Residents vow to fight Woodsboro annexation
About 50 residents opposed to Copper Oaks North annexation gathered at a May 9 town meeting, while the town voted to annex the 60 acre development. Opponents circulate petitions for a referendum, needing roughly 130 names within 38 days, to block growth and protect roads, schools, and the sewer plant.
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Woodsboro
Copper Oaks
Sue Estabrook
Ken
eWoodsboro
New Midway
Donald Trimmer
Walkersville
Frederick County
John Catshall
Ed Smariga
Buckeye, Inc
Cutshall
Richard Sneadner
Catshall
Trimmer
Gary Smith
Reeder outlines education, seniors, and road priorities
Reeder pledges maximum funding for classrooms and support services while ensuring fairness countywide. He backs keeping seniors on fixed incomes in Frederick County homes and serves as liaison to volunteer fire and rescue and roads boards. He cites 3,000 volunteers answering 25,000 calls in 1993 and supports local fire tax districts over a county wide levy, plus maintaining 1,100 miles of roads. Yingling endorses his business approach and humor, calling him a partner against tax and spend politicians. Reeder and Odette have three children and four grandchildren.
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Reeder
Board of Education
Frederick County
Roads Board
Sue Ann Yingling
Bruce
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Back in Hospital for Cancer Therapy
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 64 returns to New York Hospital for routine non-Hodgkins lymphoma treatment as spokeswoman says she is fine and could be released as early as today.
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New York
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Onassis
Nancy Tuckerman
New York Hospital
Cornell Medical Center
Mount Airy Set To Hear Topless BYOB Club Plan
Mt Airy officials consider an amended ban on bring your own liquor after council approves a version that exempts two existing BYOB establishments. Russ Eisenberg vows to pursue his topless BYOB venue, while local businessmen voiced positions. Mayor Johnson noted veto history and town business climate remains unchanged. Delaine Hobbs and Bob Mead were sworn in to council during the meeting.
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Martha Eliassen
News-Post
Mount Airy
Russ Eisenberg
Eisenberg
Jerry Johnson
New York
J and P Pizza
Chong Yet Yin
Johnson
Lobo’s
Johnsville
MD. 27
Frank Illiano
New York and Pizza
Iiano
Delaine Hobbs
Bob Mead
Oliver Davis
Mr. Hobbs
Willam Wagner
Mead
County commissioners approve funds for telecom upgrade and cuts
The Frederick County panel voted 4 0 to divert 350000 from the satellite fund to cover a 1.5 million telecom upgrade, plus 250000 in new funds to accelerate capital spending. An 800000 1995 appropriation was recommended. Budget cuts trimmed contingency to 290000 and reduced appeals for library, council, and regional development. Mayor Grimes to brief on airport funding. divisions persist over operating versus capital support.
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David Gray
Budget Office
Library System
Substance Abuse Advisory Council
Greater Frederick Development Corp
Gail Bowerman
Frederick
Jim Grimes
Bruce Reeder
Sue Ann Yingling
Bowerman
Ronald Sundergill
Gray
Museum Tourism Pressure Sparks Planning Debates
Tourism council members note an expected rise in visitors requires traffic parking restrooms and waste bin planning. Don Date of the county Economic and Community Development Commission urges perspective asking if greater crowds are preferable to avoiding a city like Hagerstown.
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Don Date
Thanos Executed by Lethal Injection for Triple Murder
Thanos was executed for the death of Gregory Taylor Jr and faced separate warrants for the killings of Billy Winebrenner and Melody Pistoria during a gas station holdup. The cases followed his early release miscalculation and public policy limits on announcing execution timing. Families received notice by phone before public announcement, and officials defended the humane method while noting the long fight of victims’ kin.
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Thanos
Lois Dennis
Gregory Taylor Jr
Taylor
Billy Winebrenner
Melody Pistoria
Carl Winebrenner
Billy
Maryland
Frank Mazzone
Colleen Powers
University of Maryland
Downtown revival debate fuels Mount Airy seminar
Speakers at a seminar urged attracting unique businesses as a path forward for Mount Airy. Mayor Gerald Johnson called a proposed microbrewery the town’s salvation, while Jerry Moomau of the Greater Frederick Development Corporation warned against recapturing the past and emphasized cleanliness and longer hours learned from malls.
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Mount Airy
Gerald Johnson
Sears i
Jerry Moomau
Greater
Five Children Aid Police in Maryland Hit and Run Probe
Maryland State Police credited five children with helping identify suspect Cornelius Powell in a Braddock Heights area hit and run. Powell, 42, of Abingdon, was charged with DWI hit and run fleeing and eluding running a red light and leaving the scene. Police stopped Powell’s GMC Jimmy on Maryland Avenue after a pursuit and he was treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital and released.
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Maryland
Cornelius Powell
Abingdon
Harford County
Frank Woollard
Powell
Jimmy East
U.S. 404
Th. Woollard
Willowtree Drive
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Michael Jeffries
Fountaindal North
Suspec
Th. Woullard
Maryland Avenue i
Braddock Heights
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