Public safety chief quits amid batter y and sexual offense charges
Montgomery County Police charged former Germantown Fire Department chief Michael May with battery and fourth degree sexual offense. His career spanned Hyattstown and Germantown, with prior racial remarks and harassment cases starting in 1988. The Fire and Rescue Commission filed 18 charges from a 1994 complaint, plus a 1993 harassment claim. May resigned after being suspended, drawing criticism of leadership and public safety impact.
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Michael May
Montgomery County Police
Fire and Rescue
May
Hyattstown Fire Department
Hyattstown Department
Germantown
Fire and Rescue Commission
Hyattstown
Doug Duncan
T. Germantown Fire Department
Teacher objects to partisan voter drive at high schools
Marvy Poscover, a social studies teacher at Gov. Thomas Johnson High School in Frederick, defends non partisan classroom teaching and rebuts Lyons Terhes's charges over a canceled Republican voter registration event. She cites school announcements, bi partisan concerns, and ongoing nonpartisan voter information programs for students.
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Lyons Terhes
Maryland
Republican Party
Thomas Johnson
Terres
Ms. Terres
Joyce
Social Studies Department
Frederick County
Ms. Terhes
Marvy Poscover
Gov. Thomas Johnson High School
Frederick
Five war fronts in the Balkans draw in Europe and the US
The article outlines five concurrent wars in the former Yugoslavia. It notes European involvement deepening and President Clinton offering limited aid. Croats seek a Greater Croatia in two theaters, Bosnian Serbs push for a Greater Serbia, while Sarajevo remains contested amid ethno religious conflict and territorial aims.
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Bosnia
Clinton
Balkan
Yugoslavia
Croatia
Serbia
Herzegovina
Bosnian Krajina
Sarajevo
Kosovo
Republic of Macedonia
Greece
Bulgaria
Wyoming
Kingdom of
Kosovo and Macedonia in the Yugoslav crisis a sweeping view
Holger Jensen surveys the Yugoslav crisis from Kosovo to Macedonia, detailing ethnic mix and historic tensions. He notes shifts in warlord loyalties, NATO peacekeeping limits, and Western leaders under pressure as the region’s turmoil defies simple solutions. Jensen is the Rocky Mountain News international editor.
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Ustashe
Josip Broz Tito
Slovenia
Croatia
Serbia
Bosnia
U N
NATO
Western Alliance
Clinton
Holger Jensen
Rocky Mountain News
Denver
Frederick Rotary hears POW tale 1945
PFC Edward L. Ewing of Frederick on 60 day furlough described Nazi interrogations and internee transports at a Frederick Rotary Club meeting. T/Sgt Walter Schildt and Pfc Charles Tracey, both from Frederick, received demobilization discharges after service from 1939. Navy men from Brunswick met in a south England port. Prospect Hall seniors hear educator Joseph Tydings Jr. A crop-dusting plane crashed near Thurmont, pilot Kent Schrieber slightly injured.
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Edward L. Ewing
Frederick
Walter E. Schildt
W. Patrick St
Charles A. Tracey
W. South St
Schildt
Pfc
Tracey
Guadalcanal
Philippine
Brunswick Navy
South
England
Douglas Whitnight
Maple Ave
James William Heffner
Thurmont
Kent Schrieber
Hagerstown
Frederick County flag blends national symbol with local hero
Susan Vandermeer of Toledo Ohio praises Frederick County flag for its red and white stripes merged with Francis Scott Key and the Star Spangled Banner motif. She notes the design is unique in the U S and hopes a miniature flag is produced.
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Toledo
Ohio
Hagerstown
Frederick
Francis Scott Key
U.S
Speaking Out on Waco Disaster Letter Cites Rights and Questions Government
A reader argues for First Amendment rights to challenge official statements about the Waco Branch Davidians. The author contends the fire was not started by the victims and criticizes government actions including the use of a gas outlawed by the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention. The piece notes media silence and concerns over trial outcomes for survivors.
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Branch Davidians
Waco
Jury chairman laments weapon charges overreach in raid
Sara L. Bain, a San Antonio teacher and jury chair, told judge that the jury felt the weapons charges were a slap on the wrist. The First Things interview on June 24, 1994 notes the group believed wrong people were on trial for planning and carrying out the raid.
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Sara L. Bain
San Antonio
First Things
Davidian
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Texas Rangers
Contempt for commuters letter to the editor criticizes I-270 stance
A Frederick County resident objects to an editorial on Light rail, arguing halting I-270 growth worsens congestion. The writer cites heavy traffic on Md 355 Md 28 and Thurston Road, notes speed excesses, and suggests additional I-270 lanes with car pool lanes to improve bus travel and urges consideration of commuter realities over editorial bias.
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Frederick County
MD. 355
MD. 28
Thurston Road
Montgomery County
Continuing search for roiling and boiling debate
Richard Eichman of Union Bridge argues against Missives on English usage. He defends rolling boil as a culinary term and challenges Bauman’s critique of a Post writer’s phrasing. He cites the Oxford English Dictionary and warns against overreliance on rigid rules in language.
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Stephen R. Bauman
Mr. Bauman
Bauman
Letters to the Editor at The Frederick News-Post
The Frederick News-Post invites letters from readers and lists submission requirements including name address and phone number for verification. Due to high volume not all letters are guaranteed publication and some may be edited for space or taste.
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Frederick News-Post
The
Frederick Newsre
Patrick
P.O
Frederick
MOD
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Mary Poscover
Eita
Fort Hoan
Telegry Hulme
Swallows
States
Joseph Tydings Jr
Prospect Hall
Susan Vandermeer
Toledo, Ohio
Nancy E. Hanes
Sjamsville
Michael J. Welch Frederick
Richard Eichman
Union Bridge
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