Artifacts of Monocacy battle to go on display
Artifacts from the 1864 Monocacy Battle including Lt George Davis Medal of Honor insignia and uniform pieces will be shown at Monocacy National Battlefield by year end after new climate controlled cases arrive. The Bethesda collector Mark Vivino loaned bullets shells chess pieces and coins from the 1 000 acre site and a tintype of Capt Simeon Howe and a Confederate Early letter also join the display. Glory Baker the battlefield curator notes the insignia discovery by a visitor as a notable surprise.
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George Davis
Monocacy River
Davis
Sixth Corps
Army of the
Bethesda
Mark Vivino
MD 955
Elizabethtown
Richard Able
Jubal
Monocacy
Lt Davis
Gloria Baker
Frederick Mayor Seeks 2 Cent Tax Cut and Budget Boost
Frederick Mayor Jim Grimes proposes a 2 cent tax cut and a 1997 98 budget plan totaling 34.5 million with a CIP increase of 1.2 million. The plan includes no water and sewer rate hike, a director salary freeze, and a retirement budgeting provision while balancing a 1.5 million surplus from an audit. The city targets May 28 for the tax rate vote and June 5 for final adoption.
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Frederick
Jim Grimes
Grimes
Frederick County
General Fund
CIP
Monocacy Boulevard
Law Mall
County planners reject city annexation plan in Frederick
Frederick County Planning Commission rejected two annexation requests for land already annexed by Frederick city This includes 237 acres known as the Martz Burkett Bowers & Barrick properties and 192 acres Garst Farm The commission found the proposals inconsistent with the county comprehensive plan and declined to waive that inconsistency The decision will go to the county commissioners for final ruling and could delay development for up to five years without a consistency finding or waiver The action cites density differences between the city plan of 4 35 units per acre and the county density limits, potentially blocking five years of building plans
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Frederick County Planning Commission
Frederick City
Martz, Burkett, Bowers & Barrick
Garst
Frederick County
Planning Commission
Commission
Frederick County considers 32000 square foot library addition
Frederick County Library Board viewed plans for a 32000 square foot expansion of the C Burr Artz Library in downtown Frederick. Funding hangs on county commissioners with staff recommending a 2002 start. directors say 1999 funding is needed. Director Denise Davis criticizes the low CIP priority for libraries amid rising use and seating shortages.
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Frederick County
C. Burr Artz
Frederick
Denise Davis
Howard
Carroll Counties
Maryland
Gregory S. Lukmire
Lukmire
Arlington
C. Burr
Free legal clinic helps low income residents at courthouse
A weekly free legal service for low income residents operates Wednesdays at the Frederick County Courthouse. Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service staffer Elizabeth Conklyn runs the office in the basement to assist with completing non contested forms, easing clerical workload as about 25 people seek help each week. Continued on Page A8.
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Frederick County
Elizabeth Conklyn
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service
Ms Conklyn
Frederick
Conklyn
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Timothy Jacobsen
Maryland State Police
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
the County Historical Society
Lt. Davis
Pennsylvania
Simeon A Howe
Ninth
New York Heavy Artillery
Howe
Library Board
Sam Yu
Inside the News
Community News AG
Frederick News Post
Joan Chesser
Fredenck County
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