Fly-in at Airport Appreciation Day Showcases AOPA Event
The 7th annual Fly-in drew about 4,000 attendees with 400 private planes in Martinsburg. Visitors enjoyed cockpit access to planes including a C 130 and MIG 21, plus a kit seaplane, with exhibits on aircraft financing, insurance, and Angel Flight of Virginia. The event highlighted AOPA operations with 180 Frederick staff and 340,000 members, and offered seminars, flight simulators, and kids activities at the headquarters open house.
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Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
Confederate Air Force
167Th Airlift Wing
West Virginia Air National Guard
Martinsburg
Angel Flight of Virginia
Virginia
AOPA
Frederick
Grimes Looks Ahead To Four More Years In Frederick Race
The article details Mayor Grimes announcing plans for another term, with police union support shaping the political landscape. It notes Baker’s campaign prospects, Wu’s public stance, and the likely budget and annexation debates. It also highlights labor movement dynamics, Gordon’s 1989 influence, and the strategic timing of Grimes’s re election bid.
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Grimes
Frederick
Frances Baker
Weinberg Center
Jade Wu
City Hall
Order of Police
Kevin Grubb
Paul Gordon
FDP
Gordon
FOP
Brehive
James
Grubb
Public Works Department
Baker
North Market Street
James Grimes
Donnybrook
Waco siege cited in McVeigh defense and trial mindset
Dan Thomasson argues McVeigh’s lawyers use the Waco attack as a psychological justification for Oklahoma City bombing. He insists the raid reflected abuse of government power and that Koresh led a murderous siege, while warning against framing Waco as a valid symbol for violence.
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McVeigh
Waco
Oklahoma City
Branch Davidian Compound
David Koresh
Timothy
Koresh
ATF
Branch Davidians
FBI
Dan Thomasson
Scrps
Howard
Scripps Howard News Service
Frederick deputies get raises to 2400 annual pay
Sheriff Guy Anders announced that after an Attorney General ruling the three Frederick County deputies will have their annual salaries raised from 1800 to 2400 beginning June 1. Additional notes cover 4-H members at the national camp, a Johns Hopkins MA degree award, local plant emissions debate, a 1974 barricade on Waverley Drive, and thundershowers across Frederick County with over an inch of rain.
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Guy Anders
Frederick County
Med waste from outside Frederick County questioned
In a June 5 letter to the editor the error was corrected to state that Tempico claims 85 percent of waste would come from outside the county. A June 4 Solid Waste Advisory Committee report estimates Frederick County generates 272 tons yearly, far below Tempico’s proposed capacity for a population of over 24 million, implying import of waste from outside the county.
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Tempica
Frederick County
Solid Waste Advisory Committee
Tempico
Reappointment urged for Martha Rice and Robert White to Frederick County Planning Commission
A growing chorus calls for reappointment of Martha Rice and Robert White to Frederick County Planning Commission. Both have served with distinction, showing balance and pragmatism in guiding growth amid suburban expansion, addressing infrastructure needs and maintaining quality of life for residents.
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Martha Rice
Robert White
Frederick County
Washington
D.C
Baltimore
Regional planning and inclusiveness praised by reader
A reader lauds Ms. Rice for regionally minded planning that considers spillover effects, preserves rural character assets, and invites unincorporated communities to participate. The writer says this inclusiveness should improve local and regional planning and supports another term for Rice and White.
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Ms. Rice
Ready-made Homewood center relocation sparks convention center talk
TOM BIRDWELL notes Homewood Retirement Center may relocate from the Francis Scott Key hotel, offering downtown city officials an immediate chance to pursue a convention center. He urges timely discussions with Homewood Management in Walkersville.
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Homewood Retirement Center
Francis Scott Key
Homewood
This Old Lecher Was a Governor
A longtime governor figure is linked to Paula Jones era coverage highlighting sexual harassment as a national issue. The narrator recalls speaking on inappropriate male behavior from a motherly perspective and stresses that a firm no protects against reputational harm and unwanted consequences.
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Paula Jones
Clinton
Miss Jones
Political standoff taints flood relief bill
Jeff Wilson rebukes Newt Gingrich and Trent Lott for adding two amendments to a relief bill, delaying aid to flood victims. He accuses leaders of cynicism, hindering aid and trying to influence redistricting via Census sampling, leaving grieving families waiting while Washington politics continue.
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Congress
White House
Census Bureau
Washington
Newt Gingrich
Trent Lott
Letters to the Editor at The Frederick News Post
The Frederick News-Post invites evaluative signed letters from readers including writer name home address and home and business phone numbers for verification. Due to high volume many letters are abridged for space and publication is not guaranteed.
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News-Post
Bueness
Frederick News-Post
Patick
Frederick
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Cordova
Frances Ann Delaplaine
Lindbergh Avenue
Johns Hopkins University
George B. Delaplaine
Hood College
The
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Eustalco Aluminum Company
Austin Renn
Elliott Haines
Waverley Drive
U.S. 40
Shookstown Road
Lori Schneck Snell Frederick
Plan Commission
Mark Bello
Braddock Heights
Frances Spealing Frederick
Tom Birdwell
Walkersville
Jeff Wilson Jefferson
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