County rejects Metro proposal to hike New Market hookup fee
The county Senate resisted a 900 percent rise in New Market’s sewer hookup charge, rejecting Commissioner Wirts’ motion as two opponents and two information requests blocked quick action. Metrowide figures cited by Kunkowski show the plant runs at 20 percent of capacity, with no expansion planned, while a continuation of discussion keeps rates possible.
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County
Metro
Edgar C. Wirts
New Market
Donald L. Lewis
Lewis
Wirts
Paul L. Crinn Jr
Board
Lawrence A. Dorsey
Sterling Bollinger
Bollinger
Donald Kunkowski
Crum
Kunkowski
Virts
Appeals board delays action on elderly housing variance
The Frederick city Board of Zoning Appeals deferred ruling on CRC Development Corporation’s request for a parking variance for a 12 unit elderly housing project behind the Frederick Shopping Center. Officials cited residents’ limited driving and occupancy limits, with 95 one bed apartments and 4 efficiencies aimed at housing about 224 people but likely housing around 175 at peak. Ten percent of units will be handicapped accessible. occupancy priority favors earlier applicants.
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City Board of Zoning Appeals
CRC Development Corporation
Frederick
Corporation
Richard Byrd
Frederick Organization For Rehabilitation (For
James A. Kime
City Planning Commission
Niemann A. Brunk
William H. quBell
Ken Roberts
CRC
Byrd
East Coast warm spell sets daily record highs
Temperatures climbed into the 70s across the East Coast with new records in Washington 79 and Baltimore 76. Frederick reached 71, not beating the 80-degree 1930 high, as officials warned of continued warmth and high fire risk from dry, windy conditions with chances of storms and a brief cooldown toward week’s end.
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Mother Nature
Washington
Baltimore
Frederick
National Weather Service
Hearst recalls ordeal as Lebanon views economy again
Hearst editorial recalls a turbulent period while Lebanon faces economic strain and foreign policy shifts during a Kissinger trip. The piece frames domestic hardship alongside international diplomacy and political caution.
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Hearst
Lebanon
Weather outlook with wind and showers today
Forecaster notes windy conditions with warm temperatures and showers likely. Highs near the 70s and overnight lows in the mid 60s. Variable clouds and breezy winds persist through the day.
Land records recreated on microfilm to save space
Winston-Salem clerks work with Arcadia Microfilm to reproduce about 90 000 pages of land records from 1748 in 147 bound volumes into smaller volumes, freeing space for future records. The project uses two workers and mirrors prior work in several counties, with Clerk Charles Keller praising the process. The same day the Dow Jones industrial average stood at 950.09 after a trading session with active activity and modest changes.
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Circuit Court
Winston-Salem
N.C
Court House
Charles Keller
Keller
Arcadia Microfilm Company
Baltimore
Washington
Garrett
Queen Annes
Wicomico
New York
Beverly Little
Winster Salem
Winston Salem
Frederick County Court House
Cedric H. Smith
Ford issues reforms ban CIA eavesdropping in U S
President Ford unveils intelligence reorganization guiding limits on CIA and NSA. Proposals bar electronic eavesdropping inside the United States and restrict surveillance of American conversations abroad. FBI to follow separate directives. warrants and mail checks planned for national security cases.
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Washington
CIA
National Security Agency
United States
Ford
Administration
Associated Press
U.S
Internal Revenue Service
FBI
Justice
George Bush
NSA
Ronald Reagan
Study panel urges mandatory prison terms end of parole
A liberal group urges mandatory prison sentences for violent offenders and an end to parole, arguing punishment should be based on deserts rather than rehabilitation. The four year study, published in Doing Justice, calls for longer jail terms only for the most vicious criminals to deter faster justice.
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Washington
Committee For the Study
New York
Charles Goodell
Yale Law School
David Rothman
Columbia University
Edward H. Levi
YMCA Dinner Emphasizes Fitness And YMCA History
The Frederick YMCA held its annual dinner meeting nominating officers and board members with Congressman Goodloe E Byron as guest speaker. Byron urged fitness as a lifetime goal and envisioned an indoor track and health club. Glenn McGregor recalled the YMCA’s humble start and praised early workers, noting women’s pivotal role and the 1851 Boston first branch.
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Frederick
Glenn McGregor
YMCA
Byron
McGregor
Canada
Homble
Britain
Boston
Puerto Rico
Henry P
Page) Laughlin
Lawrence A
Tommy) Dorsey Jr
Lloyd Mauck
Sue Elam
Margaret Ference
Anne Sorenson
Charles
Chuck
Walkersville PUD hearing extended to Georgetown Chapel
Large turnout forces postponement of the Grantham property PUD public hearing from town hall to Georgetown Chapel Tuesday night. An extended session is planned about 15 days after public advertising, with traffic counts school population water and growth projections to be reviewed.
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Walkersville
Grantham
Georgetown Chapel
Town Hall
Orea
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