Undergrounding East Street Wires Who Pays for City Change
The debate over undergrounding utility lines from East Patrick to East Second Streets centers on who pays the cost the city taxpayers Potomac Edison or utility charges. Supporters praise Market Street undergrounding as beautifying while questions rise about broader coverage and who will fund future projects.
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East Street
East Patrick
East Second Streets
City of Frederick
Potomac Edison
Market Street
Frederick
South Market Street
North Market
Seventh Street
South Market
Orwellian fears and the 1984 warning for today
Anthony Harrigan warns Americans facing a modern Orwellian threat in Western democracies. He argues totalitarian dangers persist, citing communism’s spread and “Newspeak” style propaganda. He cautions readers to guard truth amid peace movements, U.S. deterrence debates, and ideological distortions.
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George Orwell
Algrim
Orwell
China
Vietnam
Afghanistan
Angola
Cuba
Nicaragua
Poland
West
Loth
Europe
America
United States
U.S
Soviet Union
President pays too little for White House office space
Washington memo notes Reagan’s White House office rents cover only a fraction of ongoing maintenance and operations costs. GSA figures show a 1983 deficit of about $734,000, after accounting for inflated interior services and added staff, with Congress setting rents far below true expenses. Public scrutiny follows over designer salaries, movers, and special services at the executive complex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reagan
General Services Administration
White House
Interior Department
GSA
Congress
John Rodgers
John Rodgers, Presidential Assistant For Management Administration
Tony Capaccio
Petano Gsa
Secret Service
Three Mile Island Wecheor
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Frederick Plans Gala For Roosevelt Ball 1934
From the Files of the News-Post dated January 27 1934 reveals final plans for a Roosevelt ball at the First Regiment Armory to support the Infantile Paralysis Foundation endowment drive. Frederick fire companies battled fires in bitter cold preventing spread. The cold wave abated with temperatures at five above zero expected to rise next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
First Regiment
Frederick
Warm Springs
Frederick musicians rehearse Mendelssohn oratorio for May concert
The FrederickSingers began spring rehearsals on January 27 1964 for a May concert featuring Mendelssohns St Paul. Musical director Charles J Warner added Mehler tunes from recent musicals as part of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Singers
St. Paul
Mendelssohn
Charles J. Warner
Mehler
Winter school closing in Western Howard County should be separated
A Western Howard County parent urges the Howard County Board of Education to grant separate school closing decisions during inclement weather. She cites Jan 18, 1984 snow disruptions, unsafe roads, and calls for quicker action by Dr. Goedeke, noting equal tax support but unequal treatment with Columbia and Ellicott City facilities. The letter requests petitions to reach the board and warns of risks to students and drivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard County
Bos of Education
Baltimore
Washington
Department of Transportation
Board of Transportation
Columbia
Elliott City
Goedeke
Board of Education
Frederick
Carroll
Dr. Goedeke
Ellicott City
Non-walker volunteering at annual Swim Marathon
The author, a non walker living with multiple sclerosis, invites News-Poet readers to sponsor or donate for a Swim Marathon at the Frederick YMCA. The event aims to show swimming as accessible, with participants swimming between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Sunday January 2. Proceeds support MS awareness and testing funds, with contact Mrs Fran Halford at Meidenlawn Circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Toeee
of Boty
Mind Bey Eptrit
Fran Halford
Meidenlawn Circle
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George B. Delaplaine Jr
Tom Miller
Fred J. Archibald
Frederick, Md
Anthony Harrigan
Friends of
Ministry of Truth
Adolf Hitler
Qlein
Tar “Nea
Jack Anderson
NRC
Morris Udall
D-Ariz
Nunzio Palladino
SIG
Palladino
NRC Special Inquiry Group
Vee
Ems
The
News-Post
Lewistown Pta
Lewistown
Charles Pollard
Rudolph Putman
Sterling Warner
John Grimes
Roy Clever
Maryland Congress of Parents and Teachers
Grace Church
New Market
Robert F. Grumbine
Harrison Metz
Walter W. Kirk Jr
Charles Wood
U.S. 240
Hyatttstown
Frederick County Board of Appeals
Samuel J. Parks
Montrose Road
Rockville
Dr. Perry Road
Terry L
Musgrove
Florence Road
Airy
Margaret E. Huffer
Picnic Woods Road
Jefferson
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