Education reforms debated amid state budget talk
Governor-elect Glendening outlines education goals to align with a new economy, urging better teacher training and classroom mobility. He cites 40 percent of teachers leaving within five years and proposes more staff development, classroom telephones, and higher funding of 637 million for operating budgets.
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Cian Gleedening
Glendening
FCTA
Frederick County Board of Education
Dietz
Frederick County
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
Woman Finally Meets WWII Pilot in Memphis Belle Tour
Catherine LeFevre, a Scotland native living in California, met Col. Robert Morgan of the 324th Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group during Eighth Air Force Week. Morgan, veteran of 25 Memphis Belle missions, greeted LeFevre, her grandchildren, and a friend after a long wait to meet the WWII pilot in a cockpit reunion and photo moment.
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Catherine LeFevre
Robert Morgan
Memphis Belle
Ms. LeFevre
Cal. Morgan
London
United States
Scotland
William Adams
Adams
Aitman
Mario Diaz
Christopher Diaz
Howard Thompson
Veteran B-17 Nine-0- Nine tour honors Eighth Air Force pilot
Col Morgan recounts flying the Nine-0- Nine B-17 with eight engines and battle damage of six feet on the right wing and four and a half feet of stabilizer. He praises the plane and notes the war era aircraft’s lean crew and machine guns. The tour included Frederick Community College aviation students and other veterans as a B-24 joined the display. Alderman Blaine Young recited a weeklong reclamation about the Eighth Air Force losses from Oct 18 to Oct 24, 1943. Secretary of Transportation John D. Porcari praised the veterans for facing extreme odds and high combat risks.
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Col. Morgan
Arizona
Frederick Community College
Blaine Young
Eighth Air Force
John D. Porcari
MS Society funds split with Frederick County services
Frederick MS supporters report major fundraising in 1998 with May's Restaurant and MS Walk raising tens of thousands and a Tour De Vine event adding more. The Maryland MS Society says funds fund counseling, respite care, equipment and education, though locals cite branch unresponsiveness. Society leader Rick Smith vows to improve responsiveness at town meetings.
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Frederick County
May
Frederick
Singapore
MS Society
Tri County
Westminster
Carroll
Howard Counties
Maryland
Dee Myers
Judy Soule
Soule
Tri-County
Margaret
Falkowski
Dave Everly
Social Services
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Dave
Ms Soule
Rick Smith
Smith
Hagerstown
Mr. Smith
Nanci Main
Remembering hard times and small town poverty
Mr Crum recalls a frugal upbringing with frequent moves for cheaper rent and limited furniture. He recalls 1986 outings with a dollar for two movies and snacks. Fern Geishert, 87, recalls 1933 stock-market collapse, a 109 acre farm bought for 3200, reliance on a garden and wild blackberries, and road projects using farm stone to spur work.
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Frederick
Crum
East Eighth Street
Mr. Crum
Fern Geishert
Hus
Band
Paul
Geisherts
Geisbert
Baker Valley
Drug activity, landlord cited in Frederick case
Frederick police and residents discuss drug trafficking, code violations, and neighborhood safety. Deliberations touch on property security, landlord actions, and calls for community watches amid allegations of profiling and ongoing court involvement. Residents report slow police response and seek stronger enforcement and support.
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Wettrich
Frederick
Kim Hammett
Windsor Gardens
Key Parkway
Giant Foods
Ms. Hammett
Jessup
Ms. Ham
Local residents report possible cougar sightings in Maryland area
Mr Cermak notes three sightings as a cougar rumored to roam near homes. Clarissa Harris of the Department of Natural Resources says no confirmed sightings yet, with agency responding only to verifiable reports. DNR warns illegal to keep wild animals without permits. The Catoctin Wildlife Preserve denies the roaming cat is theirs after a ram escaped Aug 4.
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Mr. Cermak
Cermaks
Clarissa Harris
Department of Natural Resources
Maryland
DNR
Whitney Hahn
Catoctin Wildlife Preserve
Thurmont
Rar
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