St Johns at Prospect Hall Win National High School Basketball Title
The St Johns at Prospect Hall boys basketball team led by coach Stu Vetter has claimed the national high school title after an undefeated 25 game season and top finishes in The National Prep Poll and USA Today. The squad features stars headed to North Carolina Kentucky Temple and Wake Forest and draws students from across Frederick County and beyond to a rigorous college style schedule. The community celebrates a national championship echoed by praise for academics and athletic discipline.
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Oak Hill
National Prep Poll
USA Today
Vikings
Stu Vetter
Frederick
St. John’s
Flint Hill
Frederick County
North Carolina
Kentucky
Temple
Wake Forest
Hawaii
Chapel Hill
The
Tarheels
YMCA
Prospect Hall
Boomer Meachum hunts vermin as winter yard drama unfolds
The neighbor Meachum family chronicles Boomer the airedale’s pest patrol in a vivid back porch saga. A robin sighting triggers renewed vigilance as Sharon resists taxidermy, while Boomer’s hunts trigger biting humor about possums, hedge clippings, and the endless battle to keep the yard safe.
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Kitty Harris
News- Post
Sharon
Boomer
Bret Possum
Bay Dog
Ms. Harns
Arredale Extraordinaire
Familiar stances at White House amid Starr probe and press wars
A columnist notes the White House defense of executive privilege and the war room tactics to discredit Kenneth Starr. The piece contrasts Nixon era methods with current strategies, referencing Blumenthal, media guerrilla tactics, and Supreme Court opinions on free debate and truth.
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Richard Nixon
ABC Television News
Internal Revenue Service
White House
IRS
Nixon
Kenneth Starr
Starr
War Room
Michael Duffy
Tyme Magazine
Sidney Blumenthal
Blumenthal
Grand Jury
D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals
Gertz
Robert Welch
Lewis Powell
Supreme Court
William Brennan
New York Times
Sullivan
Arthur Goldberg
Banshees
James Carville
Conjurers
Fo; Neusnanek Enterprise Assoc
New Construction to Ease Frederick Housing Shortage
A 40 dwelling units underway and a planned 52 unit apartment project signal rapid housing growth in Frederick for 1948. The City Attorney may seek approval from the Mayor and Board of Aldermen to purchase the former free parking grounds on South Court Street after dismissing three appraisers over price disagreement.
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Frederick
Richard 5. Zimmerman
South Court Street
Board of Alderman
Frederick County CIP debate over school capacity
Lawrence Dusold of New Market urges Frederick County Commissioners to back the Board of Education CIP for capital improvements citing rising student enrollment. He notes 1996 97 growth under 2000 housing units annually adding about 1900 students and warns that planned 1999 2000 growth plus staff’s CIP underinvests in new seats. He appeals for support and votes in November.
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Frederick County
Board of Education
Frederick County Planning Department
Maryland Office of Planning
CIP
Mark Hoke
Growth and planning sparks in Frederick area
A reader urges in depth coverage of urban growth issues in Frederick and surrounding counties. They cite Derr House Weis Market flag codes and other planning topics, calling for more planning commissions insight, infrastructure fixes, and a sustained series of articles.
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Derr
Weis
City and County Planning and Historical Commissions
Frederick
Sleepy Little Hollow
Open debate urged on urban growth and public zoning plans
A Frederick resident calls for open discussion of the master plan for urban growth tied to state smart growth initiatives. He advocates a shared information section in local papers, insists on transparent decisions for Planned Unit Developments, and critiques current zoning. He also complains about telephone exchanges and calls for action with the Public Service Commission.
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News Post
Frederick
Silver Spring
Wheaton
Carroll Creek
Letters to the Editor Policy at Fredenck News-Post
The Letters to the Editor section invites signed submissions with the writer’s name address and home and business phone numbers for verification. Due to high volume not all letters can be published and poetry religious verse and copies of legends or letters addressed to others are not published.
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Fredenck News-Post
News
Local Residents Call for Better County Phone System
A Buckeystown Adamstown couple, long residents of Maryland, urge Frederick County to upgrade the region’s telephone system amid perceived archaic service. They report a 67-signature petition from neighbors who share frustration over long distance charges within a 20 mile radius and subpar connectivity.
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Ers
Damascus
Montgomery County
Public Service Commission
Commission
Buckeystown
Adamstown
Frederick
Frederick County Newspapers Through the Years Chronicle
Frederick County history traces a crowded press scene from 1802 to 1997 with papers such as The Examiner started 1813, The Herald records, The Catoctin Clarion, The Brunswick Herald and The Frederick News. Many titles, mergers, and closures reveal local media evolution, ownership shifts, and notable editor births and deaths.
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Examiner
Herald
C. Burr
Thomas Haller
John Martin
West South Street
Mount Pleasant
Gazelle
Robert Ritchie
Frederick
Mathias Barigis
Catoctin Clarion
Catoctin Enterprise
Brunswick Herald
Berlin
John W. Baughman
Citizen
Mr Baughman
Sandy Hook
Washington County
Banner of Liberty
Libertytown
Alfred Schley
G.S.L. Rhoderick
William T. Delaplaine Sr
McDougal linked to Castle Grande fraud and Whitewater case
Former Arkansas governor Jim Guy Tucker begins cooperating as prosecutors seek contempt charges against McDougal for noncooperation. The text ties McDougal to Castle Grande, a 1050 acre project near Little Rock that cost taxpayers $4 million, with Hillary Clinton’s Rose Law Firm involvement noted.
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Ms McDougal
Starr
California
Zubin Mehta
Whitewater
Arkansas
Jim Guy Tucker
McDougal
Tucker
Clinton
Little Rock
Ark
Castle Grande
Rose Law Firm
Whitewater Grand Jury
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Knoxville
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Blair Lee II
Francis Scott Key Unit 11
American Legion Auxiliary
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North Frederick
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Boe
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Eleanor Hettich
Frederick News-Post
E. Patrick Sr
P.O
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Great Southern Printing and Manufacturing Company
Frederick Post
Post
Great Southern
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Valley Register
Middletown
Catoctin
Lawrence Everhart
General Lafayette
Brandywine Battlefield
Middletown Valley
Perry McCleery
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M.D
Caleb Nichols
Manee
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William O. Lee Jr
Frederick Alderman
Grade Times Mirror
Walkersville
G. Thomas
Margaret R. Mills
Woodsboro
Thurmont
Emmitsburg
Glade Times
Mountain Mirror
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Tom Mills
Margaret Mills
Glade Voice
George E. Dredden
County Globe
Express
Shockley Today
Shales Lignor
Shockley Honda
Ore
Fredenck, Maryland
Shockleyhonda.com
Cy Pvwihd
Broyhill
Maison Lenoir
J. Hunt
Wolfs
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