Frederick Aldermen Move to Condemn Land for Flood Project
Frederick city officials seek condemnation of a small tract needed for the Carroll Creek flood control project and Gas House Pike road improvements after months of negotiation with Great Southern Printing and Manufacturing Co and the Renn family. Mayor Paul Gordon backed the plan to condemn while allowing 20 days for renewed talks. Alderman James Grimes opposed the plan.
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Frederick
Carroll Creek
Gas House Pike
Great Southern Printing and Manufacturing Co
Great Southern
David Severn
Renn
Paul Gordon
Eastern Shore farmers win drought relief in Maryland plan
Maryland approves drought aid for farmers hit hard on the Eastern Shore and in southern Maryland. Deputy Agriculture Secretary Lewis R. Riley cites about 50 percent of corn and 30 percent of soybeans destroyed. Gov. Schaefer sought federal disaster aid and USDA declaration for 13 counties.
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Maryland
Lewis R. Riley
Maryland of Agriculture
Riley
Wicomico County
William Donald Schaefer
U.S
Secretary of Agriculture
Mike Expy
Carroll Street Bridge mural kickoff to paint six murals
Frederick city officials have commissioned William M. Cochran to paint a mural on the Carroll Street Bridge, with $70,000 from the city and additional funds from Shared Vision. The project aims to unveil a model called The Unsound Door at a 5:30 p.m. kickoff on Friday September 10, and should take two years to complete with ivy covered stone and an arch niche featuring a sculpture. Donations and grants may name the bridge for a donor contributing $40,000 or more, as music from the Howard Burns Quartet and Theatricks enriches the event.
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Carroll Street Bridge
Frederick
William M. Cochran
Shared Vision
Teresa Rogers
Howard Burns Quartet and
Theatricks
Missing Thurmont woman sought by police
Thurmont police report a missing woman, Barbara Jean Hurley, 44, of North Church Street since the morning of August 25. Hurley has terminal cancer and was last heard from by her husband Robert Hurley, who said she wanted to be by herself. He and their seven children, ages 9 to 20, reside at home. Anyone with information should call Thurmont police at 271-7313.
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Thurmont
Barbara Jean Hurley
North Church Street
Robert Hurley
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