McCarthy Backs Down from Challenge to Animal Law as Legal Questions Raised on...
A tempest over Cecil County’s animal control ordinance, and an attempt by Councilor Alan McCarthy (R-1) to change two provisions as an amendment to legislation proposed by the county executive, has...
View ArticleCecil County Sheriff Dept. Goes to Dogs: K9 Officers to Join Force, Patrol...
Cecil County’s Sheriff’s Department is bringing on two new four-pawed recruits this spring, training K9 dogs to detect illegal drugs in schools and also serve broader law enforcement duties in the...
View ArticleBuddies’ Cat Pal Attacks Animal Control Panel Chair; Maps of Feral Cat...
Cecil County should know the locations of feral (wild) cat colonies harbored by local cat “rescue” groups as a matter of public and animal health concerns, the chair of an animal oversight panel has...
View ArticleCecil County Animal Oversight Panel Loses Members, Girl Scouts Dissed for...
NEWS ANALYSIS Cecil County’s animal control oversight panel that monitors a private contractor, handling stray animals at taxpayer expense, has lost two members who resigned recently after what some...
View ArticleCECIL CHATTER: Janney Signs on to Pot Farm Bid; Cecil County Council Tours...
EX-SHERIFF JANNEY CONSIDERS SECURITY CHIEF JOB FOR PROPOSED POT FARM Former Cecil County Sheriff Barry Janney, who is currently the chief of the Community Corrections unit of the county’s Detention...
View ArticleCounty Seizes 63 Animals, Citing “Neglect;” Questions on Animal Services Lack...
A CECIL TIMES Special Report Cecil County’s government-operated Animal Services agency recently raided two locations, in Elkton and Rising Sun, and took into custody 63 animals as part of an...
View ArticleCecil County Animal Services Overspends Budget, Asks $140K from Reserve...
A CECIL TIMES Special Report NEWS ANALYSIS Cecil County’s Animal Services agency is overspending its current Fiscal 2019 budget and is asking for an infusion of $140,000 immediately, drawn from a...
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