35-cent tax hike eyed to fund BoE budget request
Frederick County may need a 35 cent property tax rise to fund the Board of Education budget request of 108.9 million for fiscal 1996, based on 400 000 dollars per cent. Commissioners split on tax hike while public opinion is about 50 50. The school board raised its request to 180 million with hoped state aid covering much of the difference.
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Boe
Board of Education
Frederick County
Bruce Reeder
Reeder
Mark Hoke
Earl Robbins Jr
Gadra
Robbins
Norman Quist
Republicans vow deficit crusade to continue after defeat
Senate rejection of the balanced budget amendment does not stop GOP plans to cut the deficit. Senator Pete Domenici and Representative John Kasich say they will press forward, while President Clinton and Democrats call for advancing the budget-cutting agenda.
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Washington
House
Senate
Senate Budget Committee
Pete Domenici
N.M
Rep
John Kasich
Ohio
Clinton
GOP
America
White House
Richard Gephardt
D-Mo
Maryland Congress vows united stand to save BRAC base jobs
Maryland's congressional delegation vows to form a united front to block Defense Secretary Perry's BRAC cuts threatening 1,000 plus Maryland jobs. Sen. Paul Sarbanes says Fort Ritchie in Washington County faces the heaviest impact with 2,344 on base and 866 in the community may be at stake. Senator Mikulski urges bipartisan effort with communities to keep the 70 year old fort open.
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Washington
Maryland
Capitol Hill
Paul Sarbanes
Defense
William Perry
Washington County
Sarbanes
Barbara Mikulski
Downtown Frederick eateries voice limited impact from smoking ban
Maryland's proposed smoking ban is not expected to seriously hurt business for downtown Frederick proprietors and workers. At Village Restaurant and Lohr's on East Patrick Street patrons crowded a back smoking section while nonsmokers filled the larger area. Griff's Landing on South Market Street, manager Sue Thomas, worries the ban will force changes in the back room for smokers.
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Frederick
Maryland
Marvin Lohr
Village
Lohr
East Patrick Street
Mr. Lohr
Griff’s Landing
South Market Street
Sue Thomas
Lintons Build Obituary Archive From Local News
For over two decades Jack and Betty Linton have collected Frederick County obituaries from The Frederick News-Post. They paste each obituary onto index cards, store them in wooden cabinets, and now use library card catalogs lent by C Burr Artz Library after digitized systems.
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Steff
Skip Lawrence
Jack
Betty Linton
C. Burr Artz Library
Trail Avenue
Lintons
Frederick County
Frederick News-Post
C. Burr Artz
Damascus Volunteers Press for Local ALS Coverage in Frederick County
Damascus Volunteer Fire Department urges Frederick County to establish its own advanced life support service. For 17 years Damascus medics have provided free ALS in Green Valley Urbana and parts of New Market, handling 150 calls last year. The county recently approved a six month Libertytown unit, but Chief Darren Long says it won’t relieve Mount Airy, and urges placement in the Green Valley New Market Urbana corridor. He adds reports omit Damascus statistics and questions executive committee fairness.
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Damascus
Frederick County
Green Valley
Urbana
New Market
Darren Long
Mount Airy
Libertytown
Lawmakers condemn no smoking regulations in Maryland
Maryland lawmakers condemn new regulations endorsed by Gov Glendening that impose one of the nation's harshest smoking bans on businesses. The Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Board drafted them, and the state Court of Appeals upheld them, banning smoking in Maryland workplaces.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Parris Glendening
Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Board
State Court of Appeals
County OKs 40 Million Bond Sale for Kemptown Park Plan
Frederick County commissioners authorize a 40 million bond sale and set a repayment schedule starting July 1 1996 with no principal that year and rising payments through 2015. Staff will rebid the Kemptown Community Park after being denied extra funding, with possible cuts to landscaping lighting walkway pavement repairs and a new playground.
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Frederick County
Public Works
Kemptown Community Park
David Gray
Department of Public Works
Mark Hoke
Bob Failor
Kemptown
Gillingsbury
Parks and Recreation
Weather and local features tease from Frederick News Post
Weather outlook shows cloudy nights with possible flurries and lows in the 20s while Saturday brings continued cloud cover and unusually high 90s. A2 Master Docent Series advertises sports coverage as George Kuhn, a 33 year soccer innovator in the county, is featured in Stan Goldberg's Touching all the bases on Page B-1.
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George Kuhn
Stan Goldberg
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