Frederick High students end school year amid light attendance
Students at Frederick High faced a slow final week with exams and a test review day. Attendance waned as seniors departed and the district weighs ending the school year for all students at the same time.
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Frederick High School
Joseph Polce
Mr. Polce
Jake McGuire
Jake
Jenifer Kelly
Jenifer
Anne Hartley
Frederick County
David Markee
Noel T. Farmer Jr
Carroll County
Delays and costs plague Frederick's first shelter project
Frederick faces a 133,027 cost overrun on the East All Saints and South Market site as Capital Structures struggles with rock removal and design changes. Since April 1992, 35 change orders have raised the project to 931,379, seven percent over budget, with completion now targeted for August or October amid bri ttm weather.
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Frederick
Capital Structures of
Owings Mills
East All Saints
South Market Streets
Wiliam du Bell
Frederick Community Center
du Bell
Mr. du Bell
Last African American soldiers leave Frederick by train in 1943
Austin Timpson and John Millberry recall June 19 1943 when they and a dozen others boarded the B and O station train to join World War II. The men describe segregation, mixed emotions, and the long journeys through Camp Butler St Louis to England and France. A list names Ambushs Cranshaw Daily DeLauter Holland Tilghman Turner Weedon Weedon White marks the departure cohort.
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Austin Timpson
John Millberry
Frederick
East All Saints Street
B&o
Mr. Millberry
Mr. Timpson
Millberry
Timpson
Brunswick
Camp Butler
North Carolina
Durham
St. Louis
England
France
Illinois
Dawson Weedon
All Saints Street
Germany
Maryland pays Frederick couple to keep 331acre farm undeveloped
The Board of Public Works approved a 524,766 dollar permanent development rights easement for Thomas M. and Bettie J. Monroe on their Harp Hill Road farm near Myersville. The 331acre parcel joins seven preserved farms across six counties, expanding Maryland’s agricultural protection to 1,120 acres at over 2.2 million dollars. The Monroes retain ownership and one acre for a house, with the land to remain farmland per state records.
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Frederick County
Board of Public Works
Thomas M
Bettie J. Monroe
Myersville
Board
Monroes
Harp Hill Road
Maryland
Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation
Iva Frantz
Dave Humphrey
Department of General Services
Humphrey
Monroe
Linganore High School
Carroll County
Baltimore
Caroline
Queen Anne’s
Frederick
Reisterstown
Baltimore County
Cecil County
Frantz
Rock Creek Admins Bid Farewell With Limo Breakfast Sendoff
Rock Creek administrators retire in style with a limo ride and breakfast tribute. The photo and story capture their fond departure from the district, highlighting longtime service and future plans.
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Rock Creek
Centenarian Sister Winifred Kerwin to turn 104 in Emmitsburg
Sister Winifred Kerwin, born June 20, 1889 in Roscommon Ireland, will celebrate her 104th birthday Sunday at Villa Saint Michael Provident House. A Daughters of Charity member since 1913 she spent years as a nurse and hospital administrator and continues active social life despite age and health limits.
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Emmitsburg
Winifred Kerwin
Roscommon
Ireland
Kerwin
Villa Saint Michael
Provincial House
Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul
St Joseph's Hospital
Dearborn
Mich
Seton Institute
Jenkins Memorial
Baltimore
Maine
Provident House
Terry Whittington
Ms. Whittington
Ms. Whit
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