Burkittsville mayor’s grant request stirs controversy
Burkittsville council member Joyce Brown accuses Mayor Paul Gilligan of illegally applying for a Project Open Space grant without council approval to buy 4 acres with a barn. Gilligan says the purchase was a sensitive act to protect historic land and that POS funds may reimburse costs. charter issues and out-of-town council member status are debated. Both mayor and Brown seek re-election.
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Burkittsvill
Joyce Brown
John Clapp
Ms. Brown
Paul Gilligan
Gilligan
Clapp
Charles Badell
Burkittsville
Mr. Gilligan
Brown
Passover matzo model bakery at Beth Shalom opens for kids
Rabbi Sholom Raichik assists children at Congregation Beth Shalom in Frederick as they simulate matzo making in a model bakery. The activity teaches the Passover process from mixing to rolling, though the dough made by children is not kosher for Passover.
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Sholom Raichik
Congregation Beth Shalom
Frederick
Egypt
Model Bakery
Beth Shalom
Last Dinner on the Titanic Reveals Edwardian Dining Riches
Scripps Howard reports on the Titanic last night meals and the Edwardian class system. Charles Joughin the chief baker helped launch lifeboats with bread and even balanced overboard as the ship sank. The book Last Dinner on the Titanic details 11 courses and lavish menus including Ritz dining for the super rich.
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Charles Joughin
Joughin
Charles Burgess
Dana McCauley
McCauley
Rick Archbold
Charles Proctor
Ritz
Egypt
Olga
Hearthside Sampler to showcase 1800s cooking in Frederick County
The seventh annual Hearthside Sampler April 4 and 5 offers hands on activities and hearth cooking demonstrations at 12 historic sites. Cooks like Nancy Sweet and Sarah Butt will recreate 1800s meals from root cellars to griddle cakes, with demonstrations at Rose Hill Manor and Hessian Barracks. Visitors may tour historic houses and museums, watch open fire cooking, and enjoy period foods such as corn pie and cabbage with apples. The event runs noon to 4 p.m. with a self guided tour and is sponsored by Frederick Gas through the Frederick Historic Sites Consortium.
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Rose Hill Manor
Nancy Sweet
Heritage Farm Preservation Society
Walkersville
Shirley Swaim
Heritage Farm
Frederick County
Bertha Kennedy
Roger Brooke Taney
Francis Scott Key Museum
Girl Scouts
Sally Waltz
Hessian Barracks
Mrs. Waltz
Barbara Fritchie
Brunswick Railroad Museum
Schifferstadt
Monocacy National Battlefield
National Museum of
Historical Society of
Gambrill Mill
Iowa hog farmers press lean pork in pork and beans
Des Moines Iowa farmers urge the Iowa Pork Producers Association to push for lean pork in canned pork and beans and to convince meat companies to drop fat in the recipe. Some producers warn taste would suffer while Campbell Soup and Faribault Foods resist changes.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Pork Producers Association
Manchester
Gary Helmrichs
Helmrichs
Association
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Kevin Lowery
Camden
N.J
Leon Sheets
Ionia
Sheets
Faribault Foods Inc
Mrs. Grimes
Roy Cooper
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NEW Lauder Furniture Gallery
Monarch
Fruitwood
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Hechts
Bill Green
Marty Meitus
Scripps Howard News Service
Pat Hopkinson
Burt Thornton
Middletown Valley Historical Society
Frederick Historic Sites Consortium
Jack Hill
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