January Blizzard Cost Frederick County $3.9 Million

FREDERICK, Md. (AP) -- January's snowstorm cost public schools and county and municipal governments in Frederick County $3.9 million.

According to a preliminary damage assessment report, county government agencies spent about $1.8 million responding to the snowstorm.

Nine municipalities in the county spent a total of $1.6 million. The town of Brunswick had storm-related costs of more than $251,000, the report states. About $160,000 went to replace and repair the public works building that collapsed after the storm and the equipment inside.

A spokeswoman for the county tells The Frederick News-Post that these figures are preliminary estimates.

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