Planners deny request for commercial rezoning
Frederick Planning Commission on Monday refused a rezoning bid for 242 East Church St and 244 East Church St. Myersville resident Constance Stapleton sought to convert a 3,786 square foot Downtown Residential parcel to Downtown Business to house a long-used commercial operation. Attorneys argued the DR designation was a past mistake. opponents warned of neighborhood character changes. The commission, by a 3 to 1 vote with one abstention, recommended keeping the property in DR.
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Prosecutor says Hale had no reason to lie in Whitewater case
In closing arguments, prosecutor W Ray John told jurors Hale had no motive to fabricate stories about President Clinton's benefit from an illegal loan. He noted Hale's past statements and Judge Watt's testimony while addressing alleged conspiracies involving James McDougal Susan McDougal and Gov. Jim Guy Tucker in a 21 count indictment.
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Jim Guy Tucker
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Bill Watt
Maryland agency meeting on pool and marina discharge permits
The Maryland Department of the Environment held a public meeting at City Hall to discuss streamlining discharge permit issuance for swimming pools, concentrated feedlots, and marinas. No speakers. attendees included representatives from the Maryland Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. An MDE official described new rules enabling issuances and investigations in special cases.
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Walkersville Burgess Bourland leaves council. Emmitsburg mayor named leader
The Frederick County Council of Governments elected new leader Monday as Walkersville Burgess Orley R. Bourland Jr. retires after 11 terms. Mayor William Carr of Emmitsburg will be president with Mayor Gerald Johnson of Mount Airy as vice president. Bourland, 69, began his career in 1976 and saw strong county municipal ties grow, noting water and sewer issues as central to council work. He plans to stay active and continue addressing county matters affecting municipalities.
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Ewing Oil seeks vaulted underground tanks to dodge rules
Ewing Oil proposed vaulted underground storage tanks to meet criteria of above ground tanks while remaining below surface. The plan aims to place tanks about 400 feet from a well at a Middletown gasoline site after county zoning staff review and possible Board of Zoning Appeals action.
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Ewing Oil
Frederick County
Michael Thompson
Aarate
Rand Weinberg
Weinberg
Ewing Oi
Middletown
Thompson
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