🌱 How Thursday’s county vote could reshape Fort Ritchie’s utilities and roads
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- How Thursday’s county vote could reshape Fort Ritchie’s utilities and roads
Today's riddle: Want to hear a joke about a broken pencil? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Cooler with periods of rain, with a high of 59 and low of 54 degrees.
- Friday: Cool with periods of rain, temps: high: 58, low: 49.
- Saturday: Some rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 54 and low of 51 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• W.C. Commission to consider utility consulting deal, Fort Ritchie sewer improvements at special meeting (localnews1.org) — County commissioners will vote Thursday on sewer upgrades tied to Fort Ritchie’s ongoing redevelopment, a key step before the site’s private system becomes part of the public network. The deal also links road improvements around Fort Ritchie to those utility upgrades and comes alongside a broader countywide water and sewer consulting contract. 
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