PenMar conflicts overshadow Fort Ritchie redevelopment plan
Ritchie notes PenMar’s legal battle with Role Models has clouded business climate after cleanup near the Chambersburg site. Names like Roy Horton, Dr Robert Alexander, and Karen Crastal appear amid lease disputes, court actions, and proposals to lure tech firms and conference centers to Fort Ritchie and Blue Ridge Summit, with local honors and new arrivals linked to the base’s post‑closure advisory efforts.
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Chambersburg
PenMar
Crystal
LaFleur
Roy Horton
Horton
Fort Ritchie
Oles
U.S. Army
Robert Alexander
Cascade
Karen Crastal
Grove Worldwide
Blue Ridge Summit
Army
ACLU Washington Md argues First Amendment in show dispute
The ACLU Maryland argues officials cannot impose their taste on others in Frederick and supports Xhale in court. The brief was filed by Covington and Burling attorneys Amy Toro and David Franklin as Xhale’s case moves before U.S. District Court Chief Judge J. Frederick Motz. A hearing is set for Friday in Baltimore.
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ACLU
Maryland
Dwight Sullivan
Frederick Oe
Amy L. Toro
San Francisco
Covington and Burling
David Franklin
New York
Xhale
U.S
Missing tapes reveal shredded documents in court case
Fragmented page from a late edition outlines shredded documents collected by the circuit court and examined in a back-book inquiry. The materials include computer printouts from Corporate Affairs detailing about 2,000 clients who used the service from August 1997 to July 28.
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Neen Se
Potter
Attoriey
Girl Scout Camp Delayed by Black Book Legal Fight
Four Frederick aldermen backed shelving of a planned Penn Laurel Girl Scout camp amid a dispute over the black book documents tied to alleged public official corruption. The Aug. 23 court hearing will determine the project’s fate while the council had aimed to open by summer 2002 in the Catoctin mountain watershed area.
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Blaine Young
Frederick
Gomes
Young
News-Post
Associated Press
Unem
Frederick County
Gurf
Catoctin Mountains
Fishing Creek
Department of Public Works
Penn Laurel Girl Scout Council
Seniors gain fruit access via Maryland farmers markets plan
At a press conference seniors learned about a program allowing seniors to receive ten $3 fruit and vegetable coupons usable across Maryland through October. In Frederick, markets on Baughman’s Lane and East Street participate with registration at the Daniel Sonine Center. The program mirrors WIC and aims for a two week coupon turn around. If funded, expansion to outreach and bus trips from senior centers may follow.
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Duffy
Frederick
Baughman
Byadeniel Sonine Center
N Market St
Ms. Devilbiss
Maryland
Eine Air At
WIC
Redemption Center
Center For Poverty Solutions
Department of Aging
Monroe central committee members seek priority in race
An email from Monroe insiders urges giving central committee members priority for a county planning post, citing service credentials and fundraising claims. It praises minority support by black Republicans and suggests succession plans involving Grady Tallington, while other candidates like Gallagher and Lovell challenge the assertions and note election histories.
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Central Committee
Weldon
Monroe
Mocroe
Frederick
Grady Tallington
Frederick County Planning Commission
Pauimede
Select Planning Commission
Gallagher
Gal
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