Waldorf – The Lagasse Report

Commissioners adopt school seat allocation changes, approve school funding task force

On December 20, 2020July 10, 2022 By TLREditor

District 3 Commissioner Amanda M. Stewart (D) accused her colleagues on the Board of Charles County Commissioners of pandering to developers as she cast the sole vote against passing controversial legislation that will accelerate new residential subdivision construction. During Tuesday’s virtual open session, the commissioners voted four to one to

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Concerns over school seat allocations aired

On September 13, 2020July 10, 2022 By TLREditor

Charles County Board of Education chair Virginia “Ginny” McGraw told the Board of Charles County Commissioners on Wednesday that the board was “very disappointed” by the commissioners’ decision to move ahead with proposed changes to school-related county ordinances without first seeking input from the school board. The school board raised

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County’s aging stormwater system faces climate change stresses

On August 16, 2020July 10, 2022 By TLREditor

Although the Charles County government has been working aggressively in recent years to upgrade the county’s stormwater drainage network, its aging infrastructure is straining under the combined loads of increasingly severe weather and the construction of ever more acres of impervious surface. As the county commissioners consider legislation that would

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Can Charles County’s water resources keep pace with development?

On August 9, 2020July 10, 2022 By TLREditor

When the Board of Charles County Commissioners return from their summer break, they will be considering legislation that will accelerate the approval of development projects that have been stuck in the pipeline for years, and in some cases for decades. That plus the greenlighting of large marquee projects like the

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Commissioners greenlight Waldorf Station development agreement

On July 19, 2020July 10, 2022 By TLREditor

Earlier this month, the Board of Charles County Commissioners voted to approve a 31-page agreement between the county and developer Greenberg Gibbons Commercial that lays out the terms for what has been called the biggest development project in the county in the past 40 years. The 140-acre Waldorf Station mixed-use