Fort Detrick plans hotel convention center with private funding
A proposed Fort Detrick hotel convention center would add meeting space and a golf course with a pool, funded privately and leased on government land. The project, backed by the Chamber of Commerce and local, state, and federal entities, aims to house 1100 soldiers and civilians from Fort Ritchie closure while generating tax revenue and user fees.
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Fort Detrick
Congressional
Fort Ritchie
Chamber of Commerce
Frederick County
Frederick City
Eileen Mitchell
Meanness triumphs in Senate vote on same sex marriage ban
The piece criticizes 51 Senate Republicans and 32 Democrats who voted for a House passed ban on same sex marriage, arguing it undermines federalism and civil rights. It links opposition to fears of judiciary power, cites Bob Byrd and Barbara Mikulski, and notes the broader impact on survivors and workplace equality.
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Washington
Christian Coalition
U.S
Senate
Maryland
Paul Sarbanes
Barbara Mikulski
Hawaii
U.S. Supreme Court
America
Let my generation decide where taxes and money go
Letter by Peter T. Zier from Frederick blasts government blame for social ills. He argues people born in the mid fifties should control spending, schools, and foreign aid, claiming big business and government collude against the public. He urges voting out politicians and demanding fiscal independence.
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Peter T. Zier
Frederick
Elevator stumbles at City Hall and recount of local notices
News notes describe a self operating City Hall elevator sticking between floors, then manual lowering after electric gear failed with City Engineer and inspector present. Also reported are frost-free Frederick low, Hood College Freshman Week, a cystic fibrosis death, rural route to street naming plan, housing authority access issues, a 40th Frederick Concert Association banquet.
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City Hall
Charles H. Herbert
City Plumbing
Inspector Herbert
W. Raymond Walter
Walter
Bartlett's push for national sales tax condemned
Jeff Wilson criticizes Congressman Roscoe Bartlett for backing a nationwide sales tax. He argues the tax is highly regressive, punishing consumption and hurting low earners, young and large families while shifting burden from the wealthy. He questions Bartlett's aim to abolish the IRS.
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Roscoe Bartlett
IRS
War of 1812 remembered in local history debate
In a letter about the 250th event logo, Kim Johnson calls the War of 1812 useless while detailing its outcome the Treaty at Ghent and noting Frederick County roots for FSK. The note highlights U S trade policy, the birth location dispute, and the Madison era mission involving Skinner and FSK before the Fort McHenry bombardment.
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Kim Johnson
Ghent
Britain
U.S
United States
FSK
Frederick
Johnson
Frederick County
Carroll County
Skinner
Madison
Fort McHenry
Chesapeake
Admiral Cochran
William Beanes
Upper Marlborough
Ross
Cochran
Dr. Beanes
Ofaltimore
Star Spangled Banner origin tied to Fort McHenry battle
The account recounts FSK witnessing Fort McHenry bombardment aboard a British ship, writing what became the Star Spangled Banner. After friends Skinner and Dr Beanes were freed, the poem was published in Baltimore and spread nationwide. Andrew Rasbury cites Frederick County pride in FSK as a native son amid custody letter debates.
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Fsk
Fort McHenry
Skinner
Dr. Beanes
American and Commercial Daily Advertiser of
Baltimore
Frederick County
Thankful father defends shared burden in child support letters
A Frederick News-Post letter from a father argues for shared responsibility in child support, noting custody, caregiving, and employment responsibilities. He counters claims of bias, stresses his two years of custody, and asserts that fathers are unfairly disadvantaged by a system seen as favoring mothers while remaining non-abusive to mothers.
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Ms. Davis
Stacy Davis
Letter to the Editor Corrects Nixon Welfare Claim
Amy Dusza from Monrovia argues in a letter titled Closing the mind that Timothy D. McCown misstates welfare origins. She credits John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson with initiating and expanding the War on Poverty.
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Timothy D. McCown
McCown
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Yale University
JFK
Lyndon Johnson
United States
Congress
Kennedy
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