Pen Mar plan eyes reuse of Fort Ritchie for jobs and tax revenue
The Fort Ritchie reuse proposal, dubbed Pen Mar Technology and Corporate Center, envisions 2200 jobs over 20 years and $12 million in property taxes while seeking $12 million in federal state and private support. Critics warn against taxpayer subsidies for converting an Army base into high tech offices and question the cost of repurposing and potential overbuild.
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Fort Ritchie
Army
National Center For Masonry
Masonry Institute
New England
Pen Mar
What is domestic violence and its human impact
Kimberlee Scott outlines domestic violence as a pattern of coercive abuse across physical emotional sexual and economic forms. She notes its secrecy and pervasiveness, the motive of control, and the broader societal costs including police courts and healthcare. The piece cites local murder cases and advocacy work by Heartly House in Frederick. Roy Meachum’s column resumes Monday.
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Anne L. Ganley
Annapolis
Heartly House
Maryland
Frederick County
FBI
Kimberlee Scott
Frederick
White House sleepovers spark debate on Clinton fundraisers
Ann McFeathers reports on a CNN USA Today poll showing 42 percent approve of White House stays for donors and 42 percent disapprove. The piece notes long tradition of rewarding party faithful, the ongoing fundraisers, and argues campaign finance reform stalled as money dominates both parties. The writer questions whether reforms will emerge without public pressure.
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Clinton
Lincoln
White House
Bill
Democratic National Committee
Chelsea
CNN
USA Today
Andrew Jackson
Pennsylvania Avenue
Amer
Congress
Dick Morris
Con
Newt Gingrich
Bob Dole
Roosevelt
Mike McCurry
Ann McFeathers
Scripps Howard News Service
TRAFFIC RESTORED AFTER PLow BREAKS THROUGH DRIFTS
Reports from the News-Post describe how the Hagerstown and Frederick Railway line was reopened after an eight ton Pennsylvania Railroad snow plow broke through heavy drifts that had shut the line for four days. Virginia official William T. Mann helped deliver a baby in a ditch in Loudoun County while clearing Rt 287. Hood College seniors Elizabeth Groft and Nancy Childs gave a recital in Brodbeck Hall with Paul Beckhelm assisting. President Jimmy Carter attended a church service at Harriet Episcopal Church in Catoctin Furnace. Weather: Frederick area received half an inch of rain with springlike temperatures from 40 to 60s. Public relations director Robert Hilton hailed the Frederick County Home Show as a success with 4,000 attendees. HenDrickson’s Department Store front restoration work began on North Market Street. Laura Leigh Koski, daughter of Dr and Mrs Koski, competed in the 1977 Miss Universe pageant at the University of Mississippi.
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Frederick-Thurmont
Hagerstown and Frederick
Pennsylvania Railroad
Virginia State Highway Department
William T. Mann
Lovettsville
Rt. 287
Loudoun County
Leesburg Hospital
Surviving Polio Through Hard Work and PPS Effects
Mary Jo Howes of the Frederick County PPS Support Group Thurmont addresses Nellie Simpson’s question about polio outcomes. She notes survivors regained 50 to 80 percent use through effort, with function often lasting 30 to 50 years, and describes post polio syndrome as a lifelong, sometimes worsened condition with no cure. She warns against oral vaccines due to contact risks and shares her PPS experience following a sugar cube booster.
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Frederick County
Nellie Simpson
U.S
Battle of the Big Bands concert fills Thomas Johnson High
A Frederick reader reports a Sunday concert at Thomas Johnson High School drawing a full house. The event featured vibrant performances by community bands with both gray-haired attendees and many young people under 40 clapping along throughout the afternoon and evening.
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Frederick
Thomas Johnson High School
Big Band Alumni visit Frederick with Beryl Davis show
A Frederick audience enjoyed a 1940s nostalgia night starring Beryl Davis of Glenn Miller fame with The Big Band Alumni. The author reflects on the town’s hospitality, vows to spend more downtown, and recalls later SMYAL youth support info.
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Beryl Davis
Glen Miller
Frederick
Buck
Weinberg Center
Beryl
Frederick County considers including SMYAL in youth resources booklet
The Frederick County Family Life Advisory Committee weighs adding the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League SMYAL to a new adolescent resource booklet for the first time. Some parents oppose, citing unfamiliarity with SMYAL since its 1984 founding, and its services.
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Frederick County Family Life Advisory Committee
Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League
SMYAL
Letters to the Frederick News-Post for publication
The Frederick News-Post invites letters signed with writer name address and phone numbers for verification. Abridging may occur due to space. poetry and religious verses are not published. mail fax or email options provided for submission.
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Frederick
Frederick News-Post
E. Patrick St
P.O
Frednewspost.com
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Robert Hilton
Ausherman Construction Company
Hendrickson's Department Store
North Market Street
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D.R. Koski
Brookeville
University of Mississippi
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PPS
Thurmont
Laura Lorenzen
Washington, D.C
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