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March 2, 2021
WICOMICO COUNTY, Md. – Tuesday night the Wicomico County Council revisited a hot topic: proclaiming the county as a Second Amendment Sanctuary. Wicomico County Sheriff Mike Lewis says the point of tonight’s proclamation is to ensure that Wicomico County residents know their sheriff supports them in their right to keep and bear arms. “I just want a public statement by the County Council’s men and women that they recognize the importance of our Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms,” said Sheriff Lewis.
A Second Amendment Sanctuary is a state, county, or municipality that adopts laws or resolutions that help block the enforcement of certain gun control measures. Those can sometimes include universal background checks, high-capacity magazine bans, assault weapon bans, and red flag laws. “There appears to be a constant degradation, a constant erosion, of our Constitutional rights in general. There are a number of people out there that believe
SALISBURY – A $300,000 grant award will provide emergency rental assistance to Wicomico County residents.
Last week, the Wicomico County Council voted 5-0, with Councilman John Cannon and Councilwoman Nicole Acle abstaining, to accept a $300,000 grant award from the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development for emergency rental assistance.
Wicomico County Planner Jesse Drewer told officials last week the grant award would be the third round of funding the county has received from the agency.
“Unlike the other funding we have been awarded, this funding will allow us to pay for the current month’s rent along with eight months in arrears going back to April, to the pandemic’s start,” he said. “There is no income eligibility requirement, which is different than the other rounds.”