Frederick County to form private Economic Development Commission
The Commission moves toward replacing its Economic and Community Development body with a private non profit EDC. By laws draft prepared for the Sept. 10 meeting, a 24 member board includes 15 appointees and reps from key local groups. County funding stays at 400000 while private money is sought. board to be set by Jan 1 1997 and formation targeted by July 1 1997 if legislative approval is granted. Public access to meetings and minutes remains a concern.
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Economic and Community Development Commission
Frederick County
Chamber of Commerce of
Greater Frederick Development Corp
Tourism Council of
Maryland General Assembly
Board of County Commissioners
City of
Frederick finds artifacts and notes historic China links
Frederick residents report artifact finds in local farm fields including an Indian arrow head along Rock Creek and a 1930s photo of the Monocacy River bridge. Yard-sale discoveries include a 1887 Barbara Fritchie book and a long-named regional publisher's history. Also noted are visits by David Garner and Dr Kenneth Starr to China.
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Frederick
Andrew Smith
Only
Marcia Smith
Pipe Meadow Way
Taskers
Key Parkway
Rock Creek
Carroll Creek
US 15
Frederick County
Susan Bartlett
College Avenue
Life of Whittier
Barbara Fritchie
W. T. Delaplaine & Co
William T. Delaplaine
The
News
Great Southern Printing and Manufacturing Co
Henry M. Nixdorff
John G. Whittier
Old Frederick
West Patrick Street
Bartlett
Monocacy River
Monocacy Battlefield Site
Frederick Junction
China
David A. Garner
Bechtel
Gaithersburg
Kenneth Starr
Milwaukee Public Museum
Starr
Montgomery Counties
Regency Homes found guilty in Frederick County trial
Letter from Linda Poitras Harcum criticizes an Aug news piece about Regency Homes. She argues the jury found negligent misrepresentation breach of express warranties and breach of contract and questions the judge's rulings and the defense. She urges builders to build it right or move elsewhere.
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Regency Homes
Frederick County
New Homes
Frederick
Gerard Gaeng
Gaeng
Stepler
Lovell Regency Homes Ltd
Lovell Homes, Inc
Regency Homes Corporation
Court of Appeals
Linda Poitras Harcum
Skunk Delights Frederick Audience In 1946 Stage Scene
In Braddock Heights a skunk wandered into the Mountain Theater during Springtime For Henry drawing no disturbance. About 5 000 area veterans rush to Frederick post office for new term leave pay forms while 1 000 forms available. Southern Construction seeds Frederick airport east of city as pilots may land. Maryland county considers shelving EPA stance on Dickerson plant. County Tourism program gains 30 volunteers under Sonia Maher. Bartonsville Quinn residents press I 70 realignment reevaluation despite Frederick County assembly delegation’s limited help.
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Mountain Theater
Braddock Heights
Henry
Harry Truman
Frederick Post Office
Southern Construction Company
Greensboro
N.C
Frederick
W. Raymond Walter
Frederick County
Sonia Maher
William E. Henshaw
Maryland General Assembly
Bartonsville-Quinn Road
U.S. 40
Monocacy River
Ijamsville Road
Two party system defense against third party influence
The author decries the infiltration of the Ross Perot group into elections and warns it would bring taxpayer funded matching funds. He argues the two party system has served constitutional expectations and compares it to religious beliefs, urging rejection of third party seduction and greed.
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Ross Perot
Two Sides to Paying Child Support
Letter writer defends fathers, calling out biased laws and myths of deadbeat dads. He cites custody bias, paternity proof hurdles, and alleged neglect of paternal concerns by prosecutors and courts. Glimpses of personal struggle and systemic critique frame the debate on child support and parental rights.
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Nancie Bauman
Letters on custody, deadbeat dads, and abortion politics
Margaret Kohler argues that custody battles unfairly target fathers and calls for investigations of manipulative parenting by mothers. She critiques Ms. Wilkens and the states attorney on deadbeat reforms, warns of abortion criminalization, and urges voters to consider the impact on children and government policy.
Sidestepping an important women's issue at national convention
A Democrat commenter recounts Bob Dole's National Convention speech as omitting abortion. He notes Dole spoke on economics, foreign policy, immigration, and crime, but his only abortion reference was a vague mention in a laundry list. The piece critiques the perceived neglect of a major issue for American women.
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Dole
Clinton
Bob Dole
Tam
Letters to the Frederick News-Post Readers
The Frederick News-Post invites letters with name address and phone for verification. Not all letters published due to space and taste. poetry and letters addressed to others are not printed.
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Frederick
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George B. Delaplaine Jr
Washington
Linda Harcum
Circuit
Mary Ann Stepler
Peat
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Dickerson
Montgomery County
James P. Gleason
Garland P. Feaga Frederick
Ms. Bauman
Susan Wilkens
State's Attorney's Office
Ms. Wilkens
Myself
Bobby Lewis Frederick
Margaret Kohler
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