Arbor Day musings on yard work and tree planting
A column riffs on Arbor Day motives and home yard duties. It recalls J Sterling Morton promoting a tree planting holiday in 1872 with over a million trees, notes varying planting dates, and highlights Frederick as a Tree City USA for 18 years. The piece blends humor about wives and chores with a call to environmental stewardship and timely tree planting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Arbor Day Foundation
J. Sterling Morton
Nebraska City News
Prairie
Morton
Maryland
Waverley
Bradford
Frederick
Tree City USA
Ruthann Aron mistrial ends murder-for-hire case
The Montgomery County judge declared a mistrial after five days of noisy deliberations in the murder-for-hire case against Ruthann Aron. The defense admitted taped solicitation of an undercover officer and Aron's wealth funded a high-profile legal team. Jurors split, with one holdout relating to personal experiences, prompting calls about justice and the influence of money in this high-stakes case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruthann Aron
Paul A McGuckian
U.S. Senate
Mrs. Aron
Bill Brock
Common Sense
Montgomery
Crowe
Sharon
Meachum
Aron
Family court reform urged over Maryland custody system
Robert H Kalk from Monrovia argues that Maryland family court serves itself with money driven patronage, harming children in custody battles. He cites rising legal costs, perjury concerns, weak accountability, and a failed 1997 joint custody bill, urging citizens to demand reforms prioritizing children's rights and balanced parental involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judiciary Committee
Robert H Kalk
Monrovia
Frederick Area News Briefs Highlight Local Affairs
State police warn business people in Frederick to report counterfeit ten dollar notes as 10 counterfeit bills circulate. Frederick inmates reseed Court House yard under G Engle Brengle supervision. Charles H Clarke Jr former Hustler and ex Red Sox player returns to Thurmont to run parents restaurant and supervise boys camp. Frederick Spring Fair underway at the fairgrounds. Brunswick mayor announces moratorium on new construction until sewer infiltration study complete. 1900 AAU Star Spangled Spring Sprints entries from 23 teams held at Gaithersburg Junior High due to after school facility ban. Maryland Public Service Commission approves temporary relief allowing Potomac Edison customers to withhold half of fuel rate adjustment for six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Charles H. Clarke Jr
Frederick Hustler
Hagerstown
Boston Red Sox
Veterans’ Administration Hospital
Roanoke
Thurmont
Pennsylvania
AAU
Frederick County Ymca
Gaithersburg Junior High
State Public Service Commission
Baltimore
Potomac Edison Company
Destruction talk stirs local historians over Derr House
Christina Carson of Middletown questions Frederick County officials about plans to demolish the old Derr House. She notes she has lived in the county 35 years and never heard of the landmark before the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derr
Frederick County
Mount Airy Faces Clash Over Two Festivals
Mount Airy groups clash over two spring events as the Fall Festival Committee refutes a Frederick News Post piece. The Spring Fling, intended to celebrate spring with flowers and beautification, risks harming the Fall Festival by allegedly appropriating crafters and vendors without permission. Local leaders have not resolved the dispute, and the future of both events remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
Bruce Hamilton
Frederick
Johnson
Beautification Commission
Festival Committee Defends Mount Airy Festival Roles
Connie E. German argues the Festival Committee did not create the conflict over Beautification Commission and Spring Fling leadership. The committee says it aims to protect crafters and town revenues from Fall Festival visitors and offered to help the Spring Fling, which has not been accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ber
Beautification Commission
Parks and Recreation Commission
Mount Airy
Pyatt
Synchronize traffic lights on Rosemont Avenue item
Letter from William B Rose Frederick asks city leaders to sync the Rosemont Avenue traffic signal with adjacent signals near U S 15 ramps and Rosemont Baughman’s Lane Rosemont Montevue Lane. He claims the four nearby crossings use left turn arrows on green and opposing red to ease flow and questions why the middle light differs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Post
Rosemont Avenue
Sheetz
Joe Baldi
Public Works
Baldi
U.S. 15
Rosemont
Baughtman's Lane
Montevue Lane
Partial-birth abortion debate and youth violence concerns
Angela A. Martin of Walkersville argues partial-birth abortion is not life saving, cites Maryland doctors and Dr James McMahon’s testimony, and links late-term procedures to births of healthy babies for nonmedical reasons. She laments teen violence and fears a generation taught to remove those they find inconvenient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Meachum
Meachum
Maryland
James McMahon
House Judiciary Committee
Letters to the Editor at The Frederick News-Post
The Frederick News-Post invites signed letters with writer name address and both home and business phone numbers for verification. Space limits mean many letters are abrdged and not all are published. poems religious verse and copies to others are not printed. Letters may be mailed faxed or emailed to the newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredenck News-Post
News
Civil War style wedding at Schifferstadt historic home
Civil War reenactors plan a 4 April wedding at Schifferstadt, Frederick, open to the public during Fruhlings Fest. The event blends a 19th century ceremony with period dress, Confederate and Union participants, and a traditional ball gown reception backdrop at the 1756 house now a museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schifferstadt
Virginia
Frederick
Jordan
South
Ms. Pomeroy
Mr. Jordan
Richmond Examiner
Frederick County
Ms Pomeroy
Lisse Pomeroy
Stan Jordan
1St Virginia
Delaware Volunteers
New York
Saundra
Deborah Howell
Les Kinsolving
Baltimore
Saundra Pomeroy
Arlington
From the Mississippi Delta author Endesha Holland visits Frederick
Endesha Ida Mae Holland, a playwright and educator, recalls her life from Greenwood Mississippi to a PhD at Minnesota and a career in theater. Mentored by Dr Horace Laster and Janice Laster, she discusses early hardship, civil rights work, and the creation of From the Mississippi Delta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Endesha
Ida Mae Holland
Horace Laster
Janice Hail Laster
Lasters
Dr. Holland
Spring Ridge
Frederick
Dr. Laster
Greenwood
Miss
Martin Luther King
Cedric
Buffalo
Endesha Ida Mae Holland
University of Minnesota
Minnesota
State University of New York At Buffalo
University of Southern California
Mississippi Delta
Florida
Gaithersburg
Lorraine Hansberry
Washington, D.C
Richard Wright
Janice Laster
Frances Hall Travis
New York
Susan B. Anthony
Frederick Douglass
Mississippi
Travis
Georgia
Tve
Holland
Laster
Dr Laster
Preaster
USC
Venice
Calif
Ida Mae Hollan
Horace Dr
Delta
Rece Calif
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Attorney
Robert Kalk
Maryland Judiciary
Court House
G. Engle Brengle
Frederick Spring Fair
Frederick Fairgrounds
Jess D. Orndorff
Brunswick
State Environmental Health Administration
State Attorney General’s Office
Christina Carson Middletown
William B Rose Fredenck
Frederick News-Post
E. Patrick Sr
B.O
Jetters
Fredencknewspos
Sam Yu
Student Non Violent Coordinating Committee
Freedom House
Rethives
Stail Photo
Sam Am
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