Mount Airy Fall Festival Faces Organizer Shakeup
Mount Airy to keep its beloved Fall Festival despite the Fall Festival Committee resigning. Vendors faced conflicts with Spring Fling over space and dates prompting town council to form a new organizing group amid volunteer shortages. Local volunteers vow to preserve the fall tradition and community spirit.
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Brunswick Railroad Days
Thurmont
Mount Airy
Carroll
Frederick Counties
Connie German
Fall Festival Committee
Sep
First Orioles trip at Camden Yards sparks fond, ironic praise
Roy Meachum recounts his first baseball outing at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. He recalls cool day, lingering prewar nostalgia, big-city signs, and the joy of watching Cal Ripken and Mike Mussina win. He contrasts baseball’s pace with football and reflects on cherished memories of past teams.
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Orioles
Camden Yard Stadium
New York
Yankees
Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
Babe
Iron Man
New Orleans Pelicans
Washington
Senators
Pelicans
Southern Association
New Orleans
O’s
Camden Yards
Eutaw Street
Middle East
Cal Ripken
Mike Mussina
Paradise
Maryland
Faith in America's Promise aids at risk youth
General Colin L. Powell explains America's Promise Alliance for Youth aims to help 15 million American children at risk by providing five core resources: caring adults, safe activities, healthy starts, education leading to skills, and community service. The program urges faith communities to contribute, citing $20 billion in annual faith-based social spending and a goal to help 2 million children by 2000.
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Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Clinton
Bush
Carter
Ford
Nancy Reagan
America
Alliance For Youth
Colin L. Powell
USA
Ret
The
Scripps Howard News Service
Frederick area items mix of civic news and oddities
A compilation from Frederick notes covers jail prisoners kept to yard work being returned to sober up after bottles found in a courthouse toilet, wind power experiments on Catoctin Mountain, Dr. Thomas S Bader’s 88th birthday and dentistry record, Gold Star Mothers’ visit, city growth plans, FCC aid repayment talks, a hog contest winner at Merchant’s Tire and Auto Center, and mayoral rebuttal to corruption charges from NAACP leadership.
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Court House Park
Court House
Thomas S. Bader
Baltimore College of Dental Surgery
Bader
Frederick
Mount Airy reader laments Jonesboro tragedy and rights debate
The writer shares sorrow for the Jonesboro victims and condemns blaming law abiding gun owners. She argues common sense and acknowledges guns as part of life in Arkansas towns, urging calm, support, and reflection rather than rushed policy changes. Catherine Ditman, Mount Airy.
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Arkansas
Jonesboro
Agreement on principles of gun control debate
The speaker clarifies stance on the Second Amendment after a letter by Rev. Robert Walty. He outlines a Right To Carry bill with strict eligibility, cites evidence from other states of reduced gun violence, notes only 3 percent would seek permits, and contrasts freedom for attackers with safety for law abiding citizens amid concerns of a violent generation.
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Robert Walty
Annapolis
Bosnia
United Nations
Senator Tim Ferguson Defends Firearm Safety Legislation
In a letter from Taylorsville, Senator Tim Ferguson District 4 argues for allowing the opposing side to defend themselves to end attrition. He urges constituents to contact his Annapolis Senate office for stance on issues and defends his firearm legislation as thoughtful and safety oriented for those defending families in a violent era.
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United States
Senate
Annapolis
Mount Airy Eyes Recycling Incentives Plan
Environmental science student Christiana Briddell urges Mount Airy to adopt pay by bag waste pricing to boost recycling. She argues incentives reduce trash volume, push recycling, and suggests colored bins, a furniture redistribution center, and local business support to fund containers.
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Mount Airy
Bruce Hamilton
Dickinson College
Letter defending Coach Vetter at St John’s Prospect Hall
Reggie Evans of Lowell MA writes in support of Coach Stu Vetter and his basketball program at St John’s Prospect Hall. He credits the program with academic achievement, leadership skills, and college success, defending it against parent accusations and noting his own honors and aspirations.
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Tam
Stu Vetter
St. John's
Prospect Hall
Coach Vetter
St. John’s
Alex Grabenstein
Vetter
Sutton
George Washington
University of Virginia
University of Massachusetts At
Lowell
Frederick News-Post Letters to the Editor Guidelines
The Frederick News Post invites exclusive signed letters with full name address and both home and business phones for verification. Some letters edited for space and copies to others not published. Submissions may be mailed faxed or emailed to the newspaper.
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Frederick
Frederick News-Post
E. Patrick Sr
P.O
Fredericknewspost.com
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Baltimore
Sheraton-Belvedere Hotel
Merchant's Tire and Auto Center
Richard Burke
Thomas Shade
Green Valley Elementary School
Merchant
Shade
Ronald N. Young
Young
Lord D. Nickens
NAACP
Catherine Ditman
Tim Ferguson
Taylorsville
Reggie Evans
Lowell, MA
Spring Savings
Savir
Serth
Ommy Hilfiger
Nautica
Chaps
Claiborne
Greg Norman
Men's Guess
Calvin Klein
Ingo
Levi's
Hart Schatiner
Mang Sickenstock
Easy Spirit
Dr. Martens
Liz
Royal Velvet
Calphalon
Godiva
Waterford
Dept
BON
Boe
Frederick Towne Mall
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