Maryland Budget Shortfall Sparks Layoff Fears
Annapolis reports the state will be at least 300 million dollars short this fiscal year, with larger likely. Governor Schaefer faces tough choices including possible layoffs, as budget gaps widen after a difficult balancing year. The deputy budget chief warns the hardship may persist for years, prompting talk of a November special session to enable action by January 1.
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Annapolis
Maryland
William Donald Schaefer
Schaefer
Fred Puddester
Hometown Garage Sale Ban Sparks Small-Town Debate
A Chicago suburb town council bans all garage sales citing neighborhood aesthetics, prompting reflections on clutter, collecting habits, and local memories. The essay notes personal pack-rat tendencies, keepsakes, and a long history of old pans, clocks, dolls, and keepsakes, with a nod to a pre garage sale era when Hometown did not exist.
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Chicago
Hometown
Waitil
Salvation Army
U.S
Corinne
Anits
Frederick County
Anita
Theodore E. Bear
Ted. E. Bear
Morain
Paris
The
Stars and Stripes
Victory
Price
Hal Newhouser
Detroit Tigers
St. Louis Browns
Washington Senators
Billing agents loot Medicare with high payout paper trail
A high level examination outlines how billing agents exploit Medicare by routing supply claims through states with the highest reimbursements. The scheme uses 800 numbers and mail drops, with lax insurer screening enabling false or inflated claims to elderly patients and nursing homes.
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Washington
Medicare
Health Care Finance Administration
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
HCFA
Medicare scams and carrier abuse key findings
An internal Health and Human Services report estimates carrier shopping caused at least 26 million in excess Medicare payments in 1989. Examples include padding, unbundling, free samples billed, and dead-person purchases. Government watchdogs and lawmakers push for investigation amid broad fraud concerns.
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Melinda Maas
Health and Human Services Inspector General
Citizens Against Government Waste
California
Oklahoma
Medicare
Texas
Georgia
HCFA
Frederick HRC issues 14 recommendations to curb bias
The Frederick County HRC released a 14 point plan aimed at eradicating alleged racial bias in the Department of Employment Security after hearings by the State Commission on Human Relations and investigations by the local council. Kenneth Siffler announced a vaccination decision by state and federal officials for horses entering Maryland from Mexico.
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Frederick
Frederick County
Kenneth £. Shiffler
Maryland
Mexico
Trains, Bridges and Weather Mark Frederick Area News
Approximately 1,000 heavily loaded Army trucks from the 103rd and 28th Division rolled through Frederick from Indiantown Gap Pa to Leesburg Va. MPs directed traffic at intersections as groups of 30 passed every ten minutes. The 65 foot Chesapeake and Ohio Canal bridge at Point of Rocks remained closed amid local protests. Frederick County saw light showers while water levels were reported 50 inches below the retaining wall at Fishing Creek. Local gas stations received authorization to fill stations and supply Labor Day motorists from September quotas.
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Frederick
Indiantown Gap
Leesburg
National Park Service
Point of Rocks
Katharine E. Byron
Frederick County
Frank Weddle
Fishing Creek
School board ethics vote timing discussed in memo
A June 28 ethics committee opinion on abstaining from votes cites two parts and urges immediate BOE action to resolve conflict of interest questions and to enable the ethics panel to operate, including electing a chairman, obtaining independent legal counsel, and securing secretarial support, with a plan for an early joint meeting.
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Ethics Committee
Board of Education
Boe
Cei
Ion
Te Boe
Ethica
Re-enactments stir debate in letter to editor
Sylvia M Bealer of Gapland responds to William D Wickham's Aug 6 letter on re en actments. She cites Humpty Dumpty as messenger and argues war deaths defy explanation. July 13 letter referenced.
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Humpty Dumpty
William D. Wickham
Wickham
Baker Park memories and Carroll Creek project debate
William B Brushy recalls Baker Park history from Bentz Street to Carroll Creek with fires at the mill and lumber yard as the Carroll Creek project looms. The letter laments changes, urges preservation, and voices frustration at unanswered homeowner questions about mailboxes and a referendum. Karen Mowczko adds to the Mount Airy view with critique of a homeowners association decision and post office arrangements.
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Victoria Seward
Baker Park
Bentz Street
Carroll Creek
Second
Bentz Streets
Wilcock and Brown Lumber Yard
South Street
Broadway
Beats Street
Carroll Parkway
Hills Half Aves
Victoria
Love Baker Park
Mailbox Relocation Sparks Criticism in Singapore
Residents deride a planned move of about 100 mailboxes from a main road feeding a housing development. The project risks traffic flow and safety with no sidewalks, near where children play and cars park. Nomination calls target local Singapore Association Board, postmistress, and Pinehurst Village Committee as contributors to the issue.
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Singapore Association Board
School bus access dispute in Eyler's Valley area
Glenn E. Toms reports long standing bus service to Emmit sburg and Eyler's Valley ended by the Board of Education. He and his wife have driven their children over a mile each way to Rainbow Lake for seven years. He notes buses still use Narrow Road to Summit Lake Camp and Eyles Valley Church and asks why his children cannot be bused. He seeks consideration for property tax payers benefits and resolution.
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Emmitsburg
Eylers Valley
Board of Education
Rainbow Lake
Summit Lake Camp
Eyles Valley Church
Rech Valley Church
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Lebanon
National Commission On Children
Jay Rockefeller
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