MSD Board Relieves Denton as Superintendent at MSD
Mary land School for the Deaf announces outgoing Superintendent Dr. David Denton was relieved of duties on Feb. 12. BOV president Richard Mullinix says the action was in the school’s best interest and will allow Denton to remain on call for transition consultations while receiving salary and benefits. Community reactions from PTCA president Melinda Padden and Unity group chair Carolyn Woosley express mixed surprise and trust in the board’s handling.
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David Denton
BOV
Richard Mullinix
David M. Denton
Mullinix
MSD
Denton
Melinda Padden
Parent, Teacher, Counselor Association
PTCA
Committee For
Dr. Denton
Frederick weighs agriculture zoning to ease farmland annex costs
City officials propose an agriculture zoning designation to keep tax increases low when farmland annexes into Frederick. The plan aims to prevent forced reclassification to commercial or industrial and reduce county tax losses, with four properties identified as eligible for rate waivers and potential wider impact debated by county commissioners.
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Frederick
Doris White
Frederick County
Opossumtown Pike
Frederick City
Ms. White
Paul P. Gordon
Crum
John Mathias
Frederick County property tax appeals surge to record high
Doris White of Frederick County assessments reports 1,800 appeals this year up from 1,500 last year as hearings begin. Despite a national recession, southern and eastern Frederick areas show stable or rising values up to 30 percent with towns like New Market Urbana and Buckeystown leading gains.
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Doris White
Frederick County
Ms. White
New Market
Urbana
Buckeystown
Baker urges joint work to convert weapons plants in Russia
Secretary of State James A Baker III met scientists at Chelyabinsk-70, a closed Soviet city, to propose transforming their weapons program to peaceful research. He heard of funding gaps and ideas to repurpose the facility as Moscow seeks broader ties with newly independent states.
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Russia
James A. Baker
Ili
United States
Ural Mountains
Soviet Union
Institute of Technical Physics
Welcome Sunshine Expected to Lift Icy Travel Hazards
Frederick County schools closed Friday due to icy conditions on secondary roads in higher elevations. Two hour delays in Carroll Cecil Harford and Howard counties. Patchy ice on Route 70 near New Market and on back roads western county. Half day for students to accommodate in service training.
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Cecil
Harford
Howard
New Market
Noel T Farmer, Jr
Maryland
Farmer
Democrats push middle class tax relief in capital gains plan
House Democratic tax writers near agreement on a plan favoring the middle class by cutting capital gains taxes and corporate taxes while baring executive compensation above 1 million dollars. The White House attacks the measure as a potential broad tax hike and accuses Rep. Dan Rostenkowski of a political trap.
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White House
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Bush
Marlin Fitzwater
House Democrats
Dan Rostenkowski
D-Ill
Rostenkowski
Ways and Means Committee
Fitzwater
Ways and Means
County races to save unused POS funds from state reclaim
Frederick County officials scrambled to rearrange $130,000 for parkland and $130,000 for park development in the Program Open Space fund before the state could reclaim unspent money. Municipalities still have about $43,000 unspent and at risk. Kingsbury urged near ready project proposals or designate funds to Libertytown, with county refunds to towns. Also, commissioners advanced Windsor Knolls Middle School construction funded by state in 1993 to meet a September 1993 opening.
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Gil Kingsbury
Kingsbury
Libertytown
POS
Windsor Knolls Middle School
Maryland Weather Snapshot For Saturday Rain Outlook
Cloudy tonight with rain developing after midnight. Lows near 32. Saturday will bring rain with a high around 40. Maryland weather map and details appear on page.
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