Frederick City Officials Informally Set 1998 Tax Rate
On Wednesday Frederick city officials informally adopted a 1998 fiscal tax rate of 1.59 and approved a charter revision on salaries for the mayor and aldermen. Final adoption lies ahead at the June 5 meeting. The Frederick County Tourism Council urged funding a 1998 budget totaling 95,360 with requests for 20,000 toward a destination marketing program 63,360 for the Visitor Center and 12,000 for the Historic Sites Consortium.
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Frederick
Frederick County
Ms. Vasold
Tourism Council
Historic Sites Consortium
Walkersville hikes property tax to 44 cents per $100
Town commissioners raised the tax rate to 44 cents per $100 of assessed value, with Chad Weddle voting against. A 41 vote approved a $1.5 million budget for the next year, projecting a small surplus and funding for Biggs Ford Road, William Street, trash collection, and the resident trooper program. Written comments on the comprehensive plan are due by 4 30 p m June 6, and the town is to submit 1998 activities for the county 250th celebration.
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Walkersville
Chad Weddle
Ralph Whitmore
Biggs Ford Road
William Street
Public Works
Burgess John Thompson
Rain Needed to Raise Hunting Creek Lake at Cunningham Falls
At Cunningham Falls State Park the lake is 3 percent below normal as rain is scarce. Deepest swim area is about 2 feet, down from 5 feet, and daily park fees have dropped from $3 to $2. The lake was drained early March to add 1100 tons of sand for beaches, delaying refill. Rainy weather is needed, 1 to 2 inches, to restore full pool and park income.
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Cunningham Falls State Park
Hunting Creek Lake
Chuck Bowler
Bowler
Keys players live at mayor's home in adopt-a-player program
Frederick Keys pitchers Tim Olszewski and Joey Rhodes reside in a self‑contained section of Mayor Jim Grimes’s house through August or September if playoffs involve. The players praise the arrangement, calling the mayor and his fiancée great hosts and noting the comfort and homey setting.
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Frederick Keys
Tim Olszewski
Joey Rhodes
Keys
Jim Grimes
Mary
Mr. Olszewski
Timothy Jacobsen
Mary May
Sixth graders witness as suspect seeks jury trial at school
At Ballenger Creek Middle School a jury trial request by Pegey Ann Chick, 46, amid four counts of second degree assault on sixth grade boys, triggered a lengthy court session for about 20 students and parents. The case, charged by Sheriff Detective Robert Scire, began with a trespassing and assault timeline tied to an August incident and recess confrontation.
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Ballenger Creek Middle School
Pegey Ann Chick
Walkersville
Frederick County
Frederick J Bower
Ms Chick
Fenton
Chick
Robert Scire
Frederick Community Action Agency
Scire
Five family members found dead from carbon monoxide
Montgomery County police say a Layhill Road home held Esther Raman 49 Parkesh Raman 51 and their children Rehanna 15 Rishi David 20 plus cousin Sally Raman 48. A car in the attached garage ran with no power. Autopsy cited lethal carbon monoxide with cherry red marks on hands.
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Layhill Road
Silver Spring
Montgomery County
Ann Evans
Mr. Raman
Rehanna
Hodgkin’s
Rishi David
Sally Raman
Raman
Orioles top Tigers as Key earns XB win score noted
The Orioles defeated the Tigers with Key earning a notable win. A separate item highlights a greenhouse flower show acting as a learning experience for a garden club, printed in The Frederick News on recycled paper daily.
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Orioles
Tigers
Garden Club
Mount Airy motorcyclist killed in school bus crash
22 year old Mount Airy man Stephen Troy Gordon Jr. died when his motorcycle struck the rear of a small special education bus at 12:20 p.m. in Montgomery County. The bus driver Antoinette Carter and a bus aide were uninjured. An investigation continues and Gordon’s body was sent for autopsy.
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Rockville
Mount Airy
Stephen Troy Gordon Jr
New Cut Road
Wheaton Regional Park
Derek Bahiles
Montgomery County
Gordon
Bahles
Park
Bahiles
Antoinette Carter
Hyattsville
Randolph Road
Tivoli Lake Boulevard
State Medical Examiner’s Office
Baltimore
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Ike Wilson
News-Post
Olszewski
Mr. Rhodes
North Carolina
Kate Leckie
Norman Usiak
Donna Fenton
Wapaor Nha
Montgomery County Police
Inside the News
Natembe
Greenhouse
Montgomery
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