Babe Ruth World Series Parade plans in Frederick
The 1985 Babe Ruth World Series parade will start 10 a.m. at North Market Street and Market Street, proceeding to Bentz Street and the Frederick Recreation Center. Brooks Robinson will speak at a banquet at Frederick Community College, with Mike Young as grand marshal. Parking restrictions will apply downtown.
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McCurdy
Frederick
Frederick City
C. Kurt Holter
Market Street
Frederick Community College
Brooks Robinson
Baltimore
Seventh Street
North
Market
Square Corner
West Patrick Street
Bentz Street
Bentz
Frederick Recreation Center
Old Armory
Frederick Jaycees
North Market Street
North Bentz Street
Church Street
Maxwell Avenue
North Court Street
Second Street
Third Street
Fourth Street
Klineharts Alley
Fifth Street
Downtown residents split on vague downtown district tax plan
Downtown retailers and property owners divided over a proposed tax district to fund a district director. Opponents call the plan too vague and a “blank check,” while supporters cite studies showing downtown decline and the need for stabilization. Some urge clear definitions of what will be taxed and district boundaries.
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Maryland General Assembly
Sdnford Blum
Allen’s
North Market Street
Jay Delphey
Delphey’s Sporting Goods
Jo Bowersox
Bert Anderson
Anderson
Mike Milliner
Bob Groff
Groff
Signs
East Sixth Street
Three coal miners die from poison gas in Whitley County mine
State mine inspectors planned entry into an R&R Coal Co. operation near Corn Creek in Whitley County after three young miners were killed by toxic gas and a fourth seriously injured. Reed McKiddy, 21, identified as owner and operator, is among the deceased.
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Corbin
Whitley County
Carl Paul
Kentucky
R&r Coal Co
Corn Creek
Paul
Reed McKiddy
State Mines and Minerals Department
Faith Miller Cole
Transmission towers amendment defeated by county planning panel
The Frederick County Planning Commission unanimously denied a text amendment by the Mount Pleasant Community Awareness Group that would push transmission towers 2,500 feet farther from adjacent property lines. Experts warned the rule would stifle radio and cable TV growth. local business representatives urged rejection, arguing it would impede service delivery and could curb county development. The three hour plus hearing concluded with a commissioner calling the proposal selfish and designed to eliminate what residents dislike.
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Frederick County Planning Commission
Winchester Hall
Frederick County
Mount Pleasant
Frederick Cablevision
Robert W. Cole
Frederick Cable
At&t
Potomac Edison
Howard Johnson
Wzyq Am-Fm Radio
Frederick
Johnson
Daniel Poole
Poole
County Board of Appeals
Inside The News AEE weather and sports blurb
Partly sunny hot and humid today with chances of thunderstorms and highs near 88. A special Freder ick section salutes the 16 18 Babe Ruth World Series. Weather map, Western Maryland, Bryan Denson reporting joins a bar tender feature.
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Maryland
Babe Ruth Wreld
Frederick
Phosphate Detergent Ban Set to Take Effect December
Maryland imposes a December first ban on selling cleaning agents with more than 0.5 percent phosphorus in laundry and dishwashing products to reduce Chesapeake Bay phosphate levels. DHMH will phase out inventory, with exemptions for some specialties and penalties up to $100 fines for personal use and $1,000 for selling or manufacturing phosphate detergents.
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Chesapeake Bay
General Assembly
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
DHMH
TJ teacher killed in auto accident near Accomac Virginia
Franklin Lee Savage a 32 year old Frederick County industrial arts teacher and former Gov Thomas Johnson wrestling coach was killed in a single vehicle crash on Va 679 between Horntown and Wattsville near Accomac Virginia early Thursday. He taught at Gov Thomas Johnson High Frederick High and Monocacy Middle and was a former TJ wrestling coach. Tom Dickman TJ athletic director
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Frederick County
Thomas Johnson
Accomac
Franklin Lee Savage
Stonegate Drive
Frederick
Virginia
Savage
Horntown
Wattsville
Tor
Morris
Ocean City
Elderly Man Dies in Rocky Ridge House Fire
An elderly Frederick County man, Bernard J. Myers, 77, of 14704 Motters Station Road, died at the scene of a house fire near Rocky Ridge. Firefighters found him in the living room around 12 40 p m after neighbors alerted them to flames. An autopsy will determine the cause, with preliminary findings pointing to a gas stove malfunction in the kitchen.
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Frederick County
Rocky Ridge
Bernard J. Myers
Motters Station Road
Robert J. Thomas
Baltimore
Myers
Robert Mumma
Montevue
Ted Meminger
Meminger
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