School calendar to include Jewish holidays for 1999 2000
Frederick County Board of Education moves to add Yom Kippur off for students in the 1999 2000 and 2000 2001 calendars. Yom Kippur 1999 would be an optional staff day for development, with winter and spring breaks adjusted to encompass Passover Good Friday Easter and Easter Monday. The board also advances plans to redraw boundaries for seven of ten middle schools due to three in progress projects.
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Jean Smith
Frederick County
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Jack Dale
Frederick meter readers lie down on job to fix taps and seek help
Frederick water workers say lying down on the job is part of reaching meters. Residents often mistake them for needing help and offer assistance. Foreman Clark Davis notes passersby may see only a worker's body emerge from a meter hole. Pipefitter Kenny Divel recalls a woman asking if he was all right.
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Baltimore
Ryan Dinsmore
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Keith Brown
City Water Service
Frederick City
Next attorney general to oversee state tobacco suit
Maryland voters will choose between incumbent Democrat J Joseph Curran Jr. and Republican Paul Rappaport as the next attorney general. Curran has pressed the multi billion dollar Medicaid tobacco accountability suit, pushing law changes to broaden the use of statistics in the case against tobacco companies.
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J. Joseph Curran Jr
Paul Rappaport
Howard County
Ellen Sauerbrey
Me. Curran
Mr. Curran
Maryland Firm Issues Tobacco Lawsuit Support
Attorney Peter Rappaport supports Maryland's move to hold tobacco companies accountable for deceptive practices. He welcomes the law suit though cautious about government taxing a product and suing producers. He opposes changing the course of the suit and notes concern over the contract with Baltimore lawyer Peter Angelos, whose fee was cut by the General Assembly.
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Former Frederick mayor Ron Young may run again
Ron Young, former mayor of Frederick, says he will consider another run for City Hall in three years after residents urged him to reconsider. He cites slow Carroll Creek development post a 60 million project and notes ongoing issues that could influence a comeback. The 5¢-year-old ex-mayor is deputy director of Maryland Office of Planning and served as alderman then mayor from 1974 to 1995.
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Ronald Young
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Jin Grimes
Vegas
Maryland
Man Told to Clean Up Property on Simmons Road
Frederick County judge orders Robert Glass to remove visible trash and debris from 11615 Simmons Road within 90 days or the county may enter, remove, and dispose of items at Glass's expense. Glass previously fined 2000 dollars for zoning code violations and is barred from using the property as a storage or junkyard with more than two unlicensed vehicles. Neighbors petitioned over deteriorating conditions and clutter.
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Frederick County
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Robert Glass
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Educator Returns from Retirement to Teach Shop at Jefferson
Jefferson School welcomes 73 year old Kenyon Parker back to teaching industrial arts after 32 years in Frederick County Schools. Parker works with severely emotionally disturbed youth and recalls his time at Lincoln School and West Frederick Middle School. Scott Alexander, a former seventh grader, now coordinates activities at Jefferson and notes Parker remains strict but has a softer side.
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Kenyon Parker
Frederick County
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Perlions of The Frenélies News in Recycled Paper
The report notes a daily edition printed on 100 percent recycled paper and highlights a playful, rocyelaplo tone as the paper’s identity. It underscores environmental reuse as a core theme for the publication.
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Emmitsburg warns residents to boil water this week
Emmitsburg officials urge boiling water for drinking and cooking through Friday after sludge clouded water at the town plant. Maryland Department of the Environment engineer Barry OBrien said the short term issue was fixed and samples will be taken over the next two days while residents cooperate with the warning.
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Barry O'Brien
Maryland Department of the Environment
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