Frederick approves yard sale ordinance to curb nuisances
The Frederick City Council and Mayor Jim Grimes unanimously passed a yard sale ordinance after one citizen comment. It limits to four sales per year, sets safety plans, keeps sidewalks clear, restricts hours 7 am to 6 pm, caps consecutive sales, controls signs, and imposes up to 400 dollar fines. City Attorney N Lynn Tillery notes four or more annual sales trigger commercial tax rules. Richard Harvey backs the measure but asks how counts will be tracked. Gary Hessong cites existing problem spots and enforcement plans.
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Frederick
Jim Grimes
Board of Aldermen
N. Lynn Tillery
Richard Harvey
Catoctin Avenue
Gary Hessong
Tornados strike other areas as Frederick drenched
Frederick area absorbed heavy rains for a second day with about 0.16 inches more, while Thurmont watcher logged 0.36 inches. A tornado touched down near Cordova in Talbot County causing extensive property damage but no injuries.
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Frederick
Frederick County
Crick
D.C
Mr. Wolfe
Prince George’s
Talbot County
Cordova
Easton
National Weather Service
Chris Kujawa
Talbot County Emergency Management Agency
Ms. Kujawa
Clinton veto threat looms as House passes budget cut bill
The House approved a 235 to 189 spending cut package aimed at trimming 164 billion from the current year federal budget while allocating 7 billion for disaster relief and Oklahoma City bombing responses. President Clinton warned of a veto unless education and national service funding were restored, calling the plan pork over people and signaling a first presidential veto.
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Clinton
Oklahoma City
Senate
Congress
Congressional Conference
House Appropriations Committee
Bob Livingston
R-La
Livingston
City and FOP reach accord on pension details
Frederick city and the Fraternal Order of Police finalized a plan for the first quarter of a 22 year pension system. The agreement funds 95,000 with 25,000 from the city and 40,755 from officers leave time. Officers contribute about 309 hours each as part of a 2 percent pay increase for those in the 25 year retirement track. The pact covers fiscal year 1995.
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Frederick
Fraternal Order of Police
Board of Aldermen
N. Lynn Tillery
Tillery
FDP
Man Uses Ruse to Enter Home and Take Car
A Baltimore carjacking suspect arrived at a rural Frederick County home Thursday morning posing as needing to use a phone after claiming to have hit a deer. The intruder entered the 5100 block of Foxville Road, produced a gun, and stole a vehicle and other items before fleeing.
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Foxville
Baltimore
Frederick County
Foxville Road
Abandoned School to Store School Equipment for New Campus
Frederick Jowers County moves to allow the school board to store nearly 5 million dollars of equipment in the unused East Frederick School to avert a 50 thousand dollar storage fee. The plan covers Urbana High School and Glade Elementary School with multiple equipment and textbook purchases totaling about 4.4 million dollars.
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Frederick Jowers
East Frederick
Urbana High School
Glade
Middletown Middle School
Hal Keller
County OKs design funds for Braddock water system
Frederick County Commissioners approved 416000 for engineering and design of a new 58 million Braddock Heights water system to meet a state order. The plan includes seven miles of mains, a storage tank, wells and treatment, with an anticipated 14000 per customer over 20 years. The county will not appeal the environmental order and plans to use existing funds plus 1996 allocations.
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Braddock Heights
Frederick County
Sewer and Water Enterprise Furxis
Bob Hayes
Public Works
Gary Hill
Hill
Hayes
Maryland Department of the Environment
Mr. Hayes
Frederick News-Post printed on 100 percent recycled paper
The Frederick News-Post notes that its index portions are printed daily on 100 percent recycled paper and that the paper itself is recyclable.
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Frederick
News- Post
Judge dismisses civil suit against Perot campaign members
A federal judge in Baltimore dismissed a broad civil complaint filed by former Burkittsville mayor Larry Way and co plaintiff Richard Stover accusing seven Perot campaign associates of privacy violations. The ruling said the plaintiffs lacked jurisdiction to sue. the case did not reach merits. Way called the ruling terrible and vowed to appeal.
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Ross Perot
U.S District Court
John R Hargrove
Burkittsville
Larry Way
Richard Stover
Oakland
Perot
Mr. Way
Stover
Mr Way
David
Goliath
Way
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