Munson to step down from Hagerstown City Council

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Posted By: Ryan Miner November 14, 2017

Hagerstown City Councilman Donald F. Munson is stepping down from the Hagerstown City Council.

Munson’s departure from the Council was announced tonight during a Hagerstown City Council meeting. The longtime Washington County official is said to be leaving the Council due to declining health, according to multiple sources.

Munson, 79, has been absent from Council meetings for several weeks.

Munson, a Republican, was first elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1974, representing District 2C until 1991. In 1990, Munson was elected to the Maryland State Senate, serving District 2 until he was defeated by former state Sen. Chris Shank (R-Washington County) in the 2010 Republican District 2 primary.

After leaving the Maryland Senate, Munson was elected to the Hagerstown City Council in 2012 and won re-election to a second term in 2016.

A Miner Detail is the first media outlet to report Munson’s departure.

This story is developing and will be updated.

About the Author

Ryan Miner
Ryan R. Miner, MBA is the founder, editor in chief, and senior reporter of A Miner Detail, the Maryland investigative journalism publication he launched in April 2015. He hosts the A Miner Detail Podcast, distributed across Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and seven other platforms. A native of Hagerstown, Maryland, Miner holds a B.A. in political science from Duquesne University (2008) and an MBA from Mount St. Mary's University (2020). He teaches at Frederick Community College. He is also the founder of Sentinel Silver, LLC, Maryland's first older adult technology institute, and the publisher of The Senior Soup, a Maryland senior advocacy platform. His longer story is at ryanrminer.com. Reach him at Ryan@AMinerDetail.com or (240) 244-7075.

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