Property reassessments spark complaints in Frederick County
County residents protest third straight year of reassessments with unhappy homeowners citing higher values and reduced services. Officials note about 40 000 notices to mail by Dec 1 with potential double digit jumps in both residential and commercial values. Local critics accuse politics, while officials insist it is a state matter beyond county control.
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News-Post
Frederick
Braddock Heights
State Department of Assessments and Taxation
Frederick county
Lumen F. Norris
Norris
Baltimore
assessments and taxation department
Braddock
James L. Bryan
Groundbreaking at New Market Elementary renovation ceremony
Groundbreaking ceremonies were held Tuesday morning at the New Market Elementary School renovation site with students and parents present. Frederick County School Superintendent Dr. Gordon M. Anderson served as Master of Ceremonies and State Senator Charles H. Smelser attended. Board of Education President Mrs. Frances Ashbury and student Laura Halford dug the first shovelful of soil, with others behind them.
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New Market
Frederick County
Gordon M. Anderson
Charles H. Smelser
Board of Education
Frances Ashbury
Laura Halford
County Roads Board face lift urged by engineer
County Engineer William S. Fout urged abolition of the Roads Board, calling it a useless approval agency and asking the County Commissioners to seek General Assembly action to repeal its powers. Commissioner Sterling E. Bollinger defended the board, noting its members have lost interest and that public input is needed. Fout said citizens increasingly contact the Engineer's Office directly for quicker action, citing delays from the Roads Board.
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DEBORAH DEASY
William S. Fout
Roads Board
Jesse I. Burall
Francis E. Moser
Bernard W. Flanagan
Raymond Hahn
Bollinger
Fout
Engineer's Office
Thanksgiving services planned by area churches
Area churches schedule Thanksgiving Eve services on Wednesday at 7 30 p m including a Community Thanksgiving Service with New Market area churches and the Christian Missionary Alliance Church on Motter Avenue Extended Bethel Lutheran Opossumtown Pike and Bethel Road holds a 7 30 p m service led by Interim Pastor Ken Phelps The Grossnickle Church of the Brethren hosts an inter church service at 7 30 with Rev Al Mullan preaching and Rev Ronald Beverlin liturgist.
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New Market area
Christian Missionary Alliance
Motter Avenue
BETHEL LUTHERAN
Bethel Lutheran Church
Opossumtown Pike
Bethel Road
Ken Phelps
GROSSNICKLE
Grossnickle Church
Carter lauds Ford help aiding smooth transition
President elect Jimmy Carter praised President Ford for going the extra mile to assist the transition. He said Ford offered help down to small details and cited unity and goodwill shown since the election. Carter met with Senate leaders, Mondale, and Ford aides at Blair House and Capitol briefings.
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WASHINGTON
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Carter
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Capitol
Mansfield
Senate committee
Walter F. Mondale
Oval Office
Blair House
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
House
House International Relations Committee
County funds salvage Social Services program
The Frederick County Board of Commissioners narrowly approved a 19500 appropriation to allow the Department of Social Services to continue general public assistance for employables through the budget year. The move, backed by Geneva Barthel, aims to support about 50 employables with an average $105 monthly payment, despite 16 recipients missing checks this month as funds ran out.
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Social Services
Geneva Barthel
Board of County Commissioners
Edgar C. Wirts
Paul L. Crum
Sterling E. Bollinger
Department of Social Services
Barthel
Lewis
Frederick flood of 1868 parallels 1976 disaster
Judge Edward S. Delaplaine analyzes the Frederick Flood of 1863 and compares it to the 1968 flood. Severe drought precedes rainfall, then a torrent topples bridges and floods Carroll Creek, inundating one third of Frederick. Notable locals Barbara Fritchie’s house, Jacob Engelbrecht, and State's Attorney John Ritchie are mentioned with vivid images.
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Edward S. Delaplaine
Frederick
Barbara Fritchie
Frederick County
Catoctin Mountain
Carroll Creek
West Partick
Catherine Hanshew
Henry Hanshew
George Essler
Jacob Engelbrecht
James Buchanan
Harper's Ferry
John Brown
Ritchie
Sixth Judicial Circuit
Maryland Court of Appeals
Briscoe says he urged Mandel veto as protest vote
Del. John H Briscoe testified that he suggested Gov. Marvin Mandel veto a 1971 racing bill to prompt a protest vote by General Assembly members. Mandel vetoed the bill on constitutional grounds, which would have doubled the racing calendar to 36 days a year.
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BALTIMORE
Del
John H Briscoe
Marvin Mandel
General Assembly
Mandel
Weather and lottery update from Maryland and Missouri brief
A cold spell continues with sunshine today and clear tonight. highs near 40s and 40s expected Wednesday. Maryland lottery notes that the daily Numbers Game winning number drawn Monday was 838.
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BALTIMORE
Maryland
Stocks Mixed As Oil Prices Weigh Markets Open
New York traders sent stocks mixed as oil-price concerns returned to focus. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 1.83 points to 954.04 in the first half hour of trading amid active market activity.
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NEW YORK
Wall Street
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