FCC Revamps Program for Black Students with Open Campus Scholarship
Frederick Community College launches the Bernard A. Adams Open Campus Incentive Scholarship to aid about 10 black high school students with tuition for one course. Selection uses five criteria including first generation college status and overcoming obstacles, aiming to diversify Open Campus participation. The program honors late community reader Bernard Adams.
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Haney
Bernard Adams
FCC
Frederick
Michael Powell
Steve Prehoda
Tony DiSalvo
Richard Gottfried
Carolyn Lewis
Paula Lindsay
Ted Taft
TransIT project gets green light amid minority bid concerns
Maryland Department of Transportation approves a Frederick County TransIT complex contract with Henley Construction amid only 6 percent state certified minority subcontractors. The plan includes three buildings off Rocky Springs Road, a fuel island, and a 9 percent funding mix from federal and state grants. MDOT cites fixing subcontractor certifications and avoiding delays as reasons to proceed.
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Maryland Department of Transportation
Henley Construction Co
Gaithersburg
Rocky Springs Road
MDOT
Frederick County
Bruce Reeder
Chuck Brown
Henley Construction Company
Mass Transit Administration
John Porcari
Reeder
Henley
Porcari
Federal Transit Administration
FCC and National Guard link distance learning for colleges
The Maryland National Guard and Frederick Community College sign an agreement to deliver distance learning over a Guard network. FCC boosts soldier tuition discount from 25 to 50 percent, reducing tuition costs by about $10,000 yearly while keeping telecom charges near $30,000.
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FCC
National Guard
MD. 144
Frederick
Larson
Milton Davis
State Guard
Sean Casey
Maryland Guard
Laurel
Camp Frederick
Reisterstown
Garrett Community College
Oakland
Casey
Larsen
Mount Airy Tourism Center Opens at Pea Cock Shopping Center
The Mount Airy Tourism Center will open Sunday May 18 at 3pm in the Pea Cock Shopping Center on Ridgeville Boulevard near Md 27. Hours through Labor Day are 10 am to 4 pm weekdays and 9 am to 6 pm weekends and holidays. The center is staffed by about 30 volunteers, many seniors, trained since February. Ewing Oil donated the space and sign, with local businesses supplying maps and name tags.
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Mount Airy
Peacock
Ridgeville Boulevard
MD 27
Ewing Oil
Ramaco Station
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Army
James Schumacher II
Fort Jackson
Columbia
D.C
James Schumacher
Union Bridge
Karen Harmon
Reisserstown
Francis Scott Key High School
NAACP
Timothy Jacobsen
Jim Grimes
Roy Rogers
Fsk Mall
Naacp Youth Council
Krista Brick
Matthew Barakat
Burgess Hill Way
Frederick, MD
Patrick St
Baughman’s
E. Main St. Thurmont
ACIL
Frederick Rt
Willowtree Plaza
Hechinger
KFC
J&p
Sunnybank Farm
Keymar
Middleburg Rd
Crouse Mill Rd
Nursery
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Avcor
von Cal Rollar
Porteapating Trane
Todas
SEL
WY Trancom
American Air Conditioning & Heating
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