Controversy Over Skiing on College Mountain Persists
An ongoing dispute in Frederick County pits Ski College Mountain Inc against the county government and Mount St. Mary’s College over the use of College Mountain land. Supporters cite economic and recreational benefits while critics warn of environmental and rural life impacts. The debate includes logging activity misperceived as trail preparation and highlights citizen vigilance amid stalled official action.
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Emmitsburg
Atkl
Frederick County
College Mountain
Ski College Mountain Inc
Mount St. Mary's College
Ski College Mountain
State budget cuts threaten police and services in Maryland
Gov Schaefer pushes a 450 million cut plan to balance the budget, targeting state police closures at College Park and Security, a six man drug unit, and affects troopers and local aid. Lawmakers debate taxes and speed a decision, with calls to raise the sales tax as a quick remedy before a limited Oct 25 sessions end.
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William Donald Schaefer
Maryland State Police
College Park
Rowe Boulevard
State House
Col
Elmer Tippett
Woodlawn
Baltimore Beltway
Pikesville
Maryland
Prince George's County
Annapolis
Norwood
Queen Anne's
Forwood
Montgomery County
Medevac Committee
State Troopers
Femi
Orner
Schaefer
General Assembly
Linones Tax Commission
Linowes
Charles Smelser
Frederick
Senate
Laurence Levitan
Wellstone’s antiwar appeal rattles voters in Minnesota
Freshman Senator Paul Wellstone, once a wartime skeptic, encounters ongoing reminders of his January speech opposing Bush war powers. The Minnesotan, who defeated Rudy Boschwitz, now pushes health care for all as the era’s key domestic issue while campuses, farms, and cafes raise alarm over rising medical costs.
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Washington
Paul Wellstone
D-Minn
Senate
Wellstone
Bush
Iraq
Rudy Boschwitz
Capitol Hill
Good Ol' Boys
Minnesota
Scott
States Weigh Health Reform Amendments and Universal Care
Senator Wellstone pushes a state option approach to health reform with a state sponsored plan funded by taxpayers and delivered by private providers. He argues using employer mandates risks burdening business and harming competitiveness while public clout from insurers remains a major hurdle.
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Wellstone
Washington
ABC
Maryland War and labor actions and missing children report
In Frederick inspectors monitor wage and hour law enforcement through December 1933. Air raid exercise coordination spreads from Bel Air to Easton with alerts from Maryland posts. A Baltimore pair, Brenda Piper and Richard Lambert, found in Spartanburg after a job scam, while Mount Airy works to restore a water stoppage following a town project completion.
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Margaret Stabler
Joseph S. Forsythe
T. Talbon
Frederick
Henry S. Barrett
Elkton
Havre de Grace
Bel Air
Salisbury
Easton
Baltimore
Maryland
Brenda Piper
Richard Lambert
Spartanburg
N.C
New York
North Carolina
FBI
Mount Airy
State budget cuts threaten Maryland police and Medevac program
A reader protests governor budget reductions harming public safety in Maryland. The letter argues cuts to state police, Medevac funding, and trooper ranks undermine protection for citizens and crews. It calls for protecting police, helicopters, and frontline services amid broader fiscal reforms.
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Maryland
Col. Tippett
Sreith
McRae
Abortion Debate and State Law Clarified by Scarborough
A letter by Anjel L. Scarborough argues Maryland abortion law limits third trimester procedures after viability to life or health risks, countering claims that women can freely choose late abortions. She cites Guttmacher data showing most abortions occur in the first trimester and notes broad religious support for a woman's right to choose a legal abortion.
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Maryland
Allen Guttmacher Institute
Episcopal Church
Presbyterian Church
Methodist Church
United Church of Christ
Unitarian Universalist
Society of Friends
Quakers
Frederick Fair prompts critique of charter committee
A reader denounces the Democratic Central Committee for displaying a charter government endorsement at the fair and urging voters to back it. The writer, a life long party member, calls the display outlandish political chicanery and urges voters to rely on the charter committee’s document and vote their own judgment.
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Frederick Fair
Democratic Central Committee
Central Committee
Charter Committee
Mick Mastrino on Pro Choice and Pro Life Debate
Ed Seigrist presents a provocative letter debating a hypothetical law that would privilege one side of the abortion rights divide over the other. The piece asks whether being "in" or "not in" would yield more freedom or oppression, urging readers to weigh civil law against personal liberty.
Quality of life and a golden rule
The Sept. 28 letter by R. Steven Higgins advocates his idea as to the quality of life completely at the expense of others, even death. His description of others fits no one better than himself. Self centered, unbridled greed is the creator of crime, hatred and poverty. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, surely must be beyond some people's mental capacity. Eugene R. Jenkins
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R. Steven Higgins
Gread
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Lawrence Walsh
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Anjel L. Scarborough Frederick
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