Frederick County approves land use changes in Point of Rocks and beyond
Frederick County Commissioners approved reclassifications affecting three tracts as part of the regional plan. In Point of Rocks near Md 28 they shifted 60 acres to office research and 25 acres to a conservation zone amid resident support. A 28 acre tract near Rock Hall Road moved from general industrial to conservation. At Eastalco Aluminum near Ballenger Creek Pike and New Design Road, 200 acres were reclassified to light industrial and 25 acres near Carroll Manor Elementary to agricultural, amid school buffer concerns.
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Frederick County
MD. 28
Rock Hall Road
Point of Rocks
Pam Damour
Commission
Ronald Sundergill
David Gray
Frederick County Planning Commission
Eastaico Aluminum Co
Ballenger Creek Pike
New Design Road
Carroll Manor
Lonely Meet the Mayor Night Attracts No Citizens
Mayor Frederick Paul Gordon hosted a monthly Meet the Mayor night but no one attended. He waited 15 minutes before leaving, noting historically 10 to 12 attendees. He cited heavy rain and a lack of issues as possible reasons for the empty event.
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Frederick
Paul Gordon
Mr. Gordon
Aek
Linganore sewer hookups OK'd by county commissioners
County commissioners approved 428 sewer hookups for Lake Linganore developers until the permanent plant is finished. Summerfield Development and Singapore Development Group hold multi year agreements. Linganore Development Group gets 105 hookups but will still fall short of its deal. Additional 75 hookups go to spot lots, Spring Ridge gets 120 hookups, 46 kept in reserve, and earlier allocations ranged 500 to 550 with a temporary water treatment plant providing extra hookups.
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Frederick County
Lake Linganore
Summerfield Development
Singapore Development Group
Robert Bayes
County Department of Public Works
Summerfield
Linganore Development Group
Lake Lingancore
Spring Ridge
Hayes
Bike stolen from in front of house
Vernon Heavner Jr. had his unattended bike taken from in front of his Fairfield Drive home minutes after leaving it outside. His mother Deborah Heavner says the bike, bought by her husband for their son before the father died in March, was left while he ran an errand. Police were notified and search efforts included schools and drainage ditches.
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Vernon Heavner Jr
Ouse
Deborah Heavner
Fairfield Drive
Amber Meadows
Donation to Frederick Memorial Hospital Supports Pediatric Unit
Gene Wolfe, president of the South Mountain Muzzle Loader group, presented a donation check to Frederick Memorial Hospital. Christie Bussard, a Pediatrics nurse, and hospital president James Kilvz, in 1989, attended the event. A black powder benefit shoot was held to raise funds for the hospital’s pediatric department.
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Gene Wolfe
South Mountain Muzzle Lpedera
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Christie Bussard
James K. Kilvttz
New Raphael House Elder Care Facility Groundbroken in Rockville
Ruth Gifford joined dignitaries at the groundbreaking of Raphael House the third Montgomery County facility for the frail elderly. The $2.2 million complex on St. Raphael property will house 30 residents with private rooms at $2000 monthly, subsidies available.
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Raphael
St. Raphael Catholic Church
Falls Road
Raphael House
Jean Brady
Victory Housing
Rockville
Brady
Llamas steal show at Montgomery Fair
At the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair in Gaithersburg, 22 Loudoun County 4-H members shown 11 llamas. The Loudoun Llama Slowers 4H Club, run by Peter and Dawn Mitchell, provides each child a llama project and teaches halter handling, wool work, and showmanship. The event featured novice llama competition with Jonathon Sides and Meredith Piper winning blue ribbons, while the fair also opens several cattle, swine, and dairy shows and kicks off with the Bob Barnes Rodeo for the first time in 40 years.
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Gaithersburg
Hamas
Montgomery County
Loudoun County
Loudoun Llama
Peter
Dawn Mitchell
Mitchells
Murray Hill
Jonathon Sides
Channtilly
Jonathon
Hama
Meredith Piper
Guerney
Bob Barnes
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