Mt Airy building activity shows slow but steady rise
Mount Airy reports a modest uptick in building permits and permit values from 1982 to 1983. Town Planner James Shaw notes 23 residential permits and 9 commercial additions last year, with residential units rising as Ryan Homes finishes projects. Local officials foresee continued gradual growth and a strengthening tax base.
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Mount Airy
James Shaw
Henry Rankles
Planning Commission
Rankles
Ryan Homes
South Main Street
Ridge Avenue
Runkles
Shaw
Jim Frye
Beck Drive
Frye
Emmitsburg Lions selling flags and light bulbs
Members of the Emmitsburg Lions Club are visiting residents to take orders for flags and light bulbs. Proceeds fund community projects including Little League baseball and other public needs. They seek donations of old eyeglasses or frames at Lions locations or PRM Bank and Quality Tire.
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Emmitsburg
Lions Club
PRM Bank
Jim
Quality Tire
Crafts and games honor the Irish in Montgomery County
The Montgomery County Recreation Department Area II hosts crafts and games with surprises for children from 30 years old to fourth grade. The event runs from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday March 12 at the Bauer Drive Recreation Center Aspen Hill. Admission is $1 per child. For more information call 565.5708.
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Montgomery County Recreation Department
Wheaton
Kensington
Garrett Park
Aspen Hill
South Rockville
Olney
Bauer Drive
Inexpensive wills offered to Maryland seniors
Maryland State Bar Association backs a Sixty-Plus Wills Program to draft simple wills for $25 for individuals over 60 on fixed incomes. Eleven Frederik attorneys participate, with residents earning up to $10 000 single or $12 500 coupled qualifying. The program stems from the Lawyer Referral Service to aid seniors in obtaining affordable legal help.
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Maryland State Bar Association
Frederik
Jane Martin
Ms. Martin
Martin
The
Bar Association
Frederick J. Bower
Cleopatra Campbell
James H. Clapp
Donald R. Grossnickle
James McSherry
M. Albert Morningstar
James Respess
John Edgie Russell
Edward D. Storm
J. Vernon Summers
Manual M. Weinberg
Carolyn Barranca
Indian professor to lecture at WMC
Dr Purshotam Lal of Calcutta will lecture at 8 p.m. Thursday March 10 in McDaniel Lounge at Western Maryland College Westminster. A professor of English at the University of Calcutta he is known for poetry and translating The Mahabharata. He joins WMC as visiting professor of Indian philosophy and literature. The lecture is free and open to the public.
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Purshotam Lal
Calcutta
McDaniel
Western Maryland College
Westminster
University of Calcutta
Lal
Western Maryland
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Richard Montgomery
Emmitsburg Lions
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Hiltner
N.E
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Abee Tasman
Abel Tasman
New Zealand
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