County workers get step increase for fiscal 1998
Frederick County commissioners approved a fiscal 1998 step increase for county employees matching the school board raise. The hike costs about 1.028 million while other requests were denied. A 3 percent cost of living boost and extra school funding were rejected to balance the budget, with piggyback property and income tax considerations discussed.
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Frederick County
David Gray
Frederick Community College
Sheriff's Office
Doug Browning
Schools to Careers links Walkersville students to work life
Walkersville High senior Jessie Rhodes spends an hour and a half each morning assisting in the Animal Care Clinic. She handles surgeries, learns about distemper and eye issues, and receives training on spaying and neutering. She aims to become a marine animal veterinarian and plans to attend Coastal Carolina University in August, reflecting Frederick County’s push to integrate academies with career paths in the Schools to Careers program.
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Walkersville
Jessie Rhodes
Walkersville High
Jessie
Coastal Carolina University
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Frederick County
Charles Cramer
County to Spend 325000 On Office Overhaul
County commissioners voted unanimously to spend 325000 to refurbish Winchester Hall offices. Chairman Mark Hoke and Commissioner Bruce Reeder urged upgrades citing embarrassment and crumbling furniture. A 1993 space study had estimated 345484 for expansion and reconfiguration, including 60000 for furniture.
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Frederick County
Mark Hoke
Hoke
Winchester Hall
Bruce Reeder
Board of County Commissioners
Board of Education
Commissioners
Green Al Green Keeps Straight Path To Maryland Honor
Frederick High senior Al Green will be among 24 students statewide honored at a Balltimore ceremony for Maryland Tomorrow recipients who stayed in school. He credits his mother Connie Thomas and supportive friends, with sports as a key factor in staying out of trouble.
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al Green
Frederick
Balltimore
Maryland
Connie Thomas
New Market reelects mayor and council by wide margins
Mayor Frank Shaw and five incumbent council members won four year terms in New Market. Shaw led with 89 votes over Eugene Rooney 54. Incumbents Terri Houston 83, Nancy Sponseller- Fleshman 82, Frank Smith 82, Jesse Sutton 82, Lawrence Romanell 81. Challengers ranged 69 to 45 votes. turnout 52 percent with 144 of 276 registered voters casting ballots. Residents cited concern for town’s future and support for nonpartisan local governance.
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New Market
Frank Shaw
Eugene Rooney
Shaw
Terri Houston
Nancy Sponseller- Fleshman
Frank
Winslow Burhans
Racine
Edith Hileman
George Severine
Ms. Hileman
Severine
Art Caulfield
Caulfield
Point of Rocks Firm Sold to Canadian Buyer
A high tech firm at Point of Rocks known for its military high powered speakers was sold to Northern Airborne Technology of British Columbia, Canada. Workers reported the closure of the plant on April 25 after President Pauline Banks finalized the sale amid concerns of illegality. The company, founded in 1951, employed about a dozen local workers and several in Alexandria.
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Point of Rocks
Applied Electro Mechanics
Rock Hall Road
Canam Steel
Manuel Noriega
Vatican
Pauline Banks
Alexandria
Northern Airborne Technology
British Columbia
Canada
Builder withdraws low bid for Whittier Elementary School
BCI of Baltimore withdraws its bid of 7 906 600 for Whittier Elementary after a material error in base bid calculation. The second lowest bidder Waynesboro Construction Co. of Frederick at 8 038 550 is favored to receive the contract. The project total nears 10 million with 4.35 million state funding and the rest county funds. Contingent on a confidential agreement, Waynesboro is to be awarded the contract pending board approval.
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Whittier
BCI
Baltimore
Harold Keller
Frederick County Public Schools
Keller
Mark Blom
Legal Services
Waynesboro Construction Co
Frederick
Deer Crossing
Lake Singapore
State Board of Public Works
Frederick County Board of Education
Waynesboro
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