Frederick adopts eminent domain to seize blighted West Fourth Street house
Aldermen in Frederick voted to adopt an eminent domain ordinance to fight blight and immediately take possession of a derelict downtown property on West Fourth Street. The house has been vacant for years and attracted vagrants and crime, with a $31,500 appraised value. The city plans renovation with federal grants and sale to rebuild the block.
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Aldermen
Frederick
Maryland
Baltimore
Mike Blank
Lie
Donna Ramsburg
Blank
Alan Pickett
Mount Airy
Ig Pickett
Wank
West Fourth Street
Maryland Senate backs Frederick County zoning referendum bill
The Maryland Senate approved a bill to grant Frederick County residents the right to referendum on zoning decisions. The measure follows a dispute between Frederick County Commissioners and the Defenders of Citizens Rights over proposed rewrites. The bill would require 10 percent of registered voters to sign a petition within 45 days after final adoption, sending the issue to a referendum.
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Annapolis
Maryland Senate
Frederick County
Defenders of Citizens Rights
Alex. Beatey
Kinstiy Ferguson
Mooney
Ferguson Hill
Rrederick Washington
Christopher’s Laws bill clears Maryland Senate
Maryland Senate passes Sen. Timothy Ferguson’s Christopher’s Laws, enabling life imprisonment without parole for repeat child rapists. A companion measure by Delegate Sue Hecht advances in a House committee as lawmakers respond to the murder of 9 year old Christopher Ausherman and push for tougher sex crime punishments.
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Timothy Ferguson
Jerick Carroll
House of Detntes
Commerce and Government Matters Committee
David Buinkles
R-Frederick
Annapolis
Fimothy Ferguson
Christopher
Maryland Senate
Sue Hecht
House of Delegates
Christopher Ausherman
Gilmer Spencer Jn
Ferguson Oil
Ferguson
Frederick Carroll
Paris Glendening
Hepothet
Senate
Middletown officials weigh water rules with developers
Middletown town leaders and Ideal developers debated water conservation as record low levels prompt talks of restricting construction permits. Officials cited potential daily usage rises and noted Glenbrook's on site wells while developers warned against harming growth. A full decision was postponed to next week for possible mandatory restrictions.
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Middletown
Anthony NM
Natelli
Natelli Communities
Glenbrook
Mr. Jatelli
Andrew Bowen
Kristin Aleshire
Daphne Abec
Gable
Miller
Burgess Willian M. Thompson
Thompson
Fred Tay
Ms. As
Jennifer Palelneith
Frederick aldermen table mural funding vote postpones project
Frederick aldermen voted 4 2 to table funding for a large downtown mural delaying presentation by Willan Cochran and Shared Vision. The $50,000 private goal and $30,000 county share risk collapse with opposition from Aldermen Baldi Lenhart Hall Ramsburg. The planned mural would span the east wall of the Francis Scott Key Hotel in West Patrick Street.
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Frederick
Willan Cochran
Joseph Baldi
David Lenhart
Francis Scott Key
West Patrick Street
Steuever Bros. Excles & House Inc
Toural
Shared Vision
Donatons
Afr
Cochran
City Hall
Shutters Recovered From Stolen Notre Fairview Chapel
Shutters taken from Fairview Chapel on Bayers Mill Road last November were found in Montgomery County and returned this week. Church officials will not press charges against the Montgomery County man who had them after a negotiated deal with Detective Chuck Jenkins. Replacement cost of 1700 dollars was covered by two Christmas donations, aiding the church’s repairs.
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New Market
Fairview Chapel
Bayers Mill Road
Montgomery County
Laytonsville
Daniel Moré
Chuck Jenkins
Jenkins
Church
Ecker
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West Fourth
Skip Tawren
Fourth St
Alia
Katie Dunn
Sal Photo
Slip Lawrence
Jisten Lo
UN Real Estate Development
Daphanie Gable
Jennifer Falcinelli
Fred W. Rudy
Burgess Wilam Thompson
Craig Rosendale
John D. Miller
Steve Miller
News-Post
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Lakers
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