City urged to make highway safe for crossing pedestrians
Frederick residents urged action on the Golden Mile along West Patrick Street after a child death and a serious injury. Speakers pressed for a pedestrian overpass, warning that the eight lane highway endangers poor residents who lack cars. City officials noted the state controls the road and that negotiations with SHA are ongoing.
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Thompson
Golden Mile
West Patrick Street
Ms. Thompson
CVS
Grimes
State Highway Administration
Fred Eisenhart Jr
Sublic
SHA
Economy shows staying power with brisk retail and orders
Washington ap reports the economy demonstrates staying power as retailers post strong sales, factory orders rebound, and unemployment claims drop to a ten year low. Wells Fargo economist Sung Won Sohn notes boosting factors include tax refunds and rising manufacturing especially in aircraft and high tech goods. These data support a continued stock rally with the Dow up.
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Washington
Asia
Sung Won Sohn
Wells Fargo & Co
Minneapolis
Three counties seek Civil War Heritage area designation in Maryland
Frederick Carroll and Washington counties ask the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority to designate a Civil War Heritage area to boost tourism with matching grants up to 50 percent for planning interpretation marketing and programming. The two step process requires an initial recognition then eligibility for grants, with local planning and a management entity to be formed.
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Frederick
Carroll
Washington
Maryland Heritage Areas Authority
Frederick County
Bruce Reeder
Heritage Area Authority
Janet Davis
Davis
John L. Thompson Jr
Walkersville
Thompson
Burgess
Emmitsburg Glass Wins Inner Harbor Hotel Bid
Emmitsburg Glass Co. wins a 5 million bid to build a 32 story Inner Harbor East Wyndham Hotel in Baltimore starting June. Dan Reaver Jr says the podium plus 28 story glass and aluminum tower will feature 250000 square feet of glass with work by early 2000. Company plans to hire at least ten more workers.
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Emmitsburg Glass Co
Baltimore
Inner
Creamery Way
Emmitsburg
Inner Harbor East Wyndham
Dan Reaver Jr
Greg Reaver
Dan Reaver
Reaver
Mr. Reaver
Beaver
Cocktail bill before House for third time
ANNAPOLIS For the third year in a row Delegate Sue Hecht seeks to make it a crime to throw bodily fluids at jail and prison guards. Testimony from corrections officers describes the shocking abuse as the House Judiciary Committee considers the measure amid opposition and questions about its impact on confinement.
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Annapolis
Sue Hecht
D-Frederick Washington
Robert Green
Frederick County Adult Detention Center
House Judiciary Committee
Maj Green
Scenaro
May Green
Stainton
Frederick County
Prince George’s County
Maryland Corrections Administrators Association
Lewinsky Book Sells Fast Locally After TV Interview
After Monica Lewinsky’s televised chat, local stores report brisk sales of Monica’s book and rising reorders. At Borders, Bor derski Music and Cafe, and Waldenbooks, copies moved quickly with many buyers reluctant to discuss their reasons, while clerks noted heightened curiosity about personal details from the White House intern.
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Monica Lewinsky
Barbara Walters
Oval Office
Ginnie Sulcer
Borderski
Music and Cafe
Monica
Andrew Morton
Diana
Pan
Waleesboor
Frederik
Teiphayees
Ken
Borders
Waldenbooks
Francis Scott Key Mall
Ralph
Helon
Golden Mile
Bartlett bill aims to ban porn in prisons
Maryland delegate Joe Bartlett says his proposal to empower state prisons and county jails to ban porn would reinforce the stance against sex crimes, despite authorities already having that power. Testimony drew little public support as wardens and officials attended for other bills, with no comments from Frederick County officials on the position.
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Annapolis
Joe Bartlett
Bartlett
Frederick Washington
Easton
House Judiciary Committee
Stuart Simms
Maryland Department of Corrections and Public Safety
Maj
Robert Green
Frederick County
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Pye
Stanton
Sheila Hill
Patuxent Institution
Lewinsky
Kim Brent
Tony Ziolkowski
Sulcer
Geocs
Kew Spader
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