Frederick city saves money on two major projects
Frederick officials report lower bids for the downtown parking deck and the Carroll Creek Flood Control Project due to a weak economy. The parking deck bid came in at 3.27 million, about 1.5 million under budget, while the flood control phase quoted 10.4 million vs an estimated 13.1 million. Concerns focus on bids going to nonlocal firms, with potential local job impact and worries about bidding during tight budgets.
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Running Away From Home With Norman Weaver
A reminiscence recalls a Saturday runaway by two boys, Norman Weaver and the narrator, from a field behind a father's house. they plan a bold future, stash provisions, and journey briefly toward Red Creek before hunger and curiosity pull them home by nightfall.
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Old Liberty Magazine
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Ballard Grammar School
Red Creek
Chicago
Hollywood
NED grant program under scrutiny for misuses and waste
A GAO probe reveals the National Endowment for Democracy mismanages funds, with grants used for personal loans, car rentals tied to crime, and unreturned interest. Gifts to foreign groups via limited U.S. organizations show weak control, conflicts of interest, and insufficient accountability across 1984 to 1990 totaling about 152 million dollars in 533 grants.
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Frederick LWV backs commendations to state delegates
Fifty years ago the Frederick branch of the League of Women Voters urged sending letters of commendation to Frederick County General Assembly members who opposed a larger state budget. Local barber Frank “Ruff” Garrett reported a large three pound trout spawning in Carroll Creek, a water body not previously stocked. Scouts awards: Mary Elizabeth Engle won the senior essay contest on What Girl Scouting Means to Me, with Peggy Bentz second. other winners included Jean Doll, Natalie Klein, Arianne Schroder, and Polly Ann Moore in various classes. Judges were Mary E. Rhoades, Jean Gosnell, and Nyra E. Gaskell.
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League of Women Voters
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Carroll Creek
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Peggy Bentz
Jean Doll
Natalie Klein
Arianne Schroder
Polly Ann Moore
Mary E. Rhoades
Jean Gosnell
Frederick High School
Nyra E. Gaskell
Maryland School For the Deaf
Police move to quell Maryland campus rock crowd
About 200 to 300 students clashed with police after failing to enter a packed Steppenwolf concert at Ritchie Coliseum drawing 2,500 inside. Nearby, House candidate George Weatherholt urged Sheriff Baumgartner’s impeachment from The News-Post steps, with two effigies hung and reports of a jail break prompted by calls to the paper.
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House of Delegates
George Weatherholt
News-Post
Richard C. Baumgartner
George B. Delaplaine
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Weatherholt
Richard 0. Baumgartner
Frederick County
Schaefer explains how Maryland used the 400 million surplus
Governor Schaefer details the 401.84 million surplus as of July 1 1989. One time capital projects 257.24 million. Savings and loan payments 100 million. Rainy Day Fund 5 million now 126 million. Sunny Day Fund 10 million with a single 2.3 million plastics loan to Harford County creating 1400 jobs. Tax cut 29.6 million. No operating expense increases. Schaefer defends fiscal choices amid ongoing criticism.
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Nancy Manahan
Maryland
Harford County
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Brunswick history linked to Powell book reprint
Mary Margrabe notes the Frederick County Board of Education reprinted Historical Information of Maryland Commission of Fisheries after a search in county libraries failed. She highlights Brunswick centennial work Brunswick: 100 Years of Memories, including Chapter 5 River and Canal, which cites Powell’s book. The tome is available at Little Professor Book Center and Square Corner Book Shop in Maryland.
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Potomac
Great Falls
Harpers Ferry
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River and Canal
Organize Irish festival to honor St Patrick’s Day
A Frederick reader argues against the annual pub crawl use and calls for a genuine Irish cultural festival to honor St Patrick’s Day. He notes Ireland’s holiday and religious observance and urges the community to create events celebrating Irish heritage alongside Christmas Easter Veterans Day and Black History Month.
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Frederick
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Abortion Letters Invite Readers at News-Post
Clarksburg letter writer Fred J. Springer notes the Frederick Post editorial about publishing reader letters on abortion and cites a CNN item on a manslaughter conviction for causing the death of an unborn infant by kicking a pregnant woman. He questions Maryland legal outcomes.
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Maryland
News-Post
Police Officers Earn Respect For Courage And Service
Sean McKinney of Brunswick notes police officers routinely aid accident victims and stranded motorists, teach youth about drugs, and risk their lives daily during traffic stops and in responding to fights and robberies, urging public respect amid rising crime.
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