Subcontractors sue over delayed payments in school projects
Local subcontractors and contractors accuse the Frederick County school board and Kettler Brothers of delaying final payments on two school projects. Craig Paving seeks 109000, Frederick Tile 58000, and Shoemaker Brothers Painting 14000, with total holdbacks near one million. Officials say most firms are owed funds, while Kettler cites contractual obligations and bond processes. lawsuits loom as payments remain frozen and bonds disputed.
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Kettler
Holand Craig
Hagerstown
Craig Paving
Frederick Tile
Sluemaker Brothers
Frederick
Kettler Brothers
Ron Armstrong
Frederick County
John L. Curtis
Craig
Tagiids Shoemaker
Shoemaker Brothers Painting
Singles explore good and bad of lifestyles in Frederick
In a Frederick High School classroom during Wednesday nights singles discuss dating, independence, and relationships. The Frederick County Adult Education program sponsors the two hour workshops attracting 10 to 20 evenly split men and women mostly in their 30s and 40s, many formerly married, sharing stories and ideas to meet, date, and navigate romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick High School
Melinda Myers
Ms. Myers
Seventeen
Bush to begin difficult round of trade talks
President Bush arrives in Australia for a 12 day tour with aims to hold talks on world trade as Australia faces a severe recession. He meets Prime Minister Keating in Sydney for a get acquainted session after Hawke's ouster. The visit starts with a low key welcome and New Year fireworks as Bush plans stops in Singapore Korea and Japan.
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Sydney
Australia
Bush
Paul Keating
Keating
Bob Hawke
Labor Party
Mr. Bush
U.S
Lyndon Johnson
Telegraph Mirror
Aise
Singapore
Korea
Japan
National Maritime Museum
United States
Washington
Mr. Keating
Sydney Harbor
Property owners face higher assessment notices in Frederick County
Residents received assessment notices showing an average countywide increase of over 3 percent driven by rising home values despite the recession. Doris White of the state Assessment Office in Winchester Hall said calls and visits spiked, with about 22 000 notices sent to Buckeystown Urbana and surrounding areas. Assessments are issued every three years and payment spans the next years.
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Doris White
Frederick County
Ms. White
Winchester Hall
Buckeystown
Urbana
Jabealylowh
New Market
Enoxville
Jefferson
Johnsville
Linganore
Woodville
Burkitsville
Ballenger
Lake Lingapore
Upsurge in Sunday dances draws crowds in Frederick
Frederick singles Inc. hosts dances at Holiday Inn off I 270 with heavy parking demand. Attendance grows from eight on opening night in March 1986 to 400 to 450 on average, sometimes over 500. Dances occur the first, third and fifth Sundays when possible, with a $5 fee for three hours of dancing and mingling. Registration targets divorced, legally separated or never married individuals.
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Frederick Singles Inc
Holiday Inn
Rotary Club
Luscheon
Dick Carnes
New Year Breaks Spark at Holiday Inn Ballroom
A local New Year's note describes the Holiday Inn ballroom as spacious with a large floor and plentiful seating for conversations. It notes a mix of attendees from Frederick, D C, northern Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, with some locals uneasy about outsiders yet many come for the social scene and possible matches.
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Holiday Inn
Robert Burns
Diane McClure
Mr. Carnes
Frederick
D.C
Virginia
Potomac
Pennsylvania
Westminste
Baltimore
Cumberland
Phil
Carolyn Waggoner
Dover
Alice Scott
Gettysburg
Safe ride programs aid New Year revelers with sober drivers
Sue Kelley and other volunteers run a PAT program offering rides home on New Year’s Eve and into the early hours. Women drivers accompany women riders, while couples handle male calls. In recent years the effort has grown with 26 riders last year and 45 calls to request rides, aiming to keep partygoers safe and nearby.
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Cal
Sue Kelley
Ms. Kelley
Piegee
Howe
Kelley
Bill Kelley
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Melinds Myers
Mark Crummett
Nancy Luse
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Frederick Armory
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Christina Barnes
Inside the News
Edttoris
Cb’ers
Susan C
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Mr. Kelley
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