County proposes funding half of budget appeals
After reviewing 9.5 million in operating budget appeals the Frederick County Commissioners aim to fund about half. They pared requests to over 4 million they deem most important and weighed school board raises and a 2 percent raise for staff. Supplemental funds from the 1998 budget would cover several items including dyslexia and reading recovery programs, technology boosts, and community center and arts initiatives.
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Frederick County
Board of Education
Doug Browning
Browning
Frederick Community College
Seton Center
Beatty Cramer
Delaplaine Visual Arts Center
Veterans Memorial Park
Tourism Council
Changes in housing policy urged by Maryland advocate
James Upchurch of Interfaith Housing of Western Maryland urged policy changes at the Frederick Housing Fair. He warned stagnant incomes and rising housing costs threaten affordability, citing high connection costs in Boonsboro and fees that burden new construction. Representatives from 18 agencies attended the event.
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Frederick Community Action Agency
City of Frederick
The
Friends For Neighborhood Progress
James Upchurch
Interfaith Housing
Maryland
Frederick
Upchurch
Frederick County
Zoning Commission
Boonsboro
Boonsboro teen dies after inhaling butane
A 16 year old boy in Boonsboro died at home early Wednesday after inhaling butane. Found non responsive about 3 am, he was taken to Washington County Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Initial police say the teen was inhaling butane fuel at the time. state toxicology tests pending. The National Institute on Drug Abuse notes about 1,000 teens die yearly from breathing fumes.
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Boonsboro
Washington County
Richard Schleigh
Washington County Hospital
Iner
National Institute On Drug Abuse
Five Frederick County schools wiring project on hold
A planned five school computer network wiring project in Frederick County is paused after bids exceeded expectations. Netcom Technologies bid over 1.2 million dollars, while M C Dean bid about 1.5 million, far above the 550 thousand dollar estimate. State grant covers 65 percent, county the rest, with engineers citing summer work and need to upgrade electrical service as bid drivers.
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Frederick County
Technology In Maryland
North Frederick
Netcom
M.C. Dean
Harold Keller
Michael G. Thompson
RHL Engineering
Thompson
AllTech Data Systems
Manassas
Urbana
AL Abatement of
Baltimore
Fcnb Bank
FCNB
Wooden and Benson
American Asphalt Paving Co
Brunswick High
City workshop weighs finance committee post in Frederick
Frederick officials debated who should join the proposed finance and investment committee after an audit urged formalizing oversight of assets. Alderman Frances Baker resigned her seat citing lack of expertise and proposed outsourcing, while Mayor Jim Grimes stressed the charter grants him appointment authority.
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Frederick City
Keller Bruner & Co
Frances Baker
Baker
Jim Grimes
Grimes
Baldi
Meta Nash
Rich Costantino
Bruner
Lynn Beard
Jon Kreissig
Fran
Veterans Memorial Park
Inkind
Frederick
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Parris Glendening
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Douglas Tallman
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Chantilly
Netcom Technologies
Gaithersburg
Frederick High
Thurmont Middle
Emmitsburg
Green Valley
Damascus
Beall’s Florist
Damascus Centre
FTD
Frederick Antietam
Rosemont Ave
Janet’s Florist
Patrick St
West Center
Sharpe's Flowers, Inc
Motter Ave
Monrovia Big Woods Greenhouse
Fingerboard Rd
Thurmont
Roy, Ltd
Frederick Road
Walkersville Flowers
North Main Street
Happy Clown
Phares
Tom Clark
Tim Wolf
Cards & Gifts
College Park Plaza
Ole W. 7Th St. Frederick
Preacus
Lefton Flowers & Lighthouses
Chewshed
Boyds Bears
Hummels
Emmett Kelly, Jr
Sarah
Monon Colomial Ca
Homeowner
Trane
American Air Conditioning & Heating Frederck
Leesburg
Papen
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