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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-04T11:44:03.029Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Liquor board approves moving Carriage House license to shopping center despite emotional community pushback</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-04T11:43:40.266Z</news:publication_date>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-04T11:35:48.604Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Commissioners spend $841K preserving a 216-acre Westminster farm and buy out dispatch, jail medical contracts</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-04T11:34:19.224Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>BZA denies 72-unit retirement village in Eldersburg after neighbors raise traffic and safety concerns</news:title>
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    <loc>https://carrollcounty.openmaryland.org/meetings/2026-03-19-fy27-budget-agency-hearings-open-session-mar-19-2026-8824d948-efb2-4728-9790-2a55f409b8b3</loc>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-04T11:33:44.907Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Commissioners adopt forest mitigation fees 4-1, buy detention radios, and hear FY27 budget pitches</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-04T11:31:31.106Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Budget adopted unanimously, but Eldersburg storage fight stalls again as board punts decision to June 4</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-04T11:31:22.241Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Westminster &apos;Tree Streets&apos; residents pack hearing on closing Old Baltimore Road connection</news:title>
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      <news:title>Kennel hearing continues: dueling traffic studies, property value clash, next date July 28</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-04T11:30:28.786Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Residents pack hearing on retirement housing rules — three zoning changes now headed to Sept. 17 vote</news:title>
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      <news:title>Police Accountability Board hears complaints are down but charges doubled this year</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-04T11:27:40.946Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Commissioners fund opioid crisis programs, water projects, and town agreements — and close the hearing on the county&apos;s big water plan</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-04T11:27:29.671Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>BZA approves Manchester two-family conversion, denies Taneytown setback appeal, and continues Davis Road kennel fight into the fall</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-04T11:25:49.643Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Firefighters could get $2.5M in new gear — commissioners back big grant applications, pause Mount Airy annexation</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-04T11:25:32.951Z</news:publication_date>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-04T11:25:22.769Z</news:publication_date>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-04T11:24:37.196Z</news:publication_date>
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      <news:title>Hearing on 120-dog kennel near Davis Road continues to June 26 after hours of testimony</news:title>
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      <news:title>Carroll County P&amp;Z to weigh two solar farm plans and a 5-lot Hampstead subdivision Monday</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-03T14:55:00.124Z</news:publication_date>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-03T13:44:47.518Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>County spends big on courthouse repairs and fire company insurance — and a traffic fight erupts over Freedom District development</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-03T12:39:16.749Z</news:publication_date>
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      <news:title>Police accountability board reports complaints down a third, but officers charged up — plus a push to let cops erase frivolous complaints</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-03T12:13:55.504Z</news:publication_date>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-03T08:15:48.422Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Data centers face possible countywide zoning ban as commissioners extend deferral and move to tighten tax supermajority rule</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-03T08:10:20.315Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Commissioners buy 46 acres near Westminster for $3.4M to expand Northern Landfill — and OK new bus routes</news:title>
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