Kemp Hall to Receive Facelifting in Town Action
Kemp Hall at North Market and East Church Streets, a key site on Frederick's Star Spangled Trail, will get a major renovation funded by the Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ. The consistory approved contracting Monongahela Building Maintenance for cleaning painting and waterproofing. The project begins immediately and honors the building's historic role in downtown Frederick.
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Operation Town Action
Kemp Hall
North Market
East Church Streets
Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ
Frederick
Kemp
Town Action
Edgar R. Brownlow
G. Raymond Shipley
Elmer L Eshleman
Monongahela
Raymond A. Hruby Sr
Operation Town Action Garners Early City Support
Frederick volunteers launch Operation Town Action to beautify and renovate business districts. City Hall meeting draws merchants including Kemp Hall and Remsberg's Jewelry. plans include plantings and façade improvements inspired by a Doylestown program. Local officials pledge help and urge broad community participation.
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Town Action
Frederick City
City Hall
Kemp Hall
Remsberg’s Jewelry
Whitesell
Ronald N. Young
Frederick
Operation Town Action
Peggy Pilgram
Richard Markey
Craig Henry
Frederick Fair Plans For 112th Great Frederick Fair
The 112th Great Frederick Fair opens Tuesday with events before 8 a.m. showing. Gov. Mandel will visit at 2 p.m. Friday due to a holiday. harness racing, music acts, and a million dollars in machinery displays headline proceedings. Judging begins Monday with multiple departments showcasing farm and household exhibits.
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Frederick
Board of Managers
Marvin Mandel
Mandel
Frederick County
Marcia Beachley
Middletown
Jack Kochman
Hell Drivers
Amusements of America
Frederick Catoctones
Grand Jury urges funds for Frederick jail and Montevue Home
The Frederick County Grand Jury calls for immediate county funds to fix deficiencies at the Frederick County Jail and the Montevue Home for the Aged. It asks that the report be shared with current and incoming officials and notes safety hazards, antiquated buildings, and specific sanitation and maintenance issues.
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Frederick County
Montevue
Chamber of Commerce Begins County-Wide Membership Drive
Frederick County Chamber launches a county wide drive led by Brooks R Edwards and David E Bork with team captains in Frederick City Brunswick New Market Thurmont Emmitsburg and Urbana Buckeystown. The campaign aims to broaden support for expanded programs in development housing health safety tourism and business relations.
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Chamber of Commerce
Frederick County
Donald C. Linton
Brooks R. Edwards
Middle Atlantic Region
Alpha Portland Cement Company
David E. Bork
Bork
Edwards
Watson's
Bill McKinley
Chamber
Billie Lowe
Jim Freeman
Frederick City
Jim Hailey
Brunswick
Frank Shaw
New Market
Frank Martin
Thurmont-Emmitsburg
John W. Morgan
Urbana-Buckeystown
McKinley
Maryland Lottery results from Dundalk listing several prize numbers
The Maryland Lottery draws in Dundalk include the daily $100,000 state lottery with winning number 964759 and car bonus 603868. Wednesday’s draws show £ 50,000 205877 and the millionaire finalist 14517.
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Dundalk, Md
Maryland
Dense Fog Shuts Md Airport On Defenders Day
Dense fog spread across central and eastern Maryland on Defenders Day morning delaying traffic and closing Baltimore Washington International Airport. The holiday, established April 1 1908, prompted courthouse closures in Frederick County. BWI canceled all flights at 7 a.m. due to poor visibility. by 8 30 a.m. outbound flights resumed while inbound remained halted.
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Maryland
Baltimore Washington International
Frederick County
Baltimore
City Board Weighs National Health Foundation Housing Plan
The City mayor and Board of Aldermen meet at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall to consider funding for a garden type apartment development on ten acres north of the Seventh Street Shopping Center. The National Health Foundation seeks state and federal housing funds via the Department of Economic and Community Development with local approval required. Rentals will be subsidized for families.
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National Health Foundation
City Hall Board Row
Seventh Street
Department of Economic and Community Development
Election Board Canvass Could Change Local Races
The county Board of Election Supervisors begins a canvass that may overturn unofficial results in several races. Roger W. Moser Sr. emerged as the oldest local candidate to win a November bid by five votes in the 3-B Republican House of Delegates race, while officials note past recounts reveal notable differences and errors up to two percent in initial tallies.
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County Board of Election Supervisors
Roger W. Moser Sr
Charles W. Hershberger
Republican House of Delegates
Annabell Powell
James Messersmith
Messersmith
Wholesale prices soar 3.9 percent in August
The Labor Department reports a 3.9 percent wholesale price rise in August, the second largest monthly jump in 28 years. Agricultural products climbed 75 percent, with broad increases across most sectors, signaling continued inflationary pressure into the coming months.
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Washington
Labor Department
Stock Market Dips Toward Four Year Low On Inflation News
The New York market edged near a four year low as inflation concerns persisted. At 10 30 a m the Dow Jones industrial average stood at 650 58 down 4 14 with losers ahead of gainers two to one on the NYSE.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
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