Monocacy Battlefield Costs Weigh on National Park Plan
The editorial revisits the Monocacy National Battlefield issue near Frederick, noting Congress and the president will fund land purchases for the park. It cites a $7 million offer for the Best farm totaling 294 acres, with asking prices around $12.2 million and earlier mentions of $8.8 million or $20 million. The piece questions whether the vast 294 acres are worth the price and urges vigilance over costs while affirming support for preserving the battlefield for future generations.
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Monocacy National Battlefield
Frederick City
Washington
Interstates
Beverly Byron
Congress
U.S
Charles McC Mathias
Byron
Letter to the editor on Impressions controversy in Frederick County
L Marie Hettich challenges Montgomery County and Frederick County reactions to the Impressions reading series. She condemns perceived anti Christian content, questions free speech versus diversity, cites a local poll showing strong opposition, and calls for parental rights and accountability in school curricula.
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Montgomery County
Frederick County
Roy Meachum
Frederick Post
Great Holt
Frederick News-Post
Norman Quist
Frederick Bok
Ross Perot
Canada
Mr Meachum
Assault on bureaucracy it did not happen
Reagan pledged to shrink government but created the biggest weapon buildup in history while Bush and later Clinton would inherit a sprawling federal apparatus. The article argues conservatives failed to decisively shrink the bureaucracy, which expanded under Kennedy Johnson Nixon Carter and remains large despite tall promises. Neil Skene analyzes the political dynamics driving persistent government growth.
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Ronald Reagan
Reagan
George Bush
Bush
Bill Clinton
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Roosevelt
New Deal
Hoover
Harry Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nixon
Jimmy Carter
Office of Management and Budget
White House
Dan Quayle
Council On Competitiveness
Congress
Departments of Education and Energy
Legal Services Corp
Congressional Committee
Clinton
Absentee ballots decide Orphan's Court race in 65 vote margin
The tally shows Chief Judge Pinkney A. Richardson leading by one vote over Judge T. Clyde Routzahn in the Orphan's Court contest after 65 absentee ballots were counted. Upland game season opens with shell shortages as dealers run out of ammunition. In Frederick County, Sheriff Baumgartner pleads innocent to embezzlement and misconduct charges. A county jury in another case may be affected by extensive local press coverage. Council of Governments backs a longer sewer timetable for Adamstown area. County Commissioners move to close sections of Quinn Meadow and Plantation roads near Lake Singapore citing public interest.
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Pinkney A. Richardson
Orphan's ‘Court
T. Clyde Routzahn
Frederick County
Richard 0. Baumgartner
Samuel W. Barrick
Robert C. Heeney
Adamstown- East
Frederick
Richard Zimmerman
Carl Norcross
Douglas Sherwood
Carroll Manor
Lake Singapore
Prayerfully pro choice by a Frederick minister
A reader comments on the article Prayerfully pro choice by Diane Ivins Frederick, noting the author’s dual stance as pro life and pro choice. The commenter argues about death penalty and abortion ethics, suggesting provocative paraphrases and invoking biblical phrases to challenge the piece.
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Frederick
City Limits Disputes Nightclub Concerns in Frederick
A resident letter argues City Limits operates as a nightclub within a residential Frederick area despite permits for a restaurant. The writer cites late hours, loud music, dimmed lights, and alcohol service, claiming intoxicated patrons spill onto streets and cause disturbance while doormen may keep peace ineffectively.
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Tom
Frederick
City Limits
Frederick Ciy
East Coast
Testaurent
Maetae
Wayne Strand Phefatubes
Toud
Community letters praise officials over club citations in Frederick
A resident thanks elected leaders for handling disturbances near City Limits restaurant, noting only two $50 citations in seven months. The letter argues officials prioritize peace and fairness, while acknowledging broader citation issues in the city.
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City Limits
Frederick
Issue isn't prayer it's audible prayer
Roberta J. Hauver of Foxville argues in a November 3 letters to the editor that opposition to prayer in public schools is about preserving church state separation, not opposing prayer. She says silent private prayer is allowed, while audible public prayer should be avoided per Jesus teachings in Matthew 6.
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Timothy Jarman
Jesus
Penwell predicts scrutiny for Maryland congressman
Roger Penwell of Thurmont asserts that action at the Hattery headquarters on Friday signals what to expect from the office over the next two years. He warns that shabby treatment will not be tolerated in Maryland's 6th District and says the congressman will be closely watched when he runs again, without Bush coattails to aid him.
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Hattery
6Th
Maryland
Letters to the Editor at The Frederick News Post 2008
The notice invites readers to send letters to the editor with signatures and return address. It notes editors may edit letters for publication and asks for adherence to the mailing address The Frederick News Post 21703. It indicates postage and address details and invites poems or verse for editorial use.
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Pitase
Jeep
Frederick News. Post
Frederih
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Charles W. Woodward
Stedman Prescott
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Holden S. Felton
Diane Ivins
Terri Weeks Frederick
Tamara Lynn Warrenfeltz
Sabalo
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Roberta J. Hauver
Foxville
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