Controversy, ethics reform rise from Briggs resignation
The Frederick city planning commission chair Donald Briggs will resign in September over a conflict of interest perception tied to a developer’s city projects. Mayor Ronald Young supports clearer ethics guidelines to prevent future conflicts. Both seek detailed rules and an ordinance defining conflicts for public servants to reassure bidders and attract qualified volunteers. The move follows a months-long dispute and "witch hunt" claim, with emphasis on ethics code strengthening.
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Rev. Beecher
Donald Briggs
Frederick City
Commission
Briggs
Brigg
Hazy
Ethics Commission
Planning Commission
Ronald Young
Henry Ward Beecher
Harriet Beecher Stowe
New England
Lyman Beecher
Beating the heat with wild summer facts and tips
Bob Reid composes a humorous survey of heat history from Freon and early ice making to Libyan record highs and Alamanac forecasts. He quips about jet streams and suggests absurd coping methods while noting extreme cold in Antarctica and the author’s role at the Frederick News Post.
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Clarence Birdseye
England
Jakob Perkins
Carrier
U.S.A
Main Street
America
el Aalaia
Libya
el Azizia Golf and Country Club
Great Plains
News-Post
Charles P. Goodwin
Gail M. Reals
Quantico Marine Base
Time
Gail Reals
Marine Promotion Board
Marine Corps
Goodwin
Brig. Get, Reals
Naval War College
Newport
Marine Aircraft Wing
Okinawa
Quantico
Marine Corps Development and Education Command
Washington
Marine Headquarters
Pepper Leads Cross Generations Health Act Effort
Washington lawmakers push for the Young Americans Act to expand children's health care amid rising costs and insufficient insurance. Rep. Claude Pepper, backed by Generations United and 80 lawmakers, seeks in home and long term care coverage while Senate committees delay a joint path forward.
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Washington
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
House
Senate
Rep. Pepper
Generations United
Sesson
Congress
House Select Committee of Children, Youth and Families
America
Rep Pepper
Christopher Dodd
Senate Children and Family
House Human Resources Subcommittee
Child Welfare League of America
National Council On the Aging
Deer roam Frederick County Recreational Area after hunting season
Deer escaped hunters and wandered the 10009acre Catoctin Recreational Area near Thurmont, with park official Joseph C. Goldsborough noting deer have not left the protected zone. The sightings follow a season that drove many animals into the area as temperatures rise and residents seek shade in city parks.
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Frederick County
Catoctin
Joseph C. Goldsborough
Thurmont Park
Mr. Goldsborough
Frederick
Shady Court House Park
Letters on sewer costs and local issues in Knox ville
Homeowners in New Addition and Knox ville protest a county city sewer plan. They claim unfair costs, expectant pump and electrical upgrades, and fear higher long term expenses. The letter set includes critiques of officials and a call for input from county road workers and town leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Addition
Knoxville
Brunswick
Public Works
Larry Johnson
Linganore
Libertytown
Fountaindale
Rt. 17
Hope Farm
Richard Campbell
Campbell
Director of Public Works
Johnsor
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Robert C. Reid
Midwest
Atlaatic
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Canada
U.S
Mississippi Valley
Agheuser Busch
Ocean City
Vostok
Antartica
Bob Reid
The
Frederick News Post
Yaar Alby
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Child Welfare League
Michael Dukakis
George Buss
Corporation For Public Broadcasting
CPB
Foval
Daniel Incuye
D-Hawaii
Senate Communications Subcommittee
Public Broadcasting Service
PBS
CPR
Focal
GPB
Lcal
MacNeill Lehrer
Square One TV
Unde
Coit
Toms
C. Bure Artz Library
Automobile Club of Maryland
Cunard
White Star Tine
Grace Brown
Julls Bechison
Fishing Creek
Girl Reserves Group
Mary Jane Hartman
Clyde Roney
John Etaler
Agnes Etzler
Evangelical Reformed Church
High Knob
Gambrill Park
Werto
J. Welty Fahrney
George T. Schroeder Jr
Arthur J. Forney
Louis R. Schoelman
Franklin N. Shipley
Federal
Department of Labor
Community Action Committee
Nancy Blanks
CAC
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Stanley, Hawes JR
Bcross
County Roads
John Ashbury
Ronnie Linton
Ashbury
Geoffrey Levitt
Maryland
Nachette Smith
Johnsville
Marie Anne Erickson
Sraddock Heights
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