Frederick weighs eight million gallon water plan
Frederick city officials told Frederick County Commissioners the Potomac River plant would supply about eight million gallons daily, rising to fourteen million at full buildout. The move aims to avert a looming water shortfall within five years, with taps and development costs estimated at seventy million dollars.
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Frederck
Frederick County
Fredenck
Jeff Holtzinger
John L. Thompson Jr
Frederick
Jim Grimes
Thompson
Dorina Kuzemechak
Thamnenn
Potomac River
Maryland Department of the Environment
St John’s SAT Scores Lead Frederick County Highs
St John’s Literary Institution at Prospect Hall posted the county’s highest SAT scores for the 2001 senior class with an average combined mean of 1107, up 26 points. Math gains exceeded 18 points as principal Richard Fairley praised focus on math and science and noted 90 percent of seniors took the SAT. Urbana High trailed with 1094.
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St John's Literary Institution
Prospect Hall
Frederick County
St. John’s
Headane
Richard Fairley
Fairley
St. John's
Urbana High
Gateway plan eyed for Frederick East Street corridor
Frederick grant agency GFDC announced progress on a gateway corridor linking East Street from Patrick to South Street. The plan ties to Carroll Creek Linear Park and a future transport hub with a MARC station opening December 17. A four day charrette in October will gather input from 200+ property owners tenants civic groups and officials to shape the project.
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Ee Eement Corp
Frederick
East Street
Patrick Street
South Street
GFDX
Carroll Creek Linear Park
MARC
GFDC
Richard Griffin
Design Collective Inc
Clarence Eng
Frederick County Board of Education
The
Chamber of Commerce
Detrick chess champ placed fifth in Army event
Sgt Ken Davidson of Fort Detrick’s Military Personnel Division finished fifth in the Army Chess Championship held August 11 to 17 at Fort Myer Virginia. Davidson was among 12 Army players in the event and competed in the Interservice Chess Competition this week with top six from Fort Myer. The top Army finishers will join other services to form the U S Military Chess Team traveling to San Remo Italy in October for the International Chess Competition.
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Ken Davidson
Fort Detrick
Fort Myer
Set Davidson
San Remo
Italy
United States
Frederick County commissioners weigh public hearing on salary increase
Frederick County officials prepared for a public hearing after unanimous approval of a 13 item wish list including potential commissioner raises to about 50 000 annually. President David Gray pushes for higher pay with a plan to study a core set of hours, while Commissioner John L son Jr conditions support on full time status. Washington County and others have already considered raises, highlighting regional pressure as next election looms.
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Washington County
Fredenck County
David Gray
General Assembly
Gray
Tha
John L. Son Jr
Anea
Minion
Uuu
Frederck County
Frederick Counh
Weldon
Pan
Mir Weldon
Walter Murray
Fire and Rescue
Montgomery counts teachers settle in cheating scandal
Seven Montgomery County teachers reached confidential settlements with the school system and union over a math cheating incident at Silver Spring International Middle School. Some teachers were cleared while others faced varied disciplinary actions. the district will replace the sixth grade CTBS math test for 300 students and credit the state over 424000 to cover replacement costs.
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Lanham
Montgomery County
Montgomery County Education Associaion
Tom Israel
Jerry Weast
Silver Spring International Middle School
Weast
Brian Porter
Montgomery
Maryland
Veterans honor grounds a flower memorial at Windsor Knolls
From left Jack Croneburg Buck Wisner Jack and Hugh Schneider members of Korean War Veterans Chapter 142 broke ground on a flower garden memorial at Windsor Knolls Middle School recently. Staff photo by Doug Koontz.
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Jack Croneburg
Buck Wisner
Jack
Hugh Schneider
Windsor Knolls Middle School
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Doug Koontz
Polo Ralph Lauren Factory
LIZ Claiborne
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Tommy Hilfiger Company
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