Planners deny rezoning bid for 886 unit PUD near Frederick
Frederick County Planning Commission rejected Carone Partnership plans to rezone 140.6 acres south of Frederick from Agricultural to Planned Unit Development for 636 new homes. Critics urged lower density, noting nearby Farmbrook and other PUDs with varying densities. staff advised no more than 55 units per acre.
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Ballenger Creek Pike
Carone Partnership
Frederick City
Farmbrook
Planning Commission
David P. Gray
Wilbur Ford
William Fout
Fout
Ford
Lake Singanore
James R. Shaw
Glade Towne
Walkersville
Rumidetts
Lee
Commission
Bryan Moore
Hannover
Crestwood Village
Robin Meadows
Paul Williams
The
Schaefer pushes Western Maryland prison plan and Mack Truck jobs
Gov. William Donald Schaefer announces a new maximum security prison to be built in Western Maryland to create jobs in Allegany or Garrett counties, with $1 million set aside for site acquisition. He backs a six year Mack Trucks labor pact to safeguard 3,000 Hagerstown jobs and urges UAW leadership to seal the deal.
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Maryland
William Donald Schaefer
Hagerstown
General Assembly
Allegany
Garrett County
Schaefer
Harry Hughes
Somerset County
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Baltimore
Owen Bieber
United Auto Workers
Detroit
Mack Trucks
UAW
Macks
Scheefer
Frederick County consolidates water billing in Maryland plan
The Frederick delegation to the Maryland General Assembly approved a county plan to consolidate water and sewer billings in Frederick County. They backed repealing Blue Laws as a statewide backup measure with Gov. Schaefer support, plus several minor local items. The bill requires future capital costs on new systems be paid via user connection charges around 1800 dollars per connection.
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Kelly- Springfield
Cumberland
State Planning
Constance Leider
Maryland
Baltimore
General Assembly
Allegany County
Baltimore Sun
Beverly Byron
D-6th
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Annapolis
Frederick
Maryland General Assembly
Frederick County
William Donald Schaefer
FCC weighs 10 percent tuition hike at Frederick Community College
FCC faces a proposed ten percent tuition increase next fall raising per credit cost from 90 to 33 dollars and full time student costs per semester from 400 to a range near 900. Trustees will review the proposal February amid concerns over state funding and campus equipment upgrades.
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Frederick Community College
Marty Crabbs
FCC
College Board of Trustees
Cratos
University of Maryland
Schaefer
Crabbs
Betts
mid-Atlantic
Weary road workers back out on the Job
Road crews in the Chesapeake region face hazardous travel as the third snowfall in eight days brings snow rain and sleet with freezing temperatures. State Frederick County crews were mobilized around 10 p.m. Thursday while city and county teams were activated early Friday to clear roads.
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Chesapeake
Frederick County
Frederick Maryland Weather and School Closures
Mostly cloudy and cold tonight with a 2 chance of a few flurries then snow. Temperatures 29 to 25. Saturday will be breezy and cold with highs in the 30s. Roads were wet and slippery in spots and many secondary roads snow covered with ice patches. County schools canceled for a long weekend while Frederick Community College and Hood College operated as usual. Police reported varying snow accumulations across counties and a weather advisory was issued and then lifted for the region.
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Miners State University Center For Higher Education
University of Maryland
Frederick County
Oher
Maryland
Frederick Community College
Hood College
Frederick
Federalsburg
Easton
Hagerstown
the Weather Service
Delaware
Baltimore
Managabie
Anne Arundel
Harford
Howard
Prince Georges
St Mary's
Cecil
Kent
Queen Anne's
Carroll County
Philippine military chief orders arrests in aborted coup
General Fidel Ramos announced the arrest of Brig. Gen. Jose Zumel Col. Rolando Abadilla Lt. Col. Reynaldo Cabauatan and Maj. Baquiran for alleged involvement in this week's failed attempt. He also said 13 officers 359 enlisted men and 137 civilians are being held and stressed unity of the New Armed Forces amid ongoing peace talks with rebels.
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Philippines
Fidel
Ramos
Corazon Aquino
Aquino
Davao City
National Democratic Front
Teofisto Guingona
Armed Forces of the
Zumel
Abadilla
Manila Hotel
County moratorium on water and sewer taps ordered
County commissioners imposed a one month moratorium on the sale of new water and sewer taps to curb a potential rush by builders. A public hearing set for Feb 24 will consider raising taps from 1000 to 1400 dollars while preserving system capacity and county flexibility.
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Winchester Hall
Commission
J Anita Stup
Mark L. Hoke
Sterling Bellinger
Stup
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