SMITHSBURG — On the day she fired town police chief Tommy Bowers, Mayor Mildred “Mickey” Myers armed herself with a county sheriff, two deputies and a curt letter of dismissal. They took his ...

SMITHSBURG — By six votes, former Police Chief Tommy Bowers yesterday ousted the mayor who fired him, apparently ending a feud that has consumed this Western Maryland town for months.

SMITHSBURG — When Mildred "Mickey" Myers ... After she and the town council fired Police Chief Tommy Bowers in 1997, he narrowly defeated Myers in the 1998 mayoral election.

SMITHSBURG — After 12 days on the job, Smithsburg’s new chief of police, Bruce DeGrange, now has an approved contract. The Smithsburg Town Council approved his five-page employment contract at ...