Planning panel backs light limits on campaign signs
The Frederick County Planning Commission rejects a staff ordinance imposing 45 day posting and site zoning limits, endorsing two minor rules: signs outside public rights of way and removal within 15 days after a general election. The board argues minimal limits preserve free speech and democratic vitality.
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Planning Commission
Commission
Sue Ann Yingling
Planning Board
Frederick County
Untiil
Passover Easter and Ramadan in the Soviet Union faith revival
Roy Meachum notes three dominant faiths marked this month by renewal despite Soviet atheism. Passover, Easter, and Islam's Great Feast intersect with Moscow’s thaw, as Christians, Jews, and Muslims increasingly practice openly. Gorbachev faces slow reform amid church-state tensions and earlier persecutions.
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Easter
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Ishmael
Isaac
Abraham
Jesus
Moscow
Frederick
Mikhail Gorbachev
John Paul II
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Winter Palace
Leningrad
Lithuania
Soviet Georgia
Giorcistan
Lenin
Holy Mother Russia
Romanov
Socialist
Russia
Stalin
Muhammad
Gorbachev
Gut Pesach
Soviet spies flock to France amid cold war tensions
U S intelligence estimates over 200 Soviet agents active in France, with up to 1,400 total Soviets including diplomats, focused on industrial espionage and military secrets. The report notes French DST counterintelligence efforts and KGB emphasis on stealing high tech as Gorbachev pursued Western ties.
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Washington
Mikhail Gorbachev
U.S
France
Soviet Union
Gorbachev
Western Europe
KGB
Vladimir Kryuchkov
Kryuchkov
Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire
DST
Navy
Cuba
Libya
Iran
NATO
Farewell the KGB spy reshaped U S intelligence and warns Navy
In 1981 the DST alleged a KGB official codenamed Farewell turned over over 4000 classified documents and altered U S views on scientific espionage. The reveal tied to Reagan era briefings by Mitterrand and Bush, spurring French expulsions and a state warning about Soviet Cuban Libyan Iranian espionage along southern France ports.
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DST
KGB
Farewell
U.S
Reagan
Francois Mitter
Marcel Chalet
George Bush
U.S. Navy
France
Frederick events span tours stockouts and debates in 1960s era
Rogers Wolfe plans a 400 to 500 grove r attendees tour of Gambrill State Park with a Rotary bus and citizen car lendings. Anglers from MD VA DC campfire stock Big Hunting Creek with 1600 trout for 150 attendees. Lions hear a Mount St Marys debate on socialized medicine with McDonald Shaull versus Lane Imbergano Burns chaired. A van blocks tracks at Point of Rocks and a Frederick driver faces reckless operation charges. USS Frederick commissioned at Long Beach. Comet Bennett sighting persists before expected fade by April end.
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Roger Wolfe
Frederick
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Maryland State Game and Fish Protective Association
Catoctin
Lions Club
Mount St. Mary’s
United States
Richard McDonald
Walter Shaull
Paul Lane
Salvatore C. Imbergano
Edward Burns
Harry R Baumgartner
Baltimore
Space needed for youth sports in community drive
Linda Jordan of Mount Airy leads a plea from the Singapore Area Youth Athletic Association for short term space to host spring baseball softball soccer and track for 5 to 15 year olds. They seek land from a few acres to temporary use such as farm fields church yards or unused lots to keep older youth aged 13 to 15 engaged with organized programs.
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Singapore Area Youth Athletic Association
Bailields
Is it brutality or self-preservation in policing
A letter questions whether police brutality claims by Francesca McCarter reflect brutality or self-preservation. It cites a Maryland State Trooper death during a traffic stop, argues respect for officers, and weighs whether fleeing a minor violation is a threat warranting force, urging readers to consider context and danger.
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Francesca McCarter
Maryland
Ms. McCarter
Notifying Threats and Police Brutality Debate
Elizabeth Grubb of Rocky Ridge reflects on fear and self preservation after a man declares intent to shoot. She questions whether police officers’ daily dangers justify heavy-handed tactics and urges empathy for both sides in a tense confrontation.
End the monopoly of education system
Donald Lambro's column on the Friday, April 6, Opinion-Commentary page argues for education vouchers to end the public system's monopoly. He asserts billions spent fund a bloated government system and urges parental choice, claiming competition benefits students and teachers alike. Thurmont reader Dennis Blalock endorses competition over monopoly.
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Donald Lambro
Tarnished golfing jewel turned into West Winds uproots Eaglehead club
Local golfers lament the 19 year Eaglehead course becoming West Winds under new owner. Bulldozers woods hills and valleys are being rebuilt for a luxury complex with tennis pavilion and upscale club. Carts allowed weekends prompt walkers to quit amid rising dues and staff cuts. Frederick resident Dick Horch signs off farewell.
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Lithuania
Eaglehead
Lou Brosius
Fagrehead
Letters to the Editor Guidelines At The Frederick News
The newspaper outlines how readers submit legible signed letters with address and phone number for verification. Letters may be edited for length and content and not all May be published due to volume.
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Fredenck
Patrick St. Fredenck
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Elizabeth Grubb
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