Family farms in Maryland and nation face consolidation
Credit easing and market shifts shape agriculture as larger tracts expand and farmer numbers shrink. Farm Bureau leaders warn some will exit, while lenders reserve losses and FmHA notes new loan demand. Fire calls and ambulance activity also logged with multiple local incidents.
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Maryland
United States
Borsa
Buckel
Frederick County
Lucey
Federal Land Bank
Terry Schultz
Farmers Home Administration
FHHA
Frederick
Miss Schultz
Fmha
Weather Outlook for Western Maryland This Weekend
A warm southerly flow continues through Monday across Western Maryland with sunny skies. Carroll, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery, and Washington counties reach 80 to 85 daytime highs and 55 to 60 lows, while Maryland mountains stay in the 70s. Ocean beaches are fair and warm, Ocean City water at 58. Drying conditions remain good to excellent with sunshine around 80 percent on Sunday.
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Carroll
Frederick
Howard
Montgomery
Washington
Maryland Ocean
Ocean City
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Oakland
Westminster
David Lesher
Weekend Weather Outlook Across Washington Oregon and Nearby States
The National Weather Service forecasts rain for parts of Washington and Oregon on Saturday. Showers are expected from Wisconsin to Texas and along the Southeastern coast from South Carolina to Florida.
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Washington
Oregon
Wisconsin
Texas
South Carolina
Florida
Swank Plans Grass Roots Campaign In Frederick City Politics
Swank a small appliance repair business owner in Fredericktown Village outlines a door to door effort to win election as a Republican. He criticizes city county cooperation delays and rising flood control costs while urging higher police and firefighter wages and worker morale improvements.
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Ick
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Reagan
Frederick County weighs teacher and administrator raises
Frederick County leaders met to negotiate pay raises for school board employees with Clagett predicting a same percentage rise for teachers and administrators next year though no agreement was reached. He warned a 6.5 percent across the board would add about $700,000 to salaries and noted ongoing budget constraints.
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Frederick County
Galen R. Clagett
Stuart D. Berger
Winchester Hall
Clagett
Board of Education
Frederick County Teachers Association
Boe
FCTA
Pope opens 11 day visit to Netherlands and pacifies dissidents
Pope John Paul II began his first Dutch trip as part of a 11 day tour through the Netherlands Belgium and Luxembourg. He urged liberal Catholics not to drift from church center while facing threats and intense security. A crowd of about 10000 greeted him in Eindhoven as Dutch officials welcomed him and he spoke on tensions with dissident Catholics.
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John Paul II
Belgium
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Vatican
John Paul
Eindhoven
Adrianus Simonis
Hans van den Broek
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