BY: Jacob Owens, Cecil Whig PORT DEPOSIT — Erika Quesenbery-Sturgill woke up on Sept. 21 to a cell phone buzzing with text messages, voicemails and emails waiting for her reply. While the noted local historian knew immediately that something was amiss so early on a Sunday morning, she had no idea the extent of the […]
Editorial from The Record “Jacob Tome was a key figure in northern Maryland and south central Pennsylvania a century ago, but what has become of his legacy in Cecil County is a real shame. A fire last month that gutted what had once been the stately Memorial Hall of the Tome School for Boys was […]
The Tome School Campus is home to the Olmstead designed Italian Gardens. Over the years, maintaining the overgrown gardens has proven to be quite a task. The BDC has recently committed to completely renovating and clearing out the gardens to restore their once presteen beauty. With various community clean-up days and professional landscaping services, the […]
Bainbridge Development Corporation Community Update: Provided by Toni Lozzi, Project Coordinator While the BDC has had their hands tied with development on the property due to contamination, we have begun to turn our focus to the Tome School grounds and doing all we can to preserve and protect the history and beauty of the campus. […]
The BDC is very pleased with the outcome from the Tome School participation in the 2014 River Sweep Event. With the help of 62 volunteers, we were able to clear ouy 5 dump-truck loads and 34 bags of fallen limps, brush and weeds. Read the full story in the Cecil Whig: Volunteers Tackle Old Tome […]
Cecil County Executive, and BDC Board Member, Tari Moore has been selected by the National Association of Counties (NACo) to be one of the 25 county leaders from across the United States to attend the County Leadership Institute in Washington, D.C. in June. The institute is offered in partnership with Cambridge Leadership Associates.
The BDC is proud to announce it will be a clean-up site for the 14th Annual River Sweep, organized by the Lower Susquehanna Heritage Greenway. The event will take place Saturday April 26 from 9am-12pm. Anyone interested in participating can register on the LSHG website
