Frederick County Charter Home Rule Forum Explored
A Frederick County forum hosted by the Young Republicans on Tuesday June 5 at 7 30 p m at Frederick Community College Sneadner Hall will explain charter home rule as an alternative to the county commissioner system. The panel includes a UM professor and local officials discussing two branch government and powers to set laws and taxes. There will be a Q A session.
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Maryland
Frederick
Frederick County Young Repblicans
Frederick Community College
Sneadner Hall
University of Maryland
Cecil County
Howard County
General Assembly
Frederick County
Greater love and the future of volunteer firefighting
Roy Meachum argues that volunteer firefighters and medics embody the Bible’s greatest love by sacrificing for neighbors. he warns that growth and work shifts threaten the volunteer model as districts expand tax burdens to fund paid ambulance and fire services, proposing a county wide paid ambulance corps and protections for volunteers. He cites community impact, tax fairness, and the idea from Sen. Smelser to separate EMS from fire services as a possible solution, while praising current volunteers and stressing the need to preserve their noble role.
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Middletown
Libertytown
Woodsboro
Lewistown
Braddock Heights
Charles Smelser
Washington
Demanaeo
Iuuuy
Michael Meachum
Frederick
Sen. Smelser
Charlie
Hong Kong residents fear 1997 mass exodus as visas vanish
Hong Kong citizens confront looming handover to China on July 1 1997 amid mass passport fantasies and bogus schemes. More than a million residents seek real consular visas while fear of Beijing grows, with leaders warning of erosion of freedoms and calls for stronger democratic safeguards.
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Washington
Tiananmen Square
Hong Kong
Britain
Iveavi Ion
Tiananmen
China
Beijing
U.S
Panama
Ramon Faw
Reitichepeeee
Gordon Wu
Jim Lynch
Manhattan
Ukraine
Debate on traffic signal resurfaces after fatal crash at Dill and Upper College
A revival of a 50 year old traffic signal proposal followed a fatal accident at the Dill Avenue and Upper College Terrace intersection. Mayor Culler cites the impractical pier needed to hang a signal, saying it would be more dangerous than no light. Frederick history includes the Death Car display, new high school dedication, and long time school bus driver retirement.
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Dill Avenue
Upper College Terrace
Troyd C. Culler
Frederick High School
Francis Perrott
Baltic Republics declare independence from Soviet Union
A final peace now follows as Estonia Latvia and Lithuania declare independence from the USSR. Gorbachev rejects the declarations as illegal sparking a potential impasse while the West weighs self determination and a proposed postwar peace conference to address Germany's borders and broader European stability.
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Soviet Union
Gorbachev
Winston Churchill
Vietnam
Russia
Ussr
Kremlin
Georgia
Armenia
Ukraine
Azerbaidzhan
U.S.S.R
Stalin
Baltic States
Germany
Baltic Letters Debate Independence Without Domino Effect
A Baltic independence statement from Moscow rejects the idea of a domino effect across the Soviet Union. The note suggests a multinational peace conference could ease Gorbachev toward restoring independence for Estonia Latvia and Lithuania within their 1938 borders.
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Soviet Union
Moscow
Gorbachev
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Frederick teachers respond to misinformed Farmer letter
Martha Krug, Gov. Thomas Johnson High School social studies teacher, criticizes a May 24 editorial about Dr. Noel Farmer and Frederick County negotiations. She says teachers were angered by the letter and the implications about collective bargaining and school progress.
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Frederick County
Farmer's
Gov. Thomas Johnson High School
Noel Farmer
Frederick County Teacher Association
Dr. Farmer
Farmer
Dr Farmer
Middletown Elementary
Martha Krug
Frederick
Drug kingpin debate echoes in county justice scene
In a sharp letter, Vicki Swartzbaugh of Walkersville questions what defines a drug kingpin, citing Richard Tyergar's cocaine business and a judge's figures of $500,000 to $600,000 yearly. She mocks reformers and warns against leniency in sentencing. She also chides critics of Det. Boyd Smith and references local figures.
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Richard Tyergar
Boyd Smith
Kurt Reiter
Mr. Smith
Washington
Marion Barry
Marion Barrys
G. Lee Teets
Myersville
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C. Ned Stanley
Everett Fillingam
Russell Barton
Coppermine Road
Centerville
Fountain School Road
Independent Hose Company
Indian Springs
Yellow Springs
Walkersville
A.G. Young
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Russell Horman
Rose Hill Manor
Frederick County Citizens For Tydings
J. Harold Hooper
Lucian Heichler Frederick
Vicki Swartzbaugh
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