BDC Provides Tome School Update

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“We are still actively working with the State Fire Marshall’s Office on their investigation of the fire at Memorial Hall. We cannot comment on the investigation at this time but when there is a public update available, we will certainly provide that right away.

We are also working with the Deputy Fire Marshall and the Cecil County Sheriff’s Office to find the best solution for the ongoing security issues at Bainbridge.

We recently completed our semi-annual operations and maintenance inspection at the property. The report came back quite favorable. The only requested repairs to be made, are to the breaches in the fencing along 276. We have been focusing our property maintenance efforts on repairing the breaches along the entire property line and have made excellent progress in the past two months. Inspections are performed following the repairs and then we proceed to check the breaches to see if they are staying closed. We are very pleased to report that the repairs are holding and we are now working on closures along 276.

While Memorial Hall is something of great importance to the Town of Port Deposit, Cecil County and the BDC, we unfortunately do not have an update to provide at this time. We are still evaluating options for moving forward.”

-Provided by Toni Lozzi, Project Coordinator

Martha Barchowsky Joins BDC Board, Mike Pugh Re-Appointed

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At the BDC Board of Directors Open Meeting held this evening, Thursday January 29, Martha Barchowsky was sworn in by County Clerk Derrick Lowe and Mike Pugh was re-appointed to his position. Martha replaces long-standing board member Bill Harrington who has contributed exponentially to the BDC during his tenure. The BDC is very excited to have Martha apart of the board and believes she will represent the Town very well.

Former Delegate David Rudolph participated in the Open Meeting and presented a formal citation to Bill Harrington for his work on the BDC Board, for the Town of Port Deposit, Cecil County and the State of Maryland. BDC Chairman Mike Pugh also presented Bill with a token of graditude on behalf of the Board. To close out the evening, the Board presented David Rudolph with a citation of their own to show appreciation for the immense amount of work he did for the BDC from 1999-2015 while he was in office. The BDC is forever grateful to the effort David expelled in all things related to Bainbridge and the Tome School. Below are photos captured from the evening.