Mayor Gordon shows clean drug test results in Frederick
Frederick officials unveil voluntary testing results as Mayor Paul Gordon confirms a clean urinalysis. The move signals a tough anti drug stance with future plans for broader and possible random testing of city workers and transportation staff under federal funding rules.
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Gordon
Jon Kreissig
Kreissig
Frederick City Hall
U.S. Department of Transportation
Douglas Magaha
City housing projects set for federal improvements
Frederick's Housing Authority plans about 3.8 million dollars in federal funds for two public housing projects under the Comprehensive Improvements Assistance Program. Lincoln Apartments will receive 1.5 million for plumbing, water lines, gas lines, roofs, floors, water heaters and kitchen cabinets plus wiring upgrades and a community room renovation. A general contractor bid opening is Feb 15, work to begin in the spring and run about 14 months. Residents have been relocated to other projects in preparation.
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John Hanson
LuRay Potts
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Bentz Street
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Man Rescued From High Water on Retreat Road
Patrick J. Bresnahn of Frederick was brought to dry land by Junior Fire Company members after his car stalled attempting to cross high water on Retreat Road caused by the Monocacy River backing up Glade Creek. The Frederick Highway Department said Retreat Monocacy Bottom and Greenfield roads were closed Tuesday morning due to rising waters but reopened by 8 am Wednesday.
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Frederick
Fire Company
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Ken Biser
Mr. Bresnahn
Retreat Road
Glade Creek
Frederick Highway Department
Monocacy Bottom
Greenfield
Bush to offer upbeat State of the Union address
President Bush seeks an election-year agenda with a hopeful view of national health and a push for education reform. He aims to make U.S. students first in science and math by 2000, with budget proposals boosting funding for teacher training and NSF programs while proposing cuts in Medicare and other areas.
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Byron critiques Bush 1991 budget proposal
U S Representative Beverly Byron criticizes President Bush's 1991 budget as false prosperity and calls for preserving key local aid. She opposes cutting the Economic Development Administration and notes adverse effects on communities while ARC and Neighborhood Reinvestment face large reductions.
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U S
Beverly B. Byron
D-Md
Bush
Appalachian Regional Commission
ARC
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
EDA
Bill would help pay staggering medical costs
Theresa Conko testified before the Maryland House Ways and Means Committee in favor of a bill to help cover rising medical rehabilitation bills. Her daughter Christine, in a coma since September after a cerebral hemorrhage at Towson State University, has insurance with a $180,000 maximum. Medical assistance would take over now, but the bill may not aid Christine.
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Theresa Conko
Monrovia
State House
Ways and Means
Christine
Rehabilitation
York
Conko
Towson State University
Clear and cold with a chilly night forecast
Weather report notes clear skies and low temperatures in the mid to upper 20s. For Thursday, skies partly sunny with highs in the upper 50s. Includes Western Maryland weather coverage and a note about The News.
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Maryland
Landfill bill adjusted to allow site inspections
Maryland news item reports Del. Thomas Hattery’s measure to compel Frederick County to consider alternate landfill sites. The bill now requires access for inspection before purchase and sets that condemning land must pursue economically and environmentally comparable options. Controversy centers on the Schroder dairy farm near Reich’s Ford Road amid intense public opposition and ongoing delegation hearings.
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Annapolis
Thomas H. Hattery
Frederick County
General Assembly
William Schroder
Reich
Ford Road
Schroders
Hattery
D-Frederick
Schrodel
We Almost Had It All A Farming Family Tragedy Book
Doris Droneburg chronicled 33 years of farm life in Frederick County in a self published manuscript now issued by Vantage Press. The book details her husband Paul Droneburg a farmer driven to despair by debts drought and farm program cuts leading to his death by his own action and the family’s quest to understand why.
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Vantage Press, Inc
New York
Droneburg
Paul Droneburg
Frederick County
Buckeystown
Droneburgs
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