CSR Trucks On County Roads Spark Traffic Scrutiny
Frederick County Sheriff Jim Hagg cites state law to challenge CSR Hydro Conduit trucks using Gas House Pike and Linganore Road to reach the interstate. City officials weigh Highland Street route, while the sheriff seeks voluntary compliance and organizers plan a meeting with CSR executives and independent drivers to address the issue.
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CSR Hydro
Highland Street
Frederick County
Jim Hagg
Frederick
Hagg
CSR
Gas House Pike
Linganore Road
Rick Weldon
Hagy
CSA
Mr. Weldon
Weldon
Aldermen
Planning Commission
East Street
Monocacy
Manu
Grimes Submits Final 57 Million Dollar Budget
Frederick Mayor Jim Grimes released his final 2001 budget proposal totaling more than 57 million dollars. The package eliminates a deficit, increases spending, and lowers the property tax rate by two cents while funding a land use study and a traffic engineer position. Aldermen praised the outcome amid budget negotiations, noting gains for planning and city services and a move toward tax relief.
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Hall
Mr. Grimes
East Street
Meta Nash
Donna Kuzemchak
Frederick County
Blaine Young
Young
Raffensberger to keep his job amid city hall vote
Frederick leaders hailed Chief Regis Ray Raffensberger as unfit for dismissal after an executive session led by Mayor Jim Grimes. Aldermen backed Grimes 100 percent, following a NAACP letter urging his ouster. Supporters at a workshop praised Raffensberger, while residents pushed for accountability and commendation of his work.
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Frederick
Jim Grimes
Raffensberger
Blaine Young
Grimes
NAACP
Frederick County
The
Public Speaks On Thurmont Woodsboro Rescue Tax
Frederick County Commissioners held a public hearing at Catoctin High to discuss creating tax districts to finance ambulance personnel for Thurmont and Woodsboro. The move follows declining daytime volunteers and response times, with projections of 1035 calls next year and a $44 annual tax for a $100,000 home.
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Thurmont
Woodsboro Rescue Service
Frederick County
Catoctin High School
Woodsboro
Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association
Stan Poole
Terry Shook
Shook
Poole
South Mountain Battlefield becomes Marylands first state battlefield
Governor Parris Grendening is set to sign a bill making the South Mountain battlefield Marylands first state battlefield. The measure allows the Department of Natural Resources to charge admission to help cover an estimated 500,900 operating cost, with no funding in the budget. Frederick County official Louise Snodgrass led the push, attending the signing in a Civil War costume and praising the milestone for preservation and regional economic development. Jim Lighthizer of the Civil War Preservation Trust lauded the bill as career landmark and a catalyst for historic tourism and business along a historic battlefield corridor.
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Parris Grendening
South Mountain Battlefield
Frederick County
Louise Snodgrass
Frederick Washington
Annapolis
Ms. Snodgrass
General Assembly
South Mountain
Dutch
Jim Lighthizer
The
Civil War Preservation Trust
Lighthizer
Department of Natural Resources
Maryland
Virginia
Gettysburg
Staphen
Bill Green
Mrs. Snodgrass
Frederick officials clash with Mooney over prevailing wage referendum
Frederick County School Superintendent Jack Dale criticizes State Sen. Alex Mooney for pushing a statewide referendum on prevailing wage. Mooney says he seeks signatures to put the law to a general vote, arguing for statewide project wages above 300000.
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Frederick County
Jack Dale
Alex Mooney
Dr. Dale
Moonex
Frederick Washington
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Laura Cole
Fort Detrick
Army Emergency Relief Fund
Steve Miller
News-Post
Kate Leckie
Dale
Mooney
Krista
Jack Date
Seedeahon
Aaron
Tr Mooney
Fredenck County
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