Growth plan linked to school funds faces opposition
Maryland officials debate a Smart Growth plan that may tie school funding to designated growth areas. Frederick County Commissioners resist, noting most school funds now go to expansion and renovation and demanding clarity before voting. MACO awaits governor response ahead of Wednesday vote while details of the school funding section remain unseen.
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Maryland Association of Counties
Terre Roy Rhoderick
Rhoderick
Parris Glendening
Maryland grape shortage strains state wine industry
Maryland wineries struggle to secure Maryland grapes for chardonnays and cabernets. Elk Run Vineyards and Singanore Wine Cellars in Mount Airy rely on out of state grapes, hindering label claims of Maryland wine. Delegates Brinkley and a Senate bill push for a task force to evaluate growth, regulations, and economic impact across Maryland tourism.
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Parris Glendening
Senate
Brinkley
Frederick County Internet home page a success
Frederick County’s Internet home page has drawn over 4,000 users since April. The site at co.frederick.md.us updates monthly with commissioners schedules municipal information tourism and Frederick Memorial Hospital data and is accessible by modem. County officials touted its reach and plan to charge for space if usage remains strong while also slowing to discuss a private company to provide health services in schools.
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Frederick County
Co.frederick
Francis Scott Key
Carl Moore
IEA
Frederick Municipal
Barnes
Seymour Stern
Schley
Board of Education
Stern
Lori Follmer
PTA
Eastalco fears rate hike as Allegheny ends buyout plan
Eastalco Aluminum of Buckeystown, a major user with about $70 million yearly electric bills, warns it cannot survive a 13 percent rate increase tied to AES Warrior Run Power Plant coming online in 1999. Allegheny Power abandoned a buyout of the AES contract after Washington County officials were briefed. Eastalco spokesman Earl Robbins noted ABS would not participate in a buyout and said a state move toward retail wheeling may spur competition and rate scrutiny.
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Allegheny Power
AES
Eastalco Aluminum Co
Buckeystown
Stephen Hase
Robbins
City to Annex 124-Acre Schley Farm Near Monocacy Village
Frederick officials vote 4-1 to annex the 124 acre Schley Farm on Gas House Pike adjoining Monocacy Village and Fredericktowne planned neighborhood. The plan adds 130 housing units on 39 acres with five acres parkland and the rest zoned industrial. Critics cite school impact and airport proximity.
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James Schmersahl
Raymond V. Barnes
Baker urges study on impact of annexations
Frederick Alderman Frances Baker urges a multi jurisdictional study of large annexation land entering the city and widening the boundaries by more than 900 acres. In a February letter to Mayor Jim Grimes she cites effects on city and county services and urges joint planning with officials and school boards. Grimes replies that a process already addresses concerns and that the county review will include those considerations.
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Frederick
Frances Baker
Jim Grimes
Traffic stop uncovers cache from theft case in Maryland
Frederick County sheriffs detectives Tracy McCutcheon and Chuck Jenkins followed a lead from a Feb. 10 traffic stop in Adamstown. They recovered three rifles and a garage search yielded items including a Ford half-ton truck wheel setup, nine Wenco windows, and 60,000 nails, all tied to a Howard County theft. The suspect’s name remains confidential as charges have not been filed.
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Frederick County
Woman shot during pizza delivery in Taneytown Maryland
Maryland State Police investigate the attempted murder of Pizza Hut delivery driver Linda D Bond 47 who was shot in the torso while making a delivery on Roop Road near Old Taneytown Road. She was listed serious but stable at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore.
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Pizza Hut
Maryland
Westminster
Linda D Bond
Roop Road
Taneytown Road
Greg Shipley
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