Locals; Smigiel in Attack Mode...
A Cecil Times Special Report While a political bloodbath has been unfolding in the four counties of the state legislative 36th District recently, the man who caused it has been serenely contemplating,...
View ArticleTwo GOP Panels File Hershey’s Name for Senate 36th Seat to End Local Process,...
After two weeks of political drama, two county Republican committees have sent to Gov. Martin O’Malley the name of their nominee—Del. Steve Hershey—to fill the vacant state Senate seat in Dist. 36,...
View ArticleUpper Shore Politics: Arentz Gets Gov. Nod for Vacant Delegate Seat; Keeping...
News Analysis Gov. Martin O’Malley usually doesn’t come across as a man of few words on any topic, but when he is just carrying out a pro-forma requirement, he can be quite succinct. So it took just...
View ArticleUpper Shore Senate: Sossi, Hershey File in Dist 36 GOP Race as $ Shows Local...
Former Del. Dick Sossi has filed his candidacy in the Dist. 36 state Senate race against newly appointed Sen. Steve Hershey, setting up a grudge match replay of the 2010 Republican primary for a...
View ArticleState Delegate Dist. 36 Race: Three Hoops, Four Basketballs and a Caroline...
COMMENTARY The 36th District, covering four counties on Maryland’s Upper Eastern Shore, is like no other legislative district in the state and this year the contests for state Delegates are the...
View ArticleDist. 36 Delegates: Cecil GOP Voters Oust Smigiel; Caroline County’s Ghrist...
Cecil County Republican Michael Smigiel apparently lost his bid for re-election Tuesday in a redrawn District 36 House of Delegates contest, losing in his home county as well as falling short...
View ArticleCecil County Election: Adams Wins GOP Primary for Sheriff; Sutton Strikes Out...
Cecil County Republican voters overwhelmingly chose Scott Adams for Sheriff on Tuesday, rejecting the third try for the job by Chris Sutton. Sutton had previously run twice as a Democrat but switched...
View ArticleCecil County Sheriff: Scott Adams Overpowers Blackburn in Election
Scott Adams, the Republican candidate for Cecil County Sheriff, coasted to an overwhelming victory over William (Danny) Blackburn, a Democrat, in Tuesday’s general election. Adams also won a solid...
View ArticleCecil County Council: Bowlsbey, Schneckenburger, Patchell Win Council Seats...
Cecil County voters elected three Republicans to the County Council in Tuesday’s election, retaining an all-GOP Council and turning back challenges by two well-known Democrats. The only incumbent—Joyce...
View ArticleCecil County Charter Amendments: Voters OK Four Ballot Questions
Cecil County voters, who overwhelmingly approved a shift to Charter government in 2010, decided by strong margins on Tuesday that they were willing to accept four Charter changes, including some that...
View ArticleCecil County Early Voting Brings Out Slight GOP Advantage; South County has...
Early voting in the 2016 primary elections, which began last Thursday and continues for a week, is bringing out a small, but steady, voter turnout in an election that will decide several local contests...
View ArticleAlan McCarthy Wins Cecil County Executive Race by Wide Margin; Manlove Holds...
Alan McCarthy, the current Vice President of the Cecil County Council, won a solid victory Tuesday in his race to become only the second County Executive under Charter government. McCarthy, a...
View ArticleCecil County Mirrors National Trump Support; Clinton Carries Maryland in...
Cecil County delivered a sweeping margin to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, reflecting national sentiment, while statewide Maryland voters strongly supported Democrat Hillary Clinton in...
View ArticleFinal Vote Tally Confirms Manlove Wins Cecil County School Board Seat; Sen....
William C. Manlove narrowly retained his seat on the Cecil County Board of Education, according to final vote counts, and he slightly widened his election night winning margin over challenger Kevin...
View ArticleIncumbent Judge Will Davis Wins Cecil County Circuit Court Seat
Judge William W. Davis, Jr., known locally as “Will” in his work with youth groups and charities to aid troubled children, won election to a 15-year term on the Cecil County Circuit Court bench on...
View ArticleCecil County Council OK’s $140K for Animal Overspending, Questions Cat...
NEWS ANALYSIS The Cecil County Council has approved a $140,000 budget boost in the current fiscal year to cover overspending by the county’s Animal Services agency, despite questions about a massive...
View ArticleCecil County Council Punts, So Far, on Budget; No Public Sessions Before 7/4...
NEWS ANALYSIS In less than an hour on Tuesday (5/28/2019), the County Council reviewed the complex Fiscal 2020 budget proposed by the County Executive, with few questions, no spending cut proposals and...
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