Holocaust remembered at local service in Frederick
Beth Sholom Community Center residents recalled the Holocaust during a Friday night memorial for Yom HaShoah. The service featured speeches, songs, and poetry with survivor Mark Strauss recounting his life in southeast Poland and the horrors faced by Jews during World War II.
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Beth Sholom
Frederick
David Nathanson
Theresienstadt
Mark Strauss
Maurertown
Poland
Soviet Union
Strauss
Dr. Strauss
Businesses oppose Bailes Lane closure for airport plan
Frederick officials and Bailes Lane business owners clashed Friday at the Public Works Department over closing the road for the FAA driven airport expansion. Business leaders warned of millions in losses and possible closures if the plan proceeds without broader input. They urged returning the plan to the drawing board to involve local businesses and avoid jet blast impacts, while officials acknowledged the potential effects and sought input.
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Pam Engineering
Mulhearn
Seymour Stern
Jim Grimes
State Funds Boost Fire and Rescue Grants in Maryland
Annapolis Frederick County volunteer fire and rescue groups receive an extra 150000 to raise the 508 program total to 5245000. Funds go to each county for operating and capital projects with strict accounting. A bill to bar volunteer officers from supervising career staff at scenes died in Senate Judicial Proceedings.
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Annapolis - Frederick County
General Assembly
Annapolis
Senate
Judicial Proceedings
Frederick County
Bob Thomas
Thomas
David) Brinkley
Brinkley
Unemployment dips below five percent amid growth surge
The U S unemployment rate falls to 4.9 percent in April, the lowest since 1973, as the economy shows strength with a solid payroll rise. Analysts warn growth may be slowing from a brisk pace, while a tax deal boosts markets and funds government balance efforts. The Dow climbs about 9 points and records near its peak.
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Washington
Allen Sinai
Clinton
Sinai
Labor Department
Richard Nixon
Outdoor Thanksgiving mark for seven families moving into homes
An outdoor Thanksgiving celebration Friday at Mountainview Homes in Brunswick celebrated the moving in of seven families into a 22-family single-family housing program. Interfaith Housing of Western Maryland sponsored the mutual self-help project as Bishop Frank Murphy spoke on the deck and Susan Moss with her 11 month old son Jonathan Moss stood in the foreground.
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Mountainview Homes
Brunswick
Interfaith Housing of
Western Maryland
Susan Moss
Jonathan Moss
Frank Murphy
Interfaith Housing of Western Maryland
Maryland counties see unemployment rate fall in March
Frederick County reports 3.9 percent unemployment in March, down from February. 3,871 unemployed from a labor force of 98,245. Statewide jobless rate slips to 4.6 percent with declines in Western Maryland and the Eastern Shore amid gains in services, restaurants, building materials, and special trades contractors. Montgomery 2.2, Carroll 4.2, Howard 2.7, Washington 5.3 percent, with statewide trend mirroring national drop.
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Frederick County
Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing
Montgomery County
Carroll County
Howard County
Washington County
Maryland
Department of Labor, Licensing and
Woodsboro Bank names new officers
Woodsboro Bank announces officer elections at a stockholders meeting. James McSherry remains chairman and becomes president. C Richard Miller Jr. is elected vice president and chief executive officer. Dale T Summers becomes chief operating officer. The bank plans a Monocacy Village branch in Frederick in July.
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Woodsboroa Bank
James McSherry
Charles M Spicknall
C Richard Miller Jr
Dale T. Summers
CPA
Miller
Frederick High School
University of Maryland
Hood College
Mr Summers
Mount St. Mary’s College
McSherry
Hubert R Browter
Francis W Bush Jr
John W Catshall
James A Draper
Jeanne C Smith
Harold M Staley
Woodsboro Bank
Monocacy Village
Fredenck
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