Firing range debate and funding standoff continues
County commissioners weighed a challenging firing range solution noting the need for a forest or indoor facility. They also withheld county funding for a $12 million animal health lab until neighboring counties cover their shares. Howard and Washington counties agreed to full funding, Carroll only 33 percent, and Montgomery offered none.
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Sioners
Sue Ann Yingling
Montevue Lane
Howard
Washington
Carroll County
Montgomery County
County Leaders Tackle Budgets and Services Across Frederick Area
Compelling library and education testimony from Walkersville students Michael and Brian Gough joined by Middletown resident William Muller frames county library funding as crucial. County employees seek pay increases. budget officials cite 28 million needed for step raises across county, school, and community college workers. Beacon House and Frederick Union Rescue Mission appeal for a walk in fridge and roof repairs. Thurmont residents press for 1428 dollars for summer youth programs and more parks funding. A nature center and naturalist for the park system are urged amid high public interest in environmental learning. A constant yield tax rate hearing spurs calls for tax relief as assessments rise 6.25 percent next year, with projections of 48 million more in property tax revenue. The school budget hearing is set for Thursday at Hood College. County officials note Mount Fury library and senior center support by Carroll County, while Montgomery County labs are used by residents. The counties’ failure to fund a shared project leaves a 66,000 shortfall. staff directed to seek state money or press others. A dispute with the city over sewage capacity is resolved with Butterfly Lane hookups funded by city allotment. city to absorb additional connections.
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Michael
Brian Gough
Walkersville
Middletown
William Muller
Frederick County
Beacon House
Frederick
William Rose
Rosenstock Hall
Hood College
Carroll County
Mount Fury
Montgomery County
Neal Potter
College Park
Baltimore
Ronald Sundergull
Five bills strike sunset on deaf relay funding plan
The legislature removes a sunset from the funding mechanism for the Maryland deaf relay network. The service remains funded through a universal surcharge on all C and P Telephone customers, now 1? cents monthly after prior highs. Delegate Tom Hattery opposed basing the cost in the rate base, arguing windfalls and reduced scrutiny of rate hikes.
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C&p Telephone Co
Maryland
Tom Hattery
C&p
Hattery
Public Service Commission
Serb Attack Defies Efforts Bosra and UN Sanctions
The 77 member assembly voted unanimously against the plan as Milosevic urged Bosnian Serbs to continue expressing solidarity. He asked what benefit such stance would bring and pressed for continued Yugoslav unity amid mounting pressure.
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Bosra
Milosevic
Sanctions and strikes debated over Yugoslav conflict impact
Lt Hoyle weighs city traffic issues as a bank branch notes island traffic disruption while a workshop at City Hall plans discussants. International mediators express doubt that tougher sanctions or potential military action will force Serbs, as leaders warn of costs and consider air strikes and broader political responses.
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Hoyle
Shirley Seaman
Frederick County National Bank
Shookstown Road
Rosemont Avenue
City Hall
Colin Powell
NATO
Belgium
Russia
Boris Yeltsin
End of chase ends with suspect confronting Waterside family
In Brooklyn a suspect confronted a Waterside family on their deck as they relaxed in the warm evening. A resident said the man ran around the house, held a gun, and threatened entry. He grabbed his daughter and hid in the house, loaded a gun, and warned the intruder before the suspect fled, attempting to climb a stockade fence.
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Brooklyn
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Lee Hamilton
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Frederick Surgical Center
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