Middletown Parents Push Textbooks Over Frills in Budget
Concerned Citizens of Middletown press for $400,000 in new textbooks next year while opposing $137,705 for educator education costs and sabbatical pay in the proposed $37 million Frederick County budget. They urge prioritizing basic instruction, criticize subscriptions to groups like the NEA, and plan public forums May 3 and 10 plus a May 1 meeting at Middletown High School to urge county commissioners to focus on textbooks over fringe benefits and sports funding.
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Frederick County
Middletown
Board of Education
Middletown Group
Jean Silvius
Junie Moon
Grendel
Silvius
National Education Association
Department of Education
State Department of Education
Frederick County Teachers Association
Concerned Citizens
Middletown High School
Ann Burnside Love
PE chief warns on fuel costs and rate relief plan
Potomac Edison official defends the fuel rate adjustment and urges public support as the General Assembly considers abolishing the provision and requiring PSC approval for fuel cost increases over five percent. He argues PE has had the lowest rates in Maryland and may need to raise prices to fund future generation. He adds no current plan for a nuclear plant but notes future need and possible service challenges at Eastalco Aluminum.
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General Assembly
State Public Service Commission
McCardell
Potomac Edison
Maryland
Eastalco Aluminum Co
Fire log summary of recent calls and jail population
Fire calls reported during the past 24 hour period ending at 10 a.m. 682 4333. Ye Olde Spirits Shoppe experienced a trash fire at 1 43 p m with Juniors responding. County Eastview reported a woods fire on Skyline Drive at 10 34 p m with Independents responding. Ambulance calls listed Emergencies eight and Routines six. Jail population shows 61 males and 4 females.
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County
Eastview
Woods
Skyline Dr
Ridenour Daughter Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Stephanie Ann Ridenour daughter of Bill and Linda Ridenour of 401 Braddock Ave has returned home after a stay as a patient at Washington County Hospital in Hagerstown.
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April Lynn Ridenour
Bill
Linda Ridenour
Braddock Ave
Hazel Nikirk
S15
Bentz Sr
Robert Rhodes
Annandale
Patrick Howard
Fairfax Hospital
Falls Church
Rhodes
Kaye Gastley
Frederick
Stephanie Ann Ridenour
Bill and
Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown
Industrial land prices rise sharply amid limited supply
Richard C. Brady of Kefauver Realty notes industrial land has climbed from 7000–8000 to 12000–15000 dollars per property over two years, with some sites reaching 2 dollars per square foot. Despite higher asking prices, buyers remain scarce while developers seek land zoned industrial with water and sewer ready.
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Paper-V
Richard C. Brady
Kefauver Realty
Brady
Grunnely-Walsh
Thomas English
Chevrolet
Holiday Inn
Date
Washington
Frederick County
ECDC
Bush
J. Alfred Catsail
Thurmont considers annexation to fuel town growth
At a planning meeting in Thurmont, Mayor C. Ray Weddle and area businessmen push annexation of the Seiss property to access town water and sewer. Seiss has asked Thurmont to annex land west of US 15 near Pryor Road. planners urge utilities and zoning, while residents fear a development surge. Weddle cites a 200, last year’s tax revenue of 2,102.46 from new homes to argue growth is needed. The Seiss parcel, currently orchard land, totals about 624 acres with most land slated for residential R-2 zoning.
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Weddle
Thurmont
Walkersville
Leiss
Seiss
Harry Behr
J. J. Durick Jr
H. J. Brown
Frank Free
Kelbaugh
Lewis
Behr
Commission
James Brown
Kenneth Fraley
Harry Miller
U.S. 15
Pryor Road
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Bert Thorton
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Indiana
Bakers Dozen
Indiana, Pa
Pennsylvania
Browning
Ridge Road
Germantown
Damascus
Tipu
PE Future
Baltimore
Federal
Baltimore Federal
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Frederik Bowie Mall
Integna
Planning and Zoning Commission
C. Ray Weddle
Wickes Lumber
Wickes Lumber Rt
South Frederick
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Wickes
Frederick, Md
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