Tourists in DC area favor mall over historic sites
In the Washington Metropolitan region tourists mostly visit a sprawling discount mall south of DC, drawing 4.5 million of 17.2 million visitors, more than Arlington Cemetery, Colonial Williamsburg, Mount Vernon, or the Air and Space Museum. The piece notes a rise in historic sites like the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick as potential growth.
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Midwest
Rocky Mountain
East
Gettysburg
Antietam
Harpers Ferry
South Mountain
Monocacy
Washington D.C
Mount Vernon
Williamsburg
Monticello
Charlottesville
Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
John F. Kennedy
Colonial Williamsburg
Potomac
George Washington
Air and Space Museum
National Museum of Civil War
Frederick
Betty Jenkins Voices Support After MARC Coaching Termination
Betty Jenkins thanks community members for support after MARC executive board voted to dismiss her as a MARC coach due to alleged concerns. She cites due process concerns, testimonies at the May 6 meeting, and fears for volunteer service and family impact, noting ongoing fight for reinstatement.
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Mt. Airy Recreation Council
MARC
Betty
Mt. Zion Council
Recreation Council
Sam
Compassion and free will in end of life care debate
Leo Sperling argues that legally documented advance directives are routinely ignored in terminal cases across five hospitals in a $28 million study, with nurses and doctors often speeding or tolerating prolonged suffering. He supports explicit living wills and physician assisted death within strict, consented guidelines as a civil rights issue and calls for open public dialogue.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
David Ash
University of Pennsylvania
Frederick Post
Kevorkian
Jack Kevorkian
Mercy Ki
Leo Sperling
Frederick
Food drive nets over five thousand cans for famine relief
An organized Brunswick campaign from May 12 to June 2 collected more than 5,000 cans to aid famine-stricken Europe. Flooding on the Monocacy River left many roads impassable. A Frederick High Senior Assembly featured a $200 check from the Alumni Association to fund school stage furniture or equipment. County and state officials discussed Leisure Technology Northeast Inc. plans in Urbana and a proposed Bush Creek sewage treatment plant. Ronald C. Smith urged more than one Frederick County group home for children. Brig. Gen. Robert McGarry said Sixes Bridge Dam studies were dropped by the Army Corps, but James Crews cautioned the project isn’t abandoned.
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Brunswick
Europe
Frederick High School
FHS
Winchester Hall
Leisure Technology Northeast Inc
Urbana
Leisure Tech
Water Resources
Bush Creek
Robert McGarry
Baltimore District
U.S
Washington
Sixes Bridge
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
James Crews
Corps
Baltimore
Linganore class thanks local leaders for guest speakers
Linganore High School students in U S government and politics class heard from Frederick County Commissioner Ilona Hogan on April 26 and House of Delegates member David Brinkley on May 23. The teacher praised elected officials for non partisanship and public service while noting past speakers have included lawmakers and aides.
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U.S
Linganore High School
Frederick County
Ilona Hogan
David Brinkley
House of Delegates
Phil Straw
Roscoe Bartlett
State Central Committee
Frederick Jet Post
John O'Neill
Eterature
Main gate move at Fort Detrick deemed short sighted
Letter criticizes Army plan to relocate the Fort Detrick main gate from Seventh Street to Military Road. The author argues Seventh Street handles heavier traffic and would be disrupted by the new gate, noting uphill turns, narrow access for large trucks, and possible compulsory land seizure or road widening costs with little or no benefit.
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Fort Detrick
Seventh Street
Military Road
Rosemont Avenue
Prebi
Bruce E. Twins and the political middle in a shifting era
Timothy D. McCown argues that American democracy relies on the political middle rather than revolution by the right or left. He compares Newt Gingrich and Bob Dole to past liberal heroes and notes the danger of arrogance, urging moderation to avert history repeating itself. Jefferson
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Newt Gingrich
Bob Dole
Hubert Humphrey
Ed Muskie
Harvard
Tark
Heritage Foundation
Cato Institute
Dole
Senate
Great Society
Richard Nixon
Clinton
Mr. Gingrich
Dr. Bartlett
America
Political middle stabilizing force for democracy
A compact reflection on the role of centrist forces in sustaining democratic governance, highlighting why moderate positions can anchor political systems, reduce polarization, and bridge partisan divides amid turbulent national debates.
Kalinin Exhortations Meet Confusing Note in Court Inquiry
In a terse fragment, a question arises about the ex officio act in the future case with a garbled line about crying. The text centers on Kalinin and hints at a legal context without clear details or outcomes. The readable content suggests confusion rather than a completed ruling or statement.
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George £. Randall
Betty Jenkins
White House
Asi
Seer
Bob Pole
News-Post
Monocacy River
Ronald C. Smith
Department of Juvenile Services
Frederick Lions Club
Linganore
Bruce E. Twins
Socialil
Timothy D. McCown
Jefferson
Nt Renvegesas
Kalinin
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