Editing Brookeville, Maryland (section)

==Government==
Brookeville was [[Municipal corporation|incorporated]] as a town in 1808 and the charter formally issued in 1890.<ref name="siegal"/> Town commissioners oversee the government, handling street maintenance and other matters, as well as [[town planning]]. The town adopted a [[Historic Preservation]] Ordinance in 1986, which guides town planning and restricts development within the town.<ref name="walking">{{cite book |url=http://townofbrookevillemd.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/walkingtour.pdf |title=Walking Tour: Town of Brookeville |author1=Hahn, Roberta |author2=Josephine Unglesbee |name-list-style=amp |publisher=Town of Brookeville |year=1994}}</ref> The town commission consists of three members, who are elected for two-year terms. Michael Acierno was elected in May 2007 as president of the Brookeville Town Commission.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.gazette.net/stories/052307/olnenew215415_32334.shtml |title=Acierno to serve as 'mayor' of Brookeville |author=Hogan, Terri |date=May 23, 2007 |publisher=Olney Gazette |access-date=December 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521200308/http://www.gazette.net/stories/052307/olnenew215415_32334.shtml |archive-date=May 21, 2008 }}</ref>
 
Brookeville is represented in the [[Maryland House of Delegates]] by District 14 representatives, [[Anne Kaiser]] (D), [[Pamela E. Queen]] (D), and [[Bernice Mireku-North]] (D). [[Craig Zucker]] (D) represents Brookeville in the [[Maryland State Senate]]. Brookeville is located in [[Maryland's 8th congressional district]], which is represented in the [[United States Congress]] by [[Jamie Raskin]] (D).