County considers scenic road preservation gains and limits
County officials debate protecting rural beauty along Debold, Black, and Eyler Valley Flint roads as a scenic road program faces staffing and safety concerns. The Friends of Nature Garden Club offers to maintain wildflower edges to spare mowed beds, citing local flora including blue Chicory and Queen Anne's lace.
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Gambrill Park
Bruce Reeder
Sue Ann Yingling
Reeder
David Gray
Friends of Nature Garden Club
Sabillasville
Debold
Black
Christine Macabee
Eyler Valley
Flint Road
Pilot school cuts science and social studies in first year
Mrs. Severance and teachers choose to teach only math and language arts in year one of a new format, excluding science and social studies to avoid overloading. Scheduling remains undecided as the board weighs outcomes for fast and slow learners and social development.
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Farmer
Severance
Kentucky
Likely pick for attorney general named judge Kimba Wood
Federal Judge Kimba Wood, a 49 year old New York Democrat, is described by senior officials as the expected choice for attorney general. An FBI background check is pending and an announcement was not expected until early next week. Other finalists mentioned include Charles Ruff and former Virginia Gov. Gerald Baliles.
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Clinton
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Dee Dee Myers
Washington Post
The
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Reagan
Charles F.C. Ruff
Virginia
Gerald Baliles
Frederick County school board opposes weapons free zone bill
The Frederick County Board of Education voted to oppose a bill creating a weapons free school zone citing overly harsh penalties and loss of local control. It backed increasing penalties for weapon possession on school property and supported higher bus speed limits and railroad crossing stops for buses.
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Frederick County
Samuel Koski
Gene Couruhan
D-Montgomery
Harry T. deMoll
County Officials Ponder Police Force Study
Yingling and Commissioner Bruce Reeder voiced serious reservations about forming a county police force. Reeder, on vacation last week, said he would back a study to examine the issue focusing on cost rather than fiscal control, stressing the aim to save taxpayer money.
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Bruce Reeder
Military gay ban may lift. draft executive order due July 15
Defense Department prepares an executive order to end the ban on gays in the military by July 15. Applicants who admit homosexuality may be set aside until July 15, while others face unchanged anti sodomy laws and discharge rules. A Fort Detrick-based service member and a veteran note long standing acceptance and warn against prejudice, stressing life would continue as before.
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Defense Department
Clinton
Col. Hart
Charles Clipp
Frederick
U.S. Air Force
Mr. Clipp
Fort Detrick
School gun and knife incidents rise at Catoctin High
Mr. Markoe notes a growing trend of weapon related incidents at Catoctin High with this year marking the third such event on school property. Officials have tightened penalties to curb weapon carry as two students face consequences.
Mayor weighs naming park as linear term dropped
Mr Kessler says there is little support for a name change among committee members. The commission will drop the word linear from the park title after park development finishes. A past contest named eight park areas. If the mayor and Board pursue a different name, that is their prerogative.
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Kessler
Carroll Creek Park
Airport fee changes and noise issues on discussion agenda
At the meeting officials will review fee changes for tie-downs and T-hangars. Mr. Grimes noted a letter from Monocacy Village residents complaining about aircraft noise and plans to meet with them in the coming weeks. The mayor and board accepted an annexation petition for about 5 acres in Mercer Industrial Park, to be considered in April.
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Grimes
Monocacy Village
Mr. Abell
Mercer Industrial Park
Clinton House pass family leave bill in renewed gridlock end
The Senate backed the family leave bill 71 to 27 after a GOP gays in the military amendment was set aside. The House passed its version 247 to 152 and sent it to President Clinton as lawmakers touted an end to gridlock and a shift toward pro family policy.
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Clinton
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
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Bush
Somalia
U.S
Laura D'Andrea Tyson
White House Council of Economic Advisers
Washington
Christopher Dodd
D-Conn
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