Rural Free Delivery marks 100 years in Frederick
Residents of Yellow Springs celebrate a century of Rural Free Delivery with a post office program and an old-time delivery reenactment. Frederick postmaster Julian Biggers notes RFD began October 1 1896 in several towns and rapidly expanded to 29 states. Ella May Stumpe 101 recalls pre RFD mail delays and how rail expansion spurred RFD growth and better roads.
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Yellow Springs
Frederick
Union
US Postal Service
RFD
America
Ella May Stumpe
Stumpe
North Dakota
State funding delay halts Jobs Pathway project plan
City and county officials failed to decide how to proceed with the Jobs Pathway project without state funding this year. Commissioner President Mark Hoke proposed swapping phase II for phase I to use state funds but lacked enough votes. He urged $21,700 local allocations and $25,000 more from each side for phase I road design, aiming to finish the extended Buchemmer Road route in fiscal year 1998 and shift phase 1’s Md 26 to Gas House Pike to 1999.
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Mark Hoke
Buchemmer Road
Hughes Ford Road
Hoke
MD 26
Gas House Pike
Maryland law ties child support to driving license
A new Maryland law, effective October 1, requires delinquent parents to pay overdue child support or lose their driver’s licenses. The Senate approved 47 to 0 and the House 125 to 5, with some members not voting. Reinstatement requires six months of consistent payments, and limited licenses may be issued to enable commuting to work.
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Maryland
Maryland General Assembly
Senate
John Derr
Frederick
Jean B Roesser
Montgomery
State Senate
House
Anita Stup
Susan Wilkens
Frederick County
Motor Vehicle Administration
Group seeks $100000 from county to light Urbana High stadium
Urbana High's Capital Improvements Committee pressed Frederick County Commissioners for 100000 to install stadium lights. The plan aims to support football soccer and field hockey schedules with night games and band events. If denied the group has a bank loan option and a 6500 sound system need remains.
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Urbana Capital Improvements Committee
Frederick County Commissioners
Urbana High School
Karen Yoho
Lynn Car County
Carr
Singapore High School
Tiona Hogan
Yoho
Induction of Robert Sherman to Greater Lansing Sports Hall of Fame
Robert Sherman is inducted into the Greater Lansing Area Sports Hall of Fame with a ceremony noted by local press. Stan Goldberg hosts a feature on ballroom dancers performing swing and jive to a flowing rhythm, reflecting a lively broadcast segment in Inside The News.
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Robert Sherman
Greater Lansing
Michigan
Stan Goldberg
New lights brighten Frederick North Market Street
Frederick replaces 72 light poles on North Market Street with shorter metal fixtures to direct illumination onto sidewalks and reduce glare. City officials, led by the Civic Association, say the project fits the town’s historical motif, with buried wiring and relocated poles from Rosemont Avenue.
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Kenneth Ott
Front
Jamie Page
Department of Public Works
North Market Street
Frederick
John Lees
North Market
Lees
Eric Rogers
Rogers Office Supply
Terry Maury
Curious Traveler
Scheetz
Rosemont Avenue
Rosemont
Kingsbrook Residents Reject Hoke Rope Speed Bump Plan
Kingsbrook residents decline Mark Hoke rope method to curb speeding citing plans for permanent fixes like traffic islands and road narrowing. Frederick County schools seek wiring funds. grant applications to a state program request 32 500 per school with 17 500 local matches.
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Kingsbrook
Hoke
Frederick County
Mark Hoke
Technology In
Maryland
Board of Education
North Frederick
Waverley
Liberty
State Board of Public Works
Frederick High
Thurmont Middle
Green Valley
Emmitsburg
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Erista Glielmi
Sal
Kelly Helen
Inside the News
Dow Jones
Famil Ciz
IEE Wilson
News Post
Krista Glielmi
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