Ameriken plans six story mega complex downtown
Ameriken Investment Corpation proposes a six story mega multi use complex on Carmack Jay property at North Market and Fourth Streets. The plan would take about a quarter block, span six stores to 75 feet, and replace several smaller buildings. The new design tests the area, aims to blend with the historic district though some officials call it oversized. The commission heard the first formal presentation during its monthly workshop, with continued coverage expected on Page A-12.
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Fredenck Histone District Commission
Amerken City Market
North 4
Fourth Streets
Ameriken City Market
Carmack Jay
Onpinal
Carmack Jay's
HDC
Amenken Investment Corporation
North Market
Bridge Opens on Monocacy Boulevard in Frederick
The Monocacy Boulevard bridge over the Monocacy River opened with a ribbon cutting as trucks begin using the new industrial corridor. Mayor Jim Games and officials praised the project, though it ran about 600000 over budget, and it will streamline traffic and attract industry while expanding the road loop to Gas House Pike and Md 26.
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Fredenck
Monocacy Boulevard
Monocacy River
Jim Games
MD. 26
Gas House Pike
Grimes
East Patrick Street
Hughes Ford Road
Schifferstadt Boulevard
Frederick
Montgomery Ward to Close After 128 Years in Bankruptcy
Montgomery Ward, long a mail order pioneer with 250 stores and 10 distribution centers across 30 states, files for Chapter 11 and will shut down after 128 years. CEO Roger Goddy cites weak holiday sales amid fierce competition from Home Depot, Best Buy, Target, Gap, and others, as 37,000 employees face severance and job loss.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward
Ollie Allen
Eco
China
Lnst
Sax Allen
Home Depot
Best Buy
Tar
Bet
Roger Goddy
Shoppers react to Montgomery Ward closing after facelift
Shoppers express disbelief as Frederick's Montgomery Ward plans to close amid Chapter 11 proceedings. Patrons praise the $3 million facelift and grand reopening while fearing the loss of a longtime local retailer. Workers vary in awareness with managers unavailable for comment. The closure follows Bradlees declaring liquidation and signals an orderly wind down for Ward stores nationally.
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Frederick's
Montgomery Ward
Joyce Boyd
Bonnie Gordon
Wards
Talon
Ones Beach
Bradlees Inc
Chicago
George Whalin
California
Beta Management Consultants
Ronnie Goldfinger
Hishland Park
Performance Marketing Inc
Who Pays More to Keep Frederick County Landfill?
Frederick County weighs rising costs and shifting contracts as waste grows. Officials debate tipping fees and potential recycling subsidies to keep long term operations viable while MES projects a net loss over 2001.
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Tam
Maryland Environmental Service
MES
Attempted murder charged in shooting near estranged wife
Frederick man Dame Enk Staley, 74, held without bail on attempted first degree murder after driving to his estranged wife Virginia Staley s home with two guns and a knife and shooting Jacob Luther Smith, 52, in the chest, collapsing a lung. Staley also faces first and second degree assault charges and a separate weapon and restraining order violation. the injured man was flown to Washington County Hospital in serious condition.
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Woodsboro
Shenfis Otice
Dame! Enk Staley
Willowbrook Road
Jacob Luther Smith
Dickerson
Washington County Hospital
Hagerstaun
John Williams
Shenti
Srrur
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Carmack
Ameriken
Amerken
Lover J. Lows
Commission
Lawton
Hessong Bridge Road
Techine
Doolittle
John Oliver
GE Capital Services
General Electric
Ike Wilson
News-Post
FSK Mail
Mr Beach
Ms. Beach
Jonathan Pfisher
Jim Crews
Frederick County
Tara E. Buck
David Gray
Mr Gray
Stadi
Phoebe
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