Mount St Marys leaders weigh college growth and endowments
Father James Loughran challenged Mount St Marys leaders to map growth beyond current enrollment of 1250, boost endowments for financial aid and salaries, attract diverse top students, and assess athletics. He cited tumultful recent years and signaled a plan for decisive change under the new president.
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Mount St. Mary's Memantad
James Loughran
Mount St. Mary’s West
Loughran
the Mount
Loyola College
Baltimore
Father Loughran
Frederick County
Hogan’s Maryland political arc shapes county race history
Roy Meachum reflects on 25 years since the 1968 GOP milestone in Prince George’s County with Larry Hogan’s rise and shifts. He traces Hogan’s partnerships, campaigns, and the evolving 6th District dynamic involving Bartlett, Clagett, Hattery, Sarbanes, and local party power plays shaping future contests.
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Liu Bupiey
Hervey Machen
FBI
Larry Hogan
Richard M. Nixon
Jimmy Carter
Hogan
Prince George's
Nixon
Rep. Hogan
P.G. County
Hatfield and
McCoy Brown
Saul Mieliauuies
Wieside Gut
Paul Sarbanes
U.S
Frederick County
Maryland
Frederick
New Design Road
Roscoe Bartlett
Sen. Sarbanes
GOP
Capito Hill
Galen Clagett
Tom Hattery
Beverly Byron
Hattery
School board endorses witchcraft instruction in Frederick County
A local school board meeting on Oct 18 sparked parent outrage over what is described as official endorsement of witchcraft in the school system. The writer alleges teachers may direct elementary students to write spells recite chants and explore themes including animal sacrifice and cannibalism citing concerns about decorum and influence on behavior.
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Frederick County
Newsweek
Parents Rally Against School Board Over Education Matters
Mishant Millinar leads Concerned Parents of Frederick in a campaign urging residents to contact the Frederick County School Board. They demand accountability, refusal of witchcraft teaching, and support for school choice. The group cites fears about "outcome based education" and urges involvement, meetings, and elected board reform.
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Millinar Af
Concerned Parents of
Frederick
E. Patrick St
Halloween calm masks rare incident in Frederick area
Seven local girls aged 13 to 16 alerted police after being molested by an elderly man during Halloween. Authorities call the night otherwise orderly. In Maryland, farmers from seven counties attended a University of Maryland pulpwood cutting demonstration in Clearspring led by Harry Dengler and Nelson Fritz to promote better timber markets. Senators Mathias and Beat signaled support for more studies on the Sixes Bridge dam. William E. Burall elected master of the Maryland State Grange at its 99th annual meeting in Hagerstown. Thurmont board considers a French waste paper plant on North Carroll Street. In Front Royal, Robert H. Hasle won best water color and pastel at the Landmark Art Show. Frederick County Commissioners shut down the Roads Department maintenance shop amid inefficiency, costing several workers their jobs.
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Frederick Younger
Maryland
University of Maryland
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Washington, D.C
West Virginia
Virginia
Robert H. Hasle
Middletown
Front Royal
Seek out nice adults Seek out nice adults
A letter writer from Walkersville argues adults influence youth. respected conduct by adults set example for children. She urges calm, polite behavior, handling rude sales experiences calmly, and encourages not losing faith in adults while adults admit faults. JOANNE KROPF Mount Airy
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Christian Lane
Walkersville
Frederick Post
Mr. Lane
Kindergarteners miss too much school
A parent voices frustration over time in school for kindergartners versus other students. The calendar shows 184 school days for most students, but kindergarteners face over two weeks less due to staggered starts and conference days, with a push for full-day kindergarten.
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Board of Education
Full-Day Kindergarten Proposal Sparks Debate on School Year Length
Beth Heard argues for standardizing full-time kindergarten and extending the school year. She contends many children would cope well given parental work and preschool access, while criticizing current breaks as inconvenient for home-based and working parents. She condemns a separate assault murder case, urging justice for Timothy Turley's victim.
Cruel and Unusual Punishment Highlighted by Local Reader
The News-Post reports Timothy Turley, a DWI offender with a 90 day jail term, skipped jail on Sept 7 and was later involved in a head on crash with Kimmie Comfort and her 18 month old son Austin. Austin sustained severe brain injuries, multiple fractures, and is left blind and deaf, with doctors uncertain about his skull. The letter questions punishment fairness and details family suffering.
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Nancy Luse
News-Post
Timothy Turley
Kimmie Comfort
Austin
Kimie
Kimmie
Court ruling on secular humanism cited in Torcaso v Watkins
Gaithersburg writer John C Webb Jr argues the 1961 Supreme Court decision in Torcaso v Watkins establishes secular humanism as a religion under First Amendment rights. He urges Maryland officials to seek authoritative opinions from the state and federal attorneys general to bolster public confidence in government.
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Frederick County Board of Education
Frederick Post
DiWas Cufisii Uies
Supreme Court
Torcaso
Congress
Frederic County
Maryland
United States
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Samuel Koski
Massachusetts
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J. Glenn Beat Jr
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William E. Burall
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Thurmont
Bernard Rippeon
Floyd Biser
Argen Kaetzel
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Mr. Turley
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Gaithersburg
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