County Voters Guide to Frederick County Local Elections
Frederick County towns hold elections this year in Emmitsburg Thurmont Mt Airy Middletown Walkersville and more. Voter and candidate qualifications vary by town with terms from two to four years and post details for burgess mayor or commissioners. Registration deadlines and election dates are listed, including April 16 in Emmitsburg and October 25 in Thurmont, with totals of registered voters and population estimates provided.
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Frederick County
Emmitsburg
Thurmont
Mt. Airy
Middletown
Walkersville
Myersville
Brunswick
New Mea
Burkittsville
Frederick
United States
Richard M. Sprankle
E. Eugene Myers
Commission
Harry 0. Miller
Kenneth E. Fraley
Maryland
Leonard Sherman
Henry P. Runkles
Harold M. Molesworth
Burgess Flo
Stine
Floyd Main
Harold Kefauver
Walkmersville
City treasurer Betty Rice says Frederick moving right direction
Betty E. Rice, Frederick City’s first elected woman treasurer, notes progress and cautions care. She highlights a drop in delinquent water bills to a near all-time low, outlines duties including budgeting, tax and utility billing, and stresses coordinating next year’s budget within limits while reflecting on her 1974 election and tenure.
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Betty E. Rice
Frederick City
Roma EM WW Haocane the City Treasurer
Frederick's City Hall
Rice
Postal service weighs three day delivery option
The Postal Service says three day per week mail delivery is a possible cost cutting option. Senior assistant postmaster general J T Ellington says the plan is among measures under review as the agency faces a record deficit and seeks savings. Other ideas include ending special delivery and Saturday delivery, with a rate commission approval needed to enact any service cuts. A federal judge blocked rural post office closures, delaying cost saving steps.
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Washington
Postal Service
J. T. Ellington
Ellington
Fnd
Postal Rate Commission
Independen
U.S
John Lewis Smith
Mayor Promises Lower City Taxes If Tax Equity Achieved
Frederick city leaders and officials clash over county city tax equity with Mayor Ronald N Young pushing for an equitable redistribution. He says city residents could see a 50 cent downshave and potentially $300 to $400 in net taxpayer relief if claims are realized, though he cautions the ideal is not guaranteed. County officials reject the demand while both sides consider an impartial probe, and the Maryland Municipal League lobbies for proportional piggyback shares and a mandatory tax differential law.
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Ronald N. Young
Frederick City
Young
Moune Veamne Allew Spid
Annapolis
James Bryan
Bryan
Bryant
Maryland Municipal League
League
Bell History Days back to a single weekend in June
Frederick's Bell History Days Committee reversed itself and restored a single weekend on June 26 and 27. The decision was announced at City Hall Thursday after deliberation over why to hold events on two weekends. Hessian Barracks and Rose Hill Manor will host commemorations on those dates, which originally spurred the switch.
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Frederick
Bell & History Days
Frederick’s City Hall
Hessian Barracks
Rose Hill Manor
SOVIETS admit radiation source energy bill delays hit
Brief item notes a Soviet admission about a radiation source amid an energy bill delay. The rest describes a mild, sunny day with highs in the mid to upper 60s, fair yet cool tonight and continued mild Saturday with some cloudiness and similar temperatures. An unrelated line mentions Leap Year for pedestrians.
Frederick sheriff’s car shot during brotherly dispute
Frederick County Sheriff Donald C. Barnes and his brother Top Barnes argued in Top’s Place on Rt. 355 early Feb 25. Top fired a shotgun, blowing a tire on the sheriff’s official car as state police arrived. No charges have been filed. Sheriff Barnes will pay for the tire.
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Frederick County
Donald C. Barnes
Top Barnes
Top
Rt. 355
Frederick
Barnes
Baris
Henri's going out of business sale on North Market Street
Henri's, a long time men’s and women’s clothier at 100 North Market Street,will liquidate under bank supervision after a Jan 13 note dispute and Feb 19 attachments. The owner indicated inventory sales would run until merchandise is sold, as downtown vacancies rise and the city notes eight closed stores on North Market Street.
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Henri’s
North Market Street
Henry Serepea
Fredericktowne Bank
Rosenstock
Beckley's Gift Shop
People's Drug Store
Shiptey’s
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William E. Graffam
County Towns Reporter
Betty Rice
Troll
Gene Sehell
Madeline
Anos L. Brown
Inside the News
Soviets
Congress
State Police
Robert C. Snyder
Snyder
Henri
New York
Dow Jones
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