Frederick County Restructures Water Rates and Delays Fees
Frederick County commissioners approved a new water rate structure set to take effect June 27 aiming to reduce base charges and proportionally charge water usage. Residential base is $12 quarterly with tiered rates, commercial base $25, plus stepped per‑thousand charges. They delayed votes on hookup fee hikes and a rezoning case to July, citing talks with the Economic and Commercial Development Commission.
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Frederick County
County Economic and Community Development Commission
County Public Works Division
Brenda Teach
Hill
Economic and Commercial Development Commission
ECDC
David Gray
Fountain Rock Park kiln to be stabilized in facelift plan
Frederick County moves to stabilize the 120 year old lime kiln at Fountain Rock Park’s nature center after decades of ruin. Officials note former industrial town operations fed a regional limestone quarry and fertilizer lime trade. Bids exceed 140000 with a 171000 budget including non construction costs. a recommendation to commissioners is pending.
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Fountain Rock Park
Walkersville
Frederick County
Alice
Nemitsas
Failor
Alaska
Vancouver
Rotterdam
Ketchikan
Juneau
Sitka
Anchorage
Seward
College Fjord
Valder
Columbia Glacier
Hubbard Gilacier
Sit
Brunswick and CASS to be honored by MML at Ocean City convention
Maryland Municipal League members will travel to Ocean City for the annual convention where Brunswick and the Community Agency School Services program receive the 11th annual award of excellence for reducing government costs and expanding services. CASS, begun in Brunswick over two years ago, serves more than 100 families and about 200 children with partnerships at Brunswick and Jefferson Medical Centers and Frederick County Health Department.
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Maryland Municipal League
Ocean City
Brunswick
Community Agency
MML
CASS
Karol Bedyk Strang
Frederick City
Ms. Strang
Adams Releases List of Campaign Contributors
Montgomery County Councilman Bruce Adams filed his candidacy for County Executive and released a list of contributors. He reported more than 1,500 donors totaling about 204,693 dollars, with 70 percent giving 100 dollars or less. He criticized state law for allowing August filing and urged transparency. Gus Bauman plans to file his list in the coming months, while Douglas Duncan could not be reached for comment.
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Rockville - Montgomery County
Bruce Adams
Board of Supervisors of Elections
Adams
Gus Bauman
Montgomery County
Frederick man earns Juris Doctor from Dayton Law
Brian Hamilla of Frederick earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Dayton School of Law. He attended Catoctin High School, played All-State soccer, and earned a BS in mechanical engineering from Clarkson University. A volunteer firefighter, EMT, and underwater search and rescue diver, he plans to work in patent and intellectual property law in Maryland. He is the son of Marylyn and Jerry Hamilla of Eastview.
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Brian Hamilla
Frederick
University of Dayton School of Law
Hamilla
Catoctin High School
Clarkson University
Potsdam
Maryland
Marylyn
Jerry Hamilla
Eastview
Billman gets 40 years for S&L embezzlement
Tom J. Billman, 54, was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison and ordered to pay 25 million dollars in restitution for embezzling 29.5 million from Community Savings & Loan in Bethesda to prop up his real estate ventures and finance a four year fugitive life. He fled in 1988, living on two yachts in the Mediterranean before arrest in Paris in 1993. The case cost creditors and Maryland taxpayers about 88 million. Switzerland recovered 11.2 million and Austria froze about 6 million in cash and diamonds. He plans to appeal, while prosecutors note his flight as a factor in sentencing.
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Baltimore
Tom J. Billman
J. Frederick Motz
Billman
Community Savings & Loan
Bethesda
Motz
John R. Fornaciari
Michael Milken
Wall Street
Ivan Boesky
Mr. Fornaciari
U.S
Joyce McDonald
Mediterranean
Paris
Maryland
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Julia Robb
News-Peat
Teach
Westview Associates Limited Partnership
Planning Commission
Gray
Singanore Limited Partnership
Dan Burns
News-Post
Bob Failor
County Parks and Recreation Department
Jessica Gregg
Jim Grimes
Middletown Burgess
Louie Snodgrass
Montgomery
Rockville
Douglas Duncan
Juris
Frederick Cablevision, Inc
Brooks
Francis Scott Key
Frederick Towne Mall
Rivhaecdibasrt
S.V
S&l
Switzerland
United States
Jim Hagy
Yellow Springs
Kline Farm
Jim
Kline
Rosemont Ave
Yellow Springs Elementary
Shawn Winpigler
Holland
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