Water safety urged as boating and swimming risks rise
The state notes boating rental operations lack licensing and safety standards with about 200 such concessions suspected statewide. A drowning at Greenbelt Lake and concerns over fecal coliform levels at Cunningham Falls prompt debate over who should regulate water safety and monitoring responsibilities between the Health Department and the Department of Natural Resources.
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Chesapeake Bay
Bay
Potomac
Maj
Michael Howard
Department of Natural Resources
Greenbelt Lake
Cunningham Falls State Park
Health Department
Frederick County
Caesar Rule and City Hall Ethics in Maryland
An analysis of political ethics from Watergate to Maryland reforms, criticizing reliance on public vigilance and media. It examines Mayor James Grimes and Harris Smariga associates over a dump truck contract, noting lack of usable bids, charter violations, and calls for higher oversight, while arguing that eliminating all suspicion is impossible.
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Rome
Caesar
Maryland
General Assembly
Thomas Jefferson
James Grimes
Jefferson
Harris Smariga
City Hall
Grimes
Pollution credits swap eyed as market fix for wetlands
Broward County developer Lew Lautin sells mitigation credits rather than land in Pembroke Pines wetlands. He aims to restore the swamp and profit, while allowing builders to fill other Broward wetlands. In Chicago, Richard Sandor touts emissions allowances trading as a model, signaling a push for global carbon markets with UN backing.
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Florida Everglades
Lew Lautin
Pembroke Pines
Lautin
Broward County
Florida Wetlands Bank
Chicago
Richard Sandor
Chicago Board of Trade
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Sandor
United Nations
Market oriented pollution controls gain traction nationwide
Water transfers in the desert Southwest show how farmers and landowners trade water rights with agencies in California Nevada and Arizona. Market based pollution controls promise high environmental protection at low cost, attracting private entrepreneurs while drawing criticism from environmentalists wary of commodifying scarce resources and widening sub regional impacts.
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Desert
California
Nevada
Arizona
Stanford University Economics
Paul Krugman
New York Times
Scripps Howard News Service
Veterans housing project foundation starts in Frederick
City Engineers say the foundation for the veterans emergency housing project in southeast Frederick is underway. The barracks will be converted into 35 dwelling units as main sewer and water lines have already been installed. Lieutenant and Mrs Grayson Hunter Bowers Jr returned from their honeymoon to their home on West Second Street and planned a trip to Enid Oklahoma where Lt Bowers is stationed. An airmail envelope from Bikini Atoll with Atomic Bomb Test markings was on display at C Burr Artz Library. Mayor Ronald N Young expressed hope Carter era urban policy would yield a better deal for municipalities after meeting at the New York convention. Sheriff Donald Barnes announced Charles L Hixon Jr as chief deputy. Mustafa A Malik, Bangladeshi native and News-Post staff writer, spoke to Kiwanis Club of Suburban Frederick on Impressions of America.
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W. Raymond Walter
Veterans’ Emergency
Frederick
Grayson Hunter Bowers Jr
Bikini Atoll
C. Burr Artz Library
U.S. Navy Fleet Post Office
News-Post
Mustafa A. Malik
Kiwanis Club
America
Bangladesh
Mick” Mastrino
Carroll Creek
Mastrino
Job Hunt
East Patrick Street
College Avenue
Marcou O'Leary
Dick Kessler
Appreciation for Carroll Creek flood control success
Frederick resident Carroll H. Hendrickson Jr. praises the Carroll Creek flood control project and its supporters, recounting historic floods, economic relief, and ongoing protection. He credits the Marcou O Leary study and Dick Kessler for early work, urging appreciation for the long-term public investment.
Cloud seeding debate pits farmers against weathercaster
John C. Webb Jr of Gaithersburg writes that weather caster Bob Ryan dismisses Maryland farmers concerns about cloud seeding over Western Maryland. He cites Bill Wolfe of Smithsburg seeking proof, NOAA records, and political ties of agribusiness to weather modification, arguing official support favors industry over family farmers.
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Bob Ryan
Maryland
Smithsburg
Bill Wolfe
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Goodloe Byron
John M. Ashbrook
C&o Canal
Roscoe Bartlett
Wolfe
NOAA
Congress
Congressman Bartlett
Mr. Ryan
West
Midwest
Ryan
Wolfe defends cloud seeding facts in Frederick letter
In a July letter Bill Wolfe of Smithsburg disputes Bob Ryan on cloud seeding claims. He asserts his weather-watcher observations of 80 planes over a storm, accuses Ryan of misrepresenting him, and cites FOIA correspondence naming Joe Golden as NOAA’s Atmospheric Modification Program director.
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Bob Ryan
Mr. Ryan
Frederick County
Frederick
Bob
Wolfe
Ryan
Joe Golden
NOAA
Senator Mikulski Regar
Joseph H. Golden
Mr. Wolfe
Talso
Letters to the Editor at The Frederick News Post
The Frederick News Post invites readers to submit letters with name address and phone number for verification. Publication not guaranteed due to high volume and space limits. some letters may be edited for taste.
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Frederick
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Roy Meachum
Mr. Jefferson
Attorney General
Tetnea
Cape
Hittagy “Nye
William Fulton
Donald Barnes
Charles L. Hixon Jr
John Giorgiantis
Mr. Hixon
Sheriff Barnes
Rockville
Carroll H. Hendrickson Jr
John C. Webb Jr
Gaithersburg
Bill Wolfe Smithsburg
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