Mary Condon Hodgson a lifelong education champion dies
Mary Condon Hodgson died Thursday after a lifetime shaping Frederick County schools. A wartime volunteers leader and chamber board member, she served 12 years on the Board of Education, twice as president. Her work touched American Women’s Voluntary Services, Hospital Auxiliary, and local civic groups. Her legacy lives in thousands of educated, civic minded graduates.
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Mary Condon Hodgson
American Women's Voluntary Services
Chamber of Commerce
Hospital Auxiliary Board
Board of Education
Frederick County
Jefferson couple sentenced to ten years for abusing young man
A Jefferson County couple, Patrick and Karen Allen, were given ten-year prison terms for abusing a 24-year-old man they planned to adopt but beat instead. The editorial panel condemns the crime, criticizes a local commissioner who defended the abuse, and urges accountability.
Revisited Sleeper Issue Calls for Auto Insurance Reform
Maryland Senate finance debates the automobile insurance crisis as Sen. Leo Green renews a push to end antitrust exemptions for insurers and create an Insurance Consumer Advocate. The piece notes large premium hikes, regulatory limits, and calls for state action to curb profits and ease bills for consumers.
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Leo E. Green
Prince George’s County
General Assembly
Senate Finance Committee
California
Maryland General Assembly
Senate
House of Delegates
Green
Marc Dann
Attorney General
West Virginia
Maryland
Sen. Green
State Insurance Commissioner’s Office
Leo Green
Annapolis
Cuba- Castro vows to block US TV Marti broadcasts
Fidel Castro presses the case against televised propaganda to Cuba inviting Rep. Al Swift and American broadcasters to Havana. He warns Cuba will block US signals while US officials plan a multi million dollar TV Marti package beamed from Florida by balloon.
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Fidel Castro
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Havana
al Swift
D-Wash
Castro
TV Marti
Uncle Sam
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Americana
State Department
Florida
Swift
Radio Marti
TV Marti debate and Sununu era at White House
The piece discusses TV Marti funding as a minor budget choice to signal against Castro and appeal to conservatives amid Cold War tensions. It notes Cuban radio transmitters interfering with U S signals and analyzes John Sununu’s role as White House Chief of Staff amid cabinet dynamics and policy focus.
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Richard Darman
Washington
Roger Porter
Michael Boskin
C. Boyden Gray
Marlin Fitzwater
Flint freighter arrives after long voyage amid drama
The 4962 ton city of Flint arrived at Sparrows Point near Baltimore after a 113 day six week voyage. Five Baltimore crew members' families planned receptions with a brass band. Cumberland mayor criticized the WPA, saying deserving men can’t find work and local labor is needed. Harry S. Buhrman from Foxville drew inquiries after a Rural New Yorker photo showing him with a bushel of 31 potatoes.
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Cumberland
Harry Irvine
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Frederick
Harry S. Buhrman
Foxville
Maine
Florida
New Yorker
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Green Valley Elementary bid rebid debated by Frederick County
Twenty years ago Frederick County Commissioners met with New Market parents to discuss rejecting bids for Green Valley Elementary School. They said the project was overbid but would be rebid and remain a priority. A local orthodontist opened a new Frederick office. The Governor Thomas Johnson High School PTA granted full student membership upon dues.
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Frederick County
New Market
Green Valley Elementary
Richard Sneadner
Governor Thomas Johnson High School
Parent-Teacher-Student Association
Man and dog saved on thawing pond ice by cane
A 70 year old man living on a pine clad hilltop recounts rescuing his dog Sport when it broke thin ice at a pond’s edge. He crawled on his belly with a cane and hooked the dog’s collar, dragging both to safety before the ice gave way. He cherishes the cane from the Florida Keys that helped the rescue.
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Sport
Florida Keys
Apathetic Voters Letter Cites Petitions and A Landfill
A reader agrees with Frederick Alderman Kreissig that two thirds of Frederick voters are apathetic and offers a possible cause. The writer notes officials ignored a petition with over 11,000 signatures protesting the Schroder farm condemnation and a new landfill, asking how many names trigger action.
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Frederick
Jon F. Kreissig
Kreissig
Frederick News-Post
Frederick County
Schroder
Letters call for action over landfill controversy in Thurmont
William Wickham urges Frederick County residents to protest the Schroder farm landfill decision. He criticizes low petition turnout among voters, urges writing to Governor Schaefer and county officials, demonstrates, and votes to prevent environmental harm and tax-dollar waste.
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Schroder
Kreissig
Schaefer
Frederick County
Frederick County Commissioners
The Affordable Housing column offers sharp plan insight
John G. Truescheler argues in the January seventeenth Op-Ed that affordable housing economics and the county Comprehensive Plan interact to shape outcomes. The letter urges officials and advocacy groups to study his cautions, noting action parts of the plan fail to meet stated goals and objectives.
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John G. Truescheler
News-Post
Trueschler
Caring passerby aids driver in wintry roadside help
A Jefferson resident Lynn Stevenson speaks of a kind man who stopped on U S 340 January 8 to help her when her car stalled in snow and ice. Despite injuries to one hand, he assisted her and she expresses deep gratitude for his aid.
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U.S
Jefferson
U.S. funds to influence Nicaraguan elections criticised
The author condemns congressional and Bush administration spending totaling 12.5 million dollars aimed at swaying how Nicaraguans vote. He urges elected officials to end foreign meddling and argues that using dollars military power and covert actions undermines democracy and future peace.
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Nicaragua
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