Baker considers 1997 run for mayor in Frederick
Alderman Frances Baker said she has not closed the door on running for mayor in Frederick in 1997. She will decide based on circumstances time climate and what her constituents want. Baker noted she explored the idea in 1989 but sought more experience and remained an alderman for six years.
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Frances Baker
Frederick
Fran
Landlords oppose lead paint regulations in Hagerstown
About 150 landlords challenged Maryland lead paint rules at a four hour hearing at Hagerstown Community College. Officials and property owners argued the proposed standards would raise rents and burden small landlords, with impacts feared in Frederick and the Historic District. The meeting signals a statewide review after HB 760. The agency plans to rule by Oct 11 unless delayed.
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Maryland
Sue Hecht
D-Frederick Washington
Maryland General Assembly
MDE
Michael Fields
Department
Bruce Poole
D-Washington
Baltimore City
Western Maryland
J. Anita Stup
Frederick Washington
Ms Stup
Pilot credited after 24 survive plane crash
A Atlantic Southeast Airlines turboprop crashed in Carrollton Georgia killing pilot Ed Gannaway and four passengers while 24 others survived, eight in critical condition. Passenger John Tweedy said the engine failed and the plane broke into three pieces before crash landing in a hayfield. The airline is based in Atlanta and had passed FAA inspection in May.
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Carrollton
John Tweedy
Gaithersburg
Atlantic Southeast Airlines
Ed Gannaway
Mr. Tweedy
Atlanta
Tweedy
FAA
John Beiser
Former Frederick High principal becomes assistant to superintendent
Frederick County school board appoints Daniel Cunningham to a newly created role as assistant to the superintendent. He will advise on school progress toward Board goals, meeting with principals and teachers but without on site or directive authority. He earns the same salary as when principal. Details on the new Division of Planning and Facilities are forthcoming.
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Daniel Cunningham
Frederick High School
Daniel Gadra
Cunningham
Frederick High
Gadra
Board of Education
Dr Gadra
Patricia Custer
Towns act to guard drinking water in region
Several towns including Woodsboro Thurmont Walkersville and Middletown are studying water protection steps. Walkersville repairs sinkholes upgrades its plant and educates residents while Middletown studied well and spring supplies and adds safeguards without halting development.
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Woodsboro
Thurmont
Walkersville
Middletown
Wellhead
John Grace
Maryland Department of the Environment
Burgess Orley Bourland
Brunswick Council votes down per-dag trash fee plan
Brunswick City Council killed a pilot volume based billing trash collection program after a $2 vote. The six month program scheduled to start Oct 1 was scrapped as public opposition grew, with Councilman Carroll A. Jones noting lack of support and citing last week's election showing strong resistance to the concept. David McIntosh, the winner, and another opponent had won nearly 90 percent of the votes in the election.
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Brunswick Council
Brunswick
Carroll A. Jones
Jones
David McIntosh
Vacancy Opens on Brunswick Council After Resignation
Brunswick Mayor Tom Smith announced another vacancy as he prepares to swear in a new council member. Sandy Palasciano resigned Friday to care for ill parents, triggering a special election set for October 24 to fill her roughly one year remaining term.
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Brunswick Council
Brunswick
Tom Smith
Mr. Smith
Sandy Palasciano
Ms. Palasciano
Butter sculptor Norma Lyon Displays Life Size Cow
Norma Duffy Lyon, renowned butter sculptor from Toledo Iowa, adds more butter to her nearly life size cow on display at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair. The feature notes her artistry and fair setting with page reference A8.
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Norma “Duffy” Lyon
Toledo
Iowa
Ex-Detrick scientist Ira Baldwin turns 100 in Wisconsin
Dr Ira Baldwin, Detrick’s first scientific director, turned 100 this weekend in Madison, Wisconsin. In 1942 he agreed to head a wartime biological program amid doubts about feasibility, saying those in Washington believed a test-tube result could scale to vast tanks.
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Ira Baldwin
Baldwin
United States
Dr Baldwin
Madison
Wis
Detrick
University of Wisconsin
Washington
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