Air Force TAC Band shines at Weinberg Center concerts
The U S Air Force Tactical Air Command Band closed its Frederick program with a patriotic tattoo and a versatile mix of Handel and English folk tunes. The 45 member group, led by Major Lowell B Graham, has performed 50 shows yearly, travels 30 000 miles, and entertains around a million people annually with nine Frederick appearances over the past decade. Viewers can catch repeats on Frederick Cablevision channel 30 at 6 p m June 5 and 6:30 p m June 8.
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U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Command
Weinberg Center
United States
TAC
George S. Howard
John Philip Sousa Society
Ofenbach
Handel
Frederick
Rossini
Sousa
Channel
Lowell BE
Graham
Lobbyists’ six month earnings reveal Annapolis influence
Annapolis ethics figures show top lobbyists earned over 2.0 million in six months led by Bruce Bereano with 743 338 from four clients and Ira Cooke close behind. The report highlights payments from Tobacco Institute Saltwater Sportfisherman’s Association and Pimlico Race Course among others, noting potential conflicts and suggesting a committee review.
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General Assembly
Maryland
Annapolis
Bruce C. Bereang
Bereano
Sereano
Tobado Institute
Tobacco Institute A
Saltwater Sportfisherman’s Association
Beresno
William Donald Schaefer
Ira C. Cooke
Bruce
Cooke
Mr. Bereano
Franklin Goldstein
Citibank
James J. Doyle
J. William Pitcher
Mid-Atlantic Petroleum
Northern Ireland
Alan Rifkin
Maryland Jockey Club
Jockey Club
Pimlico Race Course
Frank de Francis
Mr. de Francis
de Francis
Senate
Messrs
Rifkin
Pitcher
Steny Hoyer
Melvin A. Steinberg
Bob Reid
Frederick
Grenada bans leftist literature and Mandela books
Grenadian officials seize leftist and Mandela writings at Point Salines as part of a government ban drafted by Prime Minister Herbert Blaize. The crackdown targets works from Castro, Marx, Bishop, and Pathfinder Press, drawing protest letters from Congress members but limited U.S. action.
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Washington
U.S
Grenada
Herbert Blaize
Point Salines
Fidel Castro
Karl Marx
Malcolm X
Maurice Bishop
United States
Nelson Mandela
South Africa
Pathfinder Press
Congress
Ron Dellums
Sidney R. Yates
Brunswick Residents Seek Bridge Reinforcement Over Potomac
A Brunswick delegation told the Maryland State Roads Commission in Baltimore that the old Brunswick bridge over the Potomac River should be reinforced or replaced. They argued an ordinary penknife blade can pierce the steel superstructure. The request followed concerns about structural integrity and safety for future crossings.
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Brunswick
Potomac River
State Roads Commission
Baltimore
Frederick dairy princess and local community notes
Frederick County dairy princess Sandi Lee Ramsburg, 18, a Frederick High School student, worked a summer as an asphalt truck driver. She plans to attend Frederick Community College then the University of Maryland. Citizens Band Radio Club forms HELP program to aid local watch. Charlie Brown the cocker spaniel rescues an abandoned wild baby rabbit, now thriving on cereal milk and cod liver oil.
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Frederick County
Sandi Lee Ramsburg
Frederick
Frederick Community College
University of Maryland
Charlie Brown
Howell Happ
Braddock Heights
Gun control debate fuels fear and anger in letter writers
A reader voices frustration with perceived gun control push and plea bargaining, recounts personal experiences with firearms, crime, and violence, and calls for better law enforcement funding while opposing what they see as anti gun rhetoric. The letter stresses allegiance of sports shooters and warns of urban crime and weapon use.
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News Monthly
Vietnam
America
Charles Allen urges reforms over gun control for public safety
In a letter from Frederick, Charles Allen argues firearms have defended America and criticizes limits on sports shooters. He says magazines for so called assault rifles could be five round and cautions on police response times. He calls for funding and laws aiding police, not blaming gun owners.
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America
Critics push back on county ethics chair over conflict claims
A reader faces off with Sanford Blum over remarks on the Frederick County EMS Montmott rezoning controversy. Joan Charney criticizes the ethics commission for insinuations of self serving motives, while commendations laud Amateur Radio groups aiding the Mountain Club hike and a lament for the destruction near Barbara Fritchie Park.
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Frederick County
Richard Grossnickle
Ems-Montmott
Tread County Ethics Commission
Sanford Blum
Blum
Binin
Council of Government
League of Women Voters
County Ethics Commission
Socom
Grossnickle
Barbara Fritchie Park
Frederick
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Robert C. Reid
State Ethics Commission
Mocla
CRRA
Jack Anderson
Reagan
Bush
Canada
Scott Sleek
Fundamenta Minus
Voice OF China
Voice of America
VOA
China
Southeast Asia
Abraham Lincoln
Britain
BBC
Beijing
United Festure Syndicate, Inc
Sheeves
The
News-Post
Fair Grounds
McCurdy Field
Donald Schultz
Lee Linton
Harold Summers
Uriah B. Shockley Jr
Douglas Mills
Charles Webber
Chester Riland
Hayes Foffman
Charles Allen Frederick
Mr. Blum
Joan Charney
Tramsville
Amateur Radio Emergency Service
Ted Sanderson
Paul Ives
Mountain Club of Maryland
Arthur Stine Felis
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