Trolleys Ended Frederick County Era In 1896
Frederick County saw the horse era end August 22 1896 when trolleys left Frederick for Braddock Heights ushering an electric connected region. Proponents funded by farmers built lines to Braddock Heights Middletown Myersville Thurmont Catoctin Furnace Lewistown and Hagerstown. Accidents tested safety but ridership recovered before the lines faded decades later.
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Frederick County
Frederick
Braddock Mountain
Braddock Heights
C Donald Easterday
Myersville
Braddock
South Mountains
Potomac Edison
Carroll James
Maryland
James
Middletown
Thurmont
Catoctin Furnace
Lewistown
Hagerstown
Free cell phones attract ears of crime fighters
Local Neighborhood Watch participants line up for free cellular phones under a federal program announced by President Clinton. The CTIA Foundation donated 50,000 wireless phones with free airtime from local companies, programmed to dial 911 with no incoming calls.">
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Neighborhood Watch
Clinton
Austin Pohl
Frederick County
Sheriff's Office
Ctia Foundation
Pohl
Wet basement trial ends with mixed win for homeowners and builders
Eight homeowners win nominal damages of one dollar each in a costly Frederick County case. A Baltimore lawyer faced contempt fines, while both sides spent thousands on experts, pre trial prep, and juror costs. Developers now face new county rules for basements on wet soils.
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Veryone
Baltimore
Barry Steelman
Maryland
Frederick County
Masonic Temple in Frederick for sale or lease
The Masonic Temple and former Blue Cross Blue Shield building on West Church Street in Frederick is listed for sale or lease at 1 million to 12 million dollars. Plans call for a new temple on Blentlinger Road as the Masons outgrow their current space and seek redevelopment options while some land has already been donated.
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Masonic Temple
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
West Church Street
Frederick
Jonathan Warner
Warner
Masons
David Severn
The
Blentlinger Road
Golden Mile
US 40
Severn
Th County
Maryland girl pursues Future Miss honors at 12
Kimi Guzman, 12, of Frederick, is a Future Miss program entrant among 75 Maryland girls. The Ballenger Creek Middle School seventh grader has been honor student for four terms and three years as Student of the Month. The program emphasizes academics, leadership, community service, and knowledge tests, not looks, with Kimi traveling to Towson for the competition.
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Kimberly
Kimi” Guzman
Kimi
Maryland
Frederick
Ballenger Creek Middle School
Catoctin
Christine Springer
Ms. Springer
Towson
Ms Springer
Alexandra Guzman
Clinton criticizes tax plan in blunt radio attack
President Clinton denounced Bob Dole s proposed 548 billion tax cut as indiscriminate and irresponsible and warned it would risk the economy and force deep cuts in Medicare Medicaid education and the environment in his weekly radio address continued on page A 4
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Jackson
Wye
Clinton
Bob Dole
Dole
One Lane In Out for Winter Springs Roads
Arlington Mill Road in Winter Springs Estates has been reduced to one lane since a March collapse of a Town Branch pipe. County plans a Aug 19 meeting with residents to discuss safety and a temporary in and out route across Town Branch before repairs, needing homeowner permission and a contractor due to 18 foot depth.
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Libertytown
Winter Springs Estates
Arlington Mill Road
Winter Springs
Arlington Mill
Roger Hall
Town Branch
Steve Crawford
Crawford
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Kelly Hahn
Donald Easterday
Heydey
Community Policing Consortium
National Sheriff's Association
Carl Harbaugh
Seminole County
Fila
Harbaugh
Bill Green
Janelle Erlichman
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