Sound Source and reader questions from the newspaper
The article explains Sound Source as a daily feature with stock listings weather lottery results and sports scores plus a reader driven poll. Editors select questions from readers with attention to appropriateness and public interest while noting that results are not scientific and occasional stuffing is checked.
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Sound Source
Elvis
Betty Rubble
Schaefer
Clinton
Roscoe Bartlett
Bartlett
Dangerous Md 85 intersection prompts call for traffic signal
Rick Moxley of Frederick urges the Maryland State Highway Administration to install a traffic light at the Md. 85 and English Muffin Way intersection. He cites recurrent crashes, injuries, fatalities, truck speed, and increased local traffic as compelling reasons for urgent action to improve safety.
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State Highway Administration
Frederick
MD. 85
Robin Meadows
Omega Center
Md.a5
Rick Moxley
New Cold Weather Advice From a Reluctant Reader
A reader vents at repetitive winter tips and then offers alternatives for surviving subzero weather. He mocks standard guidance like dressing warm and warming with water, urges staying home from work, and suggests calling in with excuses to avoid the cold and potential looting.
Witty tips in Mike Royko piece on winter idleness through Jamaica escape
A humorous Tribune Media Services column riffs on staying indoors in cold weather. It playfully advises skipping work, watching soap operas, hosting poker with beer, ordering pizza, and imagining an escape to Jamaica ending at Toto's Bar with tropical drinks.
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Helen Trent
Qur Gal
Rome
WWII Soldier Sends Cap From Pacific Front to Maryland
Pfc. Walter L. Roney, 19, after 14 months with U S Marines in Southwest Pacific fighting, reports he is unscathed and sends home a Japanese rifle cap captured at Rendova Field Munda among other souvenirs. Frederick officials and local leaders appear in a set of brief regional items on draft exams, cold weather, a mayoral dispute, planning bills, and a county coalition on land use.
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U.S
Southwest Pacific
Pfc
Walter L. Roney
Clyde M. Roney
Rosemont Ave
Rendova Field
Munda
Frederick County Farm Bureau
League of Women Voters
Frederick
Who Was Really Doing the Stuffing in Bartlett Vote
Lyndelle Chiomenti questions Bartlett supporters as the likely perpetrators of ballot stuffing in Sound Source’s Bartlett impeachment query. The letter notes the lopsided tally and cautions against assuming a single side benefited. The writer ties the notion of faithfulness in little things to Clinton’s pre presidential conduct.
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Lyndelle Chiomenti
Bartlett
Bill Clinton
Quail Ridge Inn praised for chef David Gilmore role
A reader credits chief chef David Gilmore with creating the appetizers entrees and desserts at Quail Ridge Inn, noting his influence alongside co owner Austin Isemann. The patron of 16 years praises the atmosphere service and food quality as the restaurant’s defining strengths.
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Quail Ridge Inn
David Gilmore
Austin Isemann
Why Move Nick Channel Change Confuses Frederick Customers
Frederick Cablevision shifts Nickelodeon from channel 29 to 49 sparking customer confusion during New Year channel realignment. Many older TV owners cannot receive channels above 48, drawing complaints about accessibility and the impact on children's entertainment options.
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Frederick Cablevision
Frederick Cable
Nickelodeon
Nick
Nick channel pulled by local cable firm sparks complaints
Letters from Rebecca Bleakley of Middletown and Christopher Ruff criticize Frederick Cablevision for removing Nickelodeon, arguing a local monopoly harms households. They urge action, urge others to call the firm, and warn gun laws won’t curb crime, urging reassessment of policy and safety.
Guns and crime prompt harsher penalties and safe citizens
A reader endorses Phillip B. Dean's view that gun safety is a people problem and supports incarceration for criminals. The letter criticizes felons complaining in jail, defends home defense, calls for penal institutions over rehabilitation, and argues firearms remain accessible to criminals despite efforts to restrict them.
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Phillip Dean
Phillip B. Dean
Frederick
Water usage letter with Lake Linganore negotiated
William C. Herron Jr. of New Market voices resident concerns about a Lake Linganore water use agreement with Frederick County. Residents demand an environmental impact study before signing and urge ongoing negotiations to protect the lake’s integrity for homeowners.
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Lake Linganore
Lake Linganore Association
Frederick County
Lake Singanore
Letters to the Editor at The Frederick News-Post
The Frederick News-Post invites letters from readers and requires name address and phone number for verification. Due to high volume not all letters are published and some are edited for space or taste. poetry and letters to others are not printed.
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Frederick News-Post
Frederick News- Bost
E. Patrick St
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Mike Royko
Jamaica
Toto’s
Toto
Sears
Tribune Media Services
Frederick City
Richard Colliflower
Harry Rentzell
Durward W. Kettels
Baltimore
Ronald N. Young
Historic District Commission
William Shepley
Commission
S. Market St
Young
Washington County
al Musselman
Frederick County Civic Association
Jean Thomas Union Bridge
Jomers
Rebecca
Greg Bleakley
Middletown
Christopher J. Ruff
William C. Herron Jr
New Market
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