Campaign Civility Under Fire In Frederick County Race
Frederick County officials decry declining civility and rising negativity in campaigns. Commissioner Terre Roy Rhoderick notes the national trend and says voters should focus on records. Delegate Sue Hecht cites targeted attacks by the GOP Central Committee. Republican John L. Thompson Jr. urges civil campaigning to foster cross party cooperation. Democratic Jan Gardner calls negative campaigns backfiring and urges leaders to model civility. Other candidates declined to comment.
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Frederick County
Terre Roy Rhoderick
Rhoderick
Sue Hecht
GOP
Central Committee
Ilona Hogan
Hagan
Board of Education
YMCA
Hogan
John L. Thompson Jr
Thompson
Burgess
Clis
Jan Gardner
Hecht
David Gray
Gardner
Mr Gray
Bruce Reeder
Election proves GOP authority in Frederick Co
Frederick County voters gave the GOP a strong showing on Tuesday with Democrats failing to win seats in the state delegation or county board. Incumbent Bruce Reeder lost, and two Democratic incumbents were ousted as the GOP secured a 7-3 House delegation and a 4-1 county commission majority. Only Sue Hecht and Jan Gardner broke the pattern for Democrats.
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Frederick Co
GOP
Frederick County
Board of County Commissioners
Bruce Reeder
Gray to head Frederick County board as new president
Frederick County Commissioner David Gray, top vote getter, will become president December 1. Fellow Republican Ilena Hogan voices concerns over Gray’s handling of confidential government material after he disclosed a draft agreement on funding for Monocacy Boulevard. Gray plans a January meeting with the new board to set confidentiality rules.
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Frederick County
David Gray
Gray
Ilena Hogan
Monocacy Boulevard
Frederick
Sam Nas
Hagan
Walkersville Election Signals Change in Leadership
Burgess John L. Thompson Jr. has been elected County Commissioner as a Republican with 25,449 votes. He announced candidacy after reelection and said he will examine the town code for vacancies to avoid jinxing his campaign while the town faces leadership changes.
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Thompson
Walkersville
Burgess
John L. Thompson Jr
Eastalco to slash workforce by 150 in restructuring
Eastalco plans to cut 150 jobs, including 25 salaried positions by November and 100 to 125 hourly workers through early retirement by February. The plant, now under Alcoa after acquiring Alumax, faces global pressures and talks about how retirements will affect operations and contracting.
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Eastalco
Buckeystown
Bart Robbins
Robbins
Alcoa
Alumax
Atcoa-Eastaico Works
Boyd Cook
United Steel Workers
Eastaico
Cook
Tmolley Jaentiven
Alcoa-Eastaleo Works
Manor Woods Road
Read the county's past in greenhouse orchard stories
Historical notes recall hundreds of apple and peach orchards once thriving across the county. A succession of greenhouse features on Page C-7 traces farming life, while the New York Paper emphasizes a recyclable, though weathered, 100 percent yarn of memory and place.
Neighbor's detector saves woman's life in Frederick
A 3 year old Frederick woman survived after her neighbor, alerted by a carbon monoxide detector, called 911. Police say the CO level was toxic when responders arrived and the woman was removed from the townhouse and treated at Frederick Memorial, then transferred for hyperbaric therapy. The incident was ruled accidental due to a car left running in the garage. Authorities urge CO detectors and avoiding idling cars in closed spaces.
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Frederick Qvoman
Thomas Chase
Frederick Police Department
Victoria Re
Karen Koss-Whims
Chase
Ross-Whims
Michael Pue
Chisato Satterfield
Independent Hose Co
Steve Hurst
Pue
Ms. Satterfield
Satterfied
Frederick Memorial Hospital
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
Baltimore
Victoria Square
Hurst
Stanley Poole
Department of Fire and Rescue Services
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Darsey Shipley
Marilyn Young
Carl Harbaugh
Ms. Hecht
Stup
Christopher Scinta
News-Post
John Thompson
Katherine Marks
Mr. Cook
Nowa
Green
Kate Seckif
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