Unemployment rises to 7.5 percent in May
The Labor Department reports May unemployment at 7.5 percent, up 0.3 points from April, with 9.5 million jobless and 330,000 more job seekers. Most new job seekers are aged 16 to 24, signaling a weak labor market despite some recovery signs.
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Washington
Labor Department
Congress
Sen
Paul Sarbanes
D-Md
Joint Economic Committee
White House
Marlin Fitzwater
Fitzwater
Hattery names Fred Hoover to lead 6th District campaign
Hattery selects Hagerstown native Fred Hoover to manage his 6th District congressional bid through the November election. Hoover, 36, a Mount St Marys and University of Baltimore Law graduate, serves as an assistant People's Counsel and is taking unpaid leave for the full-time campaign. He is a longtime Wash ington County political volunteer and resides in Hagerstown.
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Thomas H. Hattery
Hagerstown
Fred Hoover
Hattery
Fred
Mr. Hattery
Frederick
Mount Airy
Beverly Byron
Mr. Hoover
Mount St. Mary’s College
University of Baltimore School of Law
Maryland Public Service Commission
Farm Bureau protests 25-acre zone over farmland loss
Montgomery County Farm Bureau letters fault health department for blocking 1-acre lots under the 25-acre zone created in 1980 to protect farms. The group formed a committee with local advisory boards to seek common sense solutions after cases like the Alnutt family, which lost Homestead Farm despite a 260-acre parcel. County leaders acknowledge troubling aspects and will seek more information from the county health department and Potter administration.
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Rockville
George Lechlider
Montgomery County Farm Bureau
County Council
Bureau
Mount Airy
Lechlider
County Health Department
Mr. Lechlider
Agricultural Advisory Committee
Agricultural Preservation Advisory Board
Upcounty Citizens Advisory Committee
Montgomery County
Alinutt
Seneca
Benoni Alnutt Sr
Bruce Adams
Allnutt
Neal Potter
Health Department
Group urges Frederick County to cut 6.6 million from CIP
A residents group urged the Frederick County Commissioners to trim 6.6 million from the fiscal 1993 Capital Improvement Plan and reduce the operating budget to protect the county financial integrity. Alan Imhoff warned the county is near its bonding limit and urged more pay-as-you-go funding and a task force to review long term funding needs. He suggested revenue bonds and warned continued short term borrowing risks a weaker bond rating and higher interest. The proposal comes as the county faces growth and an economic downturn, with the Debt Affordability Study guiding the plan.
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Frederick County
Alan Imhoff
Imhoff
Frederick
General Fund
Frederick County Teachers Association
Enterprise Fund
Sue Ann Yingling
Pets and people share meal year at Frederick food drive
A Frederick distribution fed 255 families and their pets with USDA Emergency Food Assistance Program surplus items. About 1,200 needy households received butter flour corn meal peanut butter pork raisins and tomatoes at five community centers and six senior centers. Maureen Aravanis notes some animals are picky while Michael Stovall explains the USDA based simple meals reach welfare and medical aid recipients quarterly.
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Frederick
Frederick County Humane Society
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Frederick's
Old Armory
United Pet Food
Pet World
Dad's and
Feed & Seed
Maureen Aravanis
Humane Society
County Citizens Services Division
Michael Stovall
Maryland counties see jobless rate dip across state
Frederick County's April jobless rate falls to 6.0 percent from 7.5 percent with 4,769 unemployed out of 79,479 in the labor force. Washington Carroll Howard and Montgomery counties also report declines, while Talbot remains highest at 13.4 percent. State rate drops to 6.5 percent as nationwide unemployment eases to 7.1 percent.
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Michael Evans
Washington
Frederick County
Department of Economic and Employment Development
Washington County
Carroll County
Howard County
Montgomery County
Maryland
Talbot County
Joel G. Lee
State Department of Economic and Employment Development
Michael Conte
Jacob France
Frederick weather outlook and party note tease
Inside The News reports a day of possible thunderstorms with highs in the upper 60s and overnight showers, then a Saturday near 80 with continued rain chances. The item also flags a page on Maryland weather and a fantasy party story and notes a Kings fielding record streak in Stan Goldberg’s column.
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Culler Lake
Frederick
Martha Gross
Susan Papproth
Baker Park
Maryland
Frederick Keys
Jim Wawruck
Stan Goldberg
Cecembel
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Bill Green
Louis Lyons
News-Post
Farm Bureau
Ruth W. Ellis
Montgomery
By Mark Crummelt
County
Richard Kerns
Gov. Thomas Johnson High School
Mike Martin
Vaughn Harper
Bobby Onley
Anthony Cooke
Pat
Caaye
Inside the News
Frederick Nans- Poat Ara
Unera
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