Middletown Maintains 62 Cent Tax Rate For Budget
Middletown town commissioners approve a 385000 budget at 62 cents per 100 of assessed value, same as last year, amid protests led by developer and contractor Mike Tabor who urges dual rates for businesses and households. He notes 6 percent of the budget stems from an inventory tax and cites neighboring towns trash practices. The panel rejects two rates for now but may review trash fees next year while awarding a 29600 annual trash collection contract to James Jackson Refuse. Lt. Robert McAfee presents the Good Citizen Award to Charles Brandenburg for helping solve crimes with state police.
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Middletown
Mike Tabor
Tabor
Frederick
Brunswick
Cuumma
David Leke
Lake
James Jackson
Jackson
Burgess Louise Snodgrass
Robert McAfee
Maryland
Charles Brandenburg
Burgess Snodgrass
Mr. Brandenburg
Woodsboro Moves To Press SHA On Main Street Cleanup
Woodsboro officials will mail requests to the State Highway Administration and three state legislators urging state road Md 194 cleanup costs. A hired crew cleaned Main Street and side streets for 500 dollars, with dirt blamed on trucks from nearby quarries. Legislators visiting the meeting urged citizen outreach on local issues such as the Frederick landfill and tax assessments.
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Woodsboro
State Highway Administration
Charles H. Smelser
Thomas Hattery
Suc
George Littrell
Frederick County
Hattery
Smelser
Battery
Gorbachev signals Baltic push toward independence
Gorbachev said he may use constitutional measures if needed as Baltic leaders push for independence. He cited constitutional rights and a referendum path, while Lithuania seeks negotiations to roll back but not revoke its declaration. The Baltic trio met with key Soviet officials to press their case.
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Gorbachev
Supreme Soviet
Federation Council
Nikolai I. Ryzhkov
Kazimiera Prunskiene
Mr. Ruutel
Gorbunov
Prunskiene
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Israeli Cabinet Faces Stabbing Amid uprising turbulence
In Jerusalem a one year old Israeli, en route to pray at the Western Wall, was stabbed in the stomach as a Palestinian-suspect roundup triggered more violence. The incident followed Yitzhak Shamir's confidence vote and a pledge by Cabinet members to take new steps to quell the two-and-a-half year uprising.
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Jerusalem
Yitzhak Shamir
Debate on right to die questions faces families
Mr Powell notes a legal distinction between self harm and aiding, while Rev Wenner of Evangelical Reformed Church in Frederick describes the national debate as a sign of familys dilemma. He urges resolving cases individually rather than adopting hard legal or strict ethical stances.
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Powell
Frederick Wenner
Evangelical Reformed Church
Frederick
Congress weighs flag burning issue in partisan standoff
Ron Brown urged Democratic hopefuls to avoid making patriotism the campaign topic while Newt Gingrich warned the vote will be difficult. Dole Biden and Biden push toward a constitutional amendment. Mitchell and others urge caution as the First Amendment clashes with symbolic flag protection.
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Ron Brown
Brows
Newt Gingrich
R-Ga
House
House Judiciary Committee
Senate
Bob Dole
R-Kan
Dole
Joseph Biden
D-Del
Senate Judiciary Committee
George Mitchell
Maine
Forfeiture in Hotz farm case targets drug crackdown funds
State officers plan to sell the Hotz farm and return proceeds to local coffers to fund drug combat. Hotz pleads guilty to manufacturing marijuana under a plea deal. sentencing set for Aug. 23. Nine months jail to be served on work release. substantial property improvements described by police.
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Alan Winik
Hotz
Rolle
Frederick County
Ute
Eugene Winters
Mr. Rolle
County ponders future of Graceham Fire Co.
The Frederick County commissioners weigh closing Graceham Fire Co amid an audit dispute. Officials note Graceham's past response-time, membership and financial record issues, while Graceham plans computerised bookkeeping to improve records. The county contemplates funding cuts or dissolving the response area as auditors push for detailed accounting of county funds.
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Graceham Fire Co
Sovecool
Soveceoi
Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association
Graceham
Thurmont Volunteer Fire Co
Rocky Ridge Volunteer Fire Co
Grateham
Charles Smith
Jefferson
Thomas Moore
Sterling Bollinger
Thurmont
Acoire Wuan Ue Mua
Bollinger
Fire and Rescue Association
Smith
Mark Hoke
Hoke
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