Carroll Creek funding controversy irritates Frederick readers
Residents rail at Governor Schaefer over Carroll Creek financing delays. The column rebukes shifting budgets and stretched timelines from five to six years, arguing the project’s importance for downtown Frederick and criticizing political posturing. The piece urges direct messaging to Frederick County legislators.
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Carroll Creek
Frederick
Schaefer
Baltimore
America
Annapolis
Frederick County
William Donald Schaefer
Crime braced by Sun columnist echoes in Baltimore
An exaggerated column by Mike Clem warns of a coming crime wave tied to a Sun newspaper feature by Michael Olesker. It includes satire about criminals and a set of extreme prevention tips, urging residents to harden stores and confront shoplifters with drastic measures.
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FBI
Riddler
Penguin
Catwoman
Gotham City
Frederick
Underworld
Starskey
Huteh
Kojak
Hawaii Five-O
Maryland
Baltic
Sun Daily
the Sun
Michael Olesker
Highlandtown
Eddie
Elvis
Presley
Princess
Baltimore
Tom
Phil
Weber
Olesker
Sun
Charm City
Texas
Howard County
Mudslinging in the House over Wright and Traficant
Rep. James Traficant defends Speaker Jim Wright amid Republican calls for an independent probe. A federal tax court found Traficant owed taxes on $108,000 in bribes from mob factions while running for sheriff in 1980. Gingrich widens attack on Wright over a 55 percent royalty deal for an autobiography. IRS refunds glitch and German library theft noted.
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Washington
James Traficant
Ohio
House
Jim Wright
Texas
Traficant
Newt Gingrich
Rep. Traficant
Stewart Harris
Rep
Youngstown
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Rep. Wright
Rep. Gingrich
Karen van Brocklin
Wright
Washington Post
Charles Babcock
Committee On
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Treasury Department
Stern
der Rosenkavalier
Wurzburg
Stuttgart
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
First spring forest fire near Lewistown prompts CCC effort
A serious forest fire burned about 30 acres near Lewistown before 23 CCC workers from Fishing Creek camp and Warden Marion Rice of Mountaindale extinguished it. The cause remains undetermined and much of the land is in the Catoctin Recreation area.
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Lewistown
Civilian Conservation Corps
Fishing Creek
Marion Rice
Mountaindale
Catoctin Recreation Area
Maryland Day cake sent by Cappella's Market for Mathias
Lee Weddle, Robert Norwood, and Charles A. Fogle loaded a cake bound for Congressman Charles McC. Mathias in Washington, for Maryland Day celebrations with fellow lawmakers. A New York Times travel feature highlighted New Market antique shops tracing back to Stoll Kemp who opened his shop in 1936. Harold Weisburg, author on Kennedy assassination books, appeared on Washington UHF Channel 14 showing a film challenging the Warren Report.
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Lee ‘Weddle
Robert Norwood
Charles A. Fogle
Cappella’s Food Market
Charles McC. Mathias
Washington, D.C
Mathias
New Market
New York Times
Stoll Kemp
Harold Weisburg
Kennedy
Washington
Warren
Price tag on human life sparks Ijamsville zoning hearing
Planning Commission hearings in Ijamsville drew residents along Mussetter and Ijamsville roads. All three requests were denied. Concerns centered on highway speed through Sjamsville, a dangerous bridge on Ijamsville Road, wildlife impacts from growth, and ambulance staffing issues across neighboring communities.
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Planning Commission
Ijamsville
Mussetter
Sjamsville
Ijamsville Proper
B&o
Bush Creek
Tjamsville
Tjamsville Road
Plea for 24 hour paid ambulance staffing
Kristin B Ruding of Middletown urges officials to fund trained, certified ambulance squads with 24 hour coverage after a life threatening delay. She notes a 25 minute response, a 5 hour ER stay, and asks how to price human life when a child could die waiting for help.
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Fife
Middletown
Myersville
Brunswick
Walkersville
Green Valley
Sabillasville concerns over safe guards for aggressive residents
A letter to the editor questions protection and services in Sabillasville for aggressive residents linked to the Victor Cullen Center. The writer cites limited police coverage, slow responses, and calls for housing such individuals in secured facilities.
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Sabillasville
Victor Cullen Center
Lower
Frederick State
Lewistown
Frederick County
Victor Cutlen Center
Victor Cullen
Meachum’s fence proposal sparks city debate on Market Street
Frederick columnist ED Campbell defends Roy Meachum’s idea to fence in his person at the North Market Street finca a discount Hemingway retreat. He urges allowing the fence but with Meachum kept incommunicado to avoid objections.
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Frederick City
Roy Meachum
Hemingway
Cuba
North Market Street
Meachum
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Ruding
E.P. Briggs
Sabinasville
Maryland School For the Deaf
MSD
Wayne Sinclair
Kenneth C. Foote
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