Holiday shopping season begins
New York AP report notes retailers rush to lure shoppers as malls open before dawn with extra discounts. In Cambridge mass, K B Toys drew 80 plus customers by 6 AM hoping for Furby dolls. over 100 sold in minutes. Merchants remain optimistic despite worries about volatility and weather. A poll finds 58 percent plan similar holiday spending to last year, 24 percent will spend less. Labor tightness prompts hiring efforts with 25 percent of service firms seeking workers.
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Turkey
Cambridge
Mass
Bill Zamparelli
Wall Street
Britt Beemer
America
Charleston, D.C
Associated Press
ICR
Media
Manpower Inc
Nutrient rules rile Frederick farmers in Bay health series
This first of a two part report links Emmitsburg fields to the Chesapeake Bay watershed and explains the Water Quality Improvement Act of 1998. It notes farmers with substantial income must create nutrient management plans by December 31, 2002, drawing mixed reactions about environmental aims versus burdens. Franklin Gladhill supports plans but questions implementation.
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Emmitsburg
Frederick County
Frederick City
Franklin Gladhill
Rovia
Gladhill
Bay
Rescue Mission Feeds 350 During Thanksgiving Outreach
About 350 people shared a Thanksgiving dinner organized by the Frederick Union Rescue Mission with donations from local grocers corporations churches and residents. Volunteers served turkey sauerkraut potatoes green beans stuffing and pies while 700 meals were prepared for later.
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Frederick Union Rescue Mission
Alan Smith
Rescue Mission
Mission
Don Priester
Middletown church shares Thanksgiving meal with police
Middletown United Methodist Church hosted a community Thanksgiving Day dinner for those needing a meal or company. Extra food was donated to the State Police barrack in Frederick where four turkeys with all the fixings were distributed to troopers, city police, deputies, and emergency communications personnel. The officers expected more leftovers than they could store or eat.
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Middletown
Frederick
R.V. Reid
Sgt. Reid
Ojibwe Tribe Traverses 1000 Miles to Supreme Court
A group of Ojibwe Indians halted in Frederick during a relay journey begun November 11 from Lac du Flambeau Wisconsin. They travel to Washington to support Mille Lacs Band v. Minnesota, a case challenging an 1837 treaty that ceded lands but preserved hunting fishing and gathering rights. Minnesota seeks to overturn those rights claiming sovereignty concerns.
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Supreme Court
Lac du Flambeau
Wisconsin
Washington, D.C
Mille Lacs
State of
Minnesota
U.S
Rain Ends Frederick County Dry Spell Breaks Rain Gap
Frederick County saw rainfall to end a dry spell with half an inch noted at the Maryland State Police barrack in Frederick city west side while the east side reported only a trace. Total rainfall for the year stands at 27 inches versus a 36.57 inch average, with further showers possible Tuesday afternoon.
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Frederick County
Maryland State Police
Frederick City
Howard Silverman
New Windsor Man Killed in Pickup Crash
A New Windsor man died Wednesday when his pickup left the road and struck a tree, the Frederick County Sheriff's Office reported. The victim was identified as Tinnald Branrise Anthony.
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Windsor
Frederick County
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