Courts Loom As Two Quarry Proposals Face Appeal
Frederick County residents clashed with developers F O Day and Martin Marietta who sought limestone quarry permissions. The two firms appealed the rezoning denial, signaling a drawn out court battle. County commissioners earned praise for fair hearings and a fact based decision, a stance seen as aiding potential victory if procedural issues favor the opponents.
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F.O. Day
Martin Marietta
Frederick County
Law and Zoning Clash Over Five Foot House Siting
Bob Reid questions the Frederick zoning fight over Washington Homes five feet too close to East 16th Street. He critiques the land use rules, notes the economic hardship of moving or chopping the $100,000 house, and imagines a dramatic bureaucratic clash while emphasizing that the law is the law.
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Annapolis
Washington Homes
East 16Th Street
Fredericktowne Village
Federick Board of Zoning Appeals
Jefferson Memorial
Potomac River
Mount Rushmore
Washington
Jefferson
Lincoln
Teddy Roosevelt
Bruce Beattie
Empire State Building
Mortimer Snord
William Wordsworth
Economic fears sound in 1980s recession warning
Washington reports warn that the deficit and stock plunge threaten new recession. A wholesale real estate dump, weakened by foreign asset sales, could follow. Declining spending, higher unemployment, and union clashes loom as 1988 into 1989 heat up.
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Washington
U.S
Letters criticize county government luncheon coverage
A Frederick News-Post reader voices strong dissatisfaction with Linda Norris for portraying a county Council of Governments meeting held at Watsons Family Restaurant as a special, sparse event. The letter asserts regular attendance about 25, with 23 present, and questions coverage priorities and accuracy.
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Frederick News-Post
Frederick
News-Post
Linda Norris
Betty’s
Watson’s
Betty
Ms. Norris
Watson's Family
Historic debates and sports equity at Walkersville High
A reader letter disputes over the use of historic for local landmarks and questions Frederick County's sense of history. Other letters urge athletic equity at Walkersville High, criticizing admin favoritism toward football and basketball, neglect of cross country, and censorship by the school paper. The section closes with Mary apparitions and a Marian Year appeal for peace and prayer. The Frederick News Post asks readers to sign letters with verifiable contact details.
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Walkersville High School
Vincent Carroll
News
Pearl Harbor
Mary
United States
Fatima
Medjugoric
Yugoslavia
Vatican Commission
Medjugorje
Chernobyl
Moscow
Christ
Prince of Peace
McGolerick wins regional farm bureau speaking contest
Mrs Mary RB McGolerick of New Market triumphed over speakers from ten southern states to win the regional Farm Bureau speaking contest in Chicago She will advance to face other regional winners at the national level. Nearby neighbors aided Edgar Hough after a barn fire left 10 acres of corn salvageable. Debutantes at the Lyric Cotillion in Baltimore included Dr Charles H Conley and Mary Claire Conley among others. A Hood College Christmas party brought gifts to Frederick children. Over $2,000 in goods were stolen from Frederick merchants amid a rash of break ins. A Baltimore man found with a bundle of $5 bills at a police station may be a bank withdrawal finder payoff.
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Frederick County
Mary RB. McGolerick
New Market
National Farm Bureau
Chicago
Edgar Hough
Hough
Linwood
Union Bridge
Bark Hill
John C. Roop Jr
C.d. Garner
Phillip Weller
Lyric
Baltimore
Charles H. Conley
Mary Claire Conley
Charles Conley Jr
Martha Conley
Victoire Conley
Daniel Ewing Wight
John B. Gray
Richard Gambrill
Shirley Adams
Stanley B. Adams
Sewickley, Pa
George Stubbs
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Robert Carey Frederick
Walkersville High
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Linda Pototschnik Mount Air
Hood College
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