County to Pay Workers for Ideas Initiative
Frederick County adopts an employee idea program with suggestion boxes at Winchester Hall and the C Burr Artz Library. Staff can earn up to 1000 for ideas to boost productivity, cut waste, and improve safety, morale, health, or public relations. Submissions may be anonymous but signatures are encouraged. The program starts late this fiscal year or early next.
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Frederick County
Winchester Hall
C. Burr Artz Library
Mayor vetoes bargaining ordinance in Frederick
Frederick Mayor Paul Gordon vetoed a collective bargaining ordinance for the Frederick City Police calling it potentially onerous and proposing an alternative to legalize the current contract. Three aldermen who supported the ordinance plan to attempt a veto override at a special meeting Wednesday after a 3 p.m. workshop, while Gordon places his counterproposal on the agenda. The dispute features threats of a referendum and a broader standoff over management rights and arbitration, with both sides seeking to keep the existing contract in effect until it expires next June.
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Frederick
Paul Gordon
Board of Aldermen
Gordon
Frances Baker
Baker
Jon Kreissig
William 0. Lee Jr
Francuil Gitler
Patrick O’brien
FDP
Order of Police
O’brien
Paul P. Gordon
City Hall
John F. Kreissig
William O. Lee
FOP
Gorbachev to accept new CIS role after ratification
Gorbachev said he will accept the Commonwealth of Independent States once former Soviet republics ratify the federation and will then decide his future role. Spokesman Andrei Grachev stressed Gorbachev will not pursue a ceremonial position and would not fight the change.
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Yeltsin
Kremlin
James A. Baker III
Yevgeny Shaposhnikov
Commonwealth
Viktor Barannikov
Russia
Decury
Frederick approves first test of tax waiver for elderly housing
Frederick County Commissioners authorize a four story Avondale Elderly Apartments on Broadway with 24 units and rents from 240 to 395 dollars a month under a pilot tax waiver. The program lets the developer pay 100 dollars per unit annually, with 61 percent to the county and 39 percent to the city. The arrangement spans up to 15 years and aims to create affordable housing for seniors while generating local tax relief. County and city officials note tradeoffs between tax forgiveness and benefits like jobs and housing.
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Frederick
Frederick County
Broadway
Chuck Castle
Avondale
Affordable Housing Committee
Sue Ann Yingling
Alice Cooper
Ms. Cooper
Castle
Rocky Ridge post office reopens in fire hall
The Rocky Ridge post office reopened Monday in the town fire hall ahead of the Christmas rush. Postmaster Joseph Ferguson was sworn in by officials with Rep. Beverly Byron in attendance and a flag hoist. About 500 residents live in the area, with 45 walk-ins and 343 rural patrons served. The fire company provided space and refreshments while renovations, funded by the postal service, were completed.
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Rocky Ridge
Frederick County
Joseph Clabaugh
New Cut Road
Clabaugh
Woodsboro
Joseph Ferguson
Beverly B. Byron
John C. Davis
Postal Service
Mumma
Fire Company
Ferguson
Winfield
Dayton
Howard County
Sykesville
Residents oppose landfill near Linganore Creek
Liberty Town area residents told state officials they oppose a proposed 14 acre landfill near Md 26 and Artie Kemp Road. They warned it could pollute Lake Linganore via creeks feeding Linganore Creek. At Libertytown Elementary School officials and residents urged strict monitoring and a lined, restricted site to limit heavy truck traffic.
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Libertytown
Lake Linganore Area
MD. 26
Artie Kemp Road
Linganore
C. John Eyier
Linganore Creek
Lake Linganore
Maryland Department of the Environment
Libertytown Elementary School
Weather sketch incomplete for Mary land map page
Partial weather note mentions cloudy tonight with lows in the mid to upper 20s. Wednesday forecast calls for cold and windy with partly sunny skies and a chance of a light flurry. Page reference to Maryland weather map remains incomplete.
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Marylannd
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