Commuter tax proposal sparks cross‑border backlash in D C
Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly proposes a commuter tax for Maryland and Virginia workers in D C. Delegate Thomas Hattery warns retaliation could tax D C residents employed outside the District. About 2,600 Frederick countians live in the area and work in the District, with potential impact on 200,000 Marylanders. The piece urges opposing such threats and backing constituents.
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D.C
Sharon Pratt Kelly
Hattery
Kelly
Mr. Hattery
Maryland
Frederick
Microchip clinics push pet ID as lost pets return hope
Marion Ake of the Frederick County Humane Society promotes microchip implants as permanent pet ID. The article explains chips are read by scanners, require no anesthesia, and help reunite owners, with a clinic planned March 14 at the Rosemont Avenue shelter in Frederick from 1 to 4 PM, $19.
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Frederick County Humane Society
FCHS
Social Security Administration
The
Humane Society
Rosemont Avenue
Frederick
Marion Ake
Salty tax talk and the question of sin taxes
A reader rails against tobacco and alcohol taxes while proposing broad new levies on salty foods and high fat content items. He questions authorities and cites AIDS care funding, obesity, and healthcare costs as motives, ending by misnaming Jack Adlon as chairman of a controversial wine group.
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The
National Council On Alcohol and Alcohol Abuse
Reces
Hillary Clinton as National Politician in New Yorker Cartoon
A New Yorker cartoon depicts Hillary Clinton, First Lady, as a powerful figure prompting mixed reaction. The piece notes she works quietly on health care reform, meets with minority caucuses on Capitol Hill, and earns both praise and criticism for her influence and public image.
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Washington
New Yorker
Clinton
U.S. Capitol
Times
Hell
White House
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Bill
Hillary
MTV
United States
Chelsea
Chicago Cubs
Cubs
Nancy Reagan
Barbara Bush
Hillary Clinton
Capitol Hill
Hill
Washington Post
Congress
Tydings urged towns to roster seasonal farm labor in 1943
Fifty years ago Senator Millard E. Tydings urged mayors to create a volunteer seasonal workers roster to help farmers harvest crops. Frederick Kiwanis Club led a plan to hire schoolboys for summer work while draft officials noted agricultural deferment policies. The Frederick County Teachers Association signed a 3.5 percent COLA raise for 10 month teachers, and Thurmont discussed rooster noise as a nuisance with no lasting fix.
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Millard E. Tydings
Dmd
Frederick Kiwanis Club
Clarence C Carty
Frederick Ymca
Frederick County Teachers’ Association
Board of Education
Adventist church fire draws gratitude from community
Jim Goodman of Middletown thanks firefighters and local leaders including Frederick City Mayor Paul Gordon for their courage during the Seventh-day Adventist church blaze. He recalls the backdraft, ceiling collapses, and air tank alarms, praising the team that worked to save the church and its school neighbor. The letter expresses communal sorrow and hope for rebuilding.
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Frederick City
Paul Gordon
Seventh-day Adventist Church
New Design Road
Frederick
Swadih Swahili program boosts Frederick students' options
Swahili classes at Frederick provide an alternative to basic subjects. Educators promote Swatali as a modern, inclusive tool to prepare students for a multi cultural world and future labor market. Marguerite Snyder reports from Knoxville.
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Frederick
Swatali
Letters to the Editor on oil dependence and defense spending
Readers critique U S policy on oil reliance and military funding. Robert H Kale argues for shift from oil to alternatives amid past embargo lessons, while Wayner Canty defends enlisted pay, ROTC costs, retirement benefits, and cuts to defense spending as non negotiable for 20-year service members.
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Reagan
Bush
Mideast
Army
Shumway
ROTC
Dead‑beat dads cont. caller appeals to authorities
A Brunswick reader, M Tammy Hood, describes taking full child care for a nine percent four months old and not receiving support from the father. She urges Frederick County State’s Attorney to act, calling the situation a slap to the child and a shared responsibility.
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Frederick County
Put a check on military pensions in response to Shumway
Reader counters Shumway’s March 3 piece arguing further military spending cuts yield only minor savings. Notes unmentioned facts and questions the overall impact on armed forces budgets and national security.
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David Shumway
Letters to the Editor at The Frederick News Post
Readers urged to send letters with signature address and phone number for verification. The paper notes addresses and phones will not be published. editors may edit letters for length.
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Fredenck News
Post
Patnck St
P.O
Frederick
Telelar Jour Lever Ty Paling
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Jack Aellen
Jack Adlon
Chaiman
Langanere Winecedliars
Marsha Mercer
Scripps Howard News Service
George Slagle
Thurmont
Glenn Rickerd
Adventist Church
Jim Goodman Middletown
Robert H. Kale
Monrovia
Wayner, Canty
U.S. Army
M. Tammy Hood
Brunswick
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