Audit finds surplus prompts critique of budget projections
An audit shows more than 3 million in budget reductions and unspent funds as Frederick County agencies hoarded cash amid projected cuts. Officials debate revenue estimates, with teachers union president demanding restored pay and a June raise, while commissioners vow better forecasting.
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Sneadner
William Donald Schaefer
Frederick County
Frederick County Teachers Association
Jack Patterson
Fox
Patterson
FCTA
Luu
David Gray
Comptroller and Budget Office
Rockfish YOY index shows Chesapeake Bay recovery gains
Maryland researchers report the 1992 young-of-year striped bass index across four spawning areas in the upper Chesapeake Bay averaging 9.1, the highest since 1970s excluding 1989. Potomac leads at 22.1 with Nanticoke 4.2 and Choptank 4.1. upper Bay at 1.2. Adjustments account for hatchery fish in Nanticoke.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Torrey C. Brown
Secretary of Natural Resources
Potomac
Atlantic Ocean
Virginia
Maine
Seaboard
DNR
Potomac River
Asheries
Nanticoke
Arts Council Funding Cuts Hit Maryland Arts Agencies
Frederick Arts Council faces a 21 009 cut as part of a broader funding reduction totaling 340 001 from two years prior. Gary Hughes states the impact affects major groups like the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and various county arts councils across Maryland.
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Gary Hughes
Frederick
Great Frederick Fair draws candidates and voters ahead of election
The Great Frederick Fair in Frederick becomes a politician’s hotspot six weeks before the election with Democrats and Republicans running booths and voter registration drives. Gov. Schaefer is set to visit on Tuesday at 11 30 a m. Sept 22. Candidates Roscoe Bartlett Alan Keyes Thomas Hattery and party officials will be present reflecting tighter races and heightened voter interest.
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Frederick
William Donald Schaefer
Paul Stull
Frederick County
Republican Central Committee
Thomas Hattery
House
Paul Rosencrantz
Hattery
Stull
Roscoe Bartlett
Alan Keyes
GOP
Barbara Mikulski
Bonnie Becomes Hurricane Off Bermuda Detected By Forecasters
Hurricane Bonnie, the season's second Atlantic hurricane, churns hundreds of miles northeast of Bermuda with 85 mph winds. Forecasters say the storm moved little overnight but is not expected to threaten land.
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Miami
Bonnie
Atlantic
Bermuda
National Hurricane Center
Lixion Avila
Six hurt in Walkersville crash
A two car crash in Walkersville Friday night injured six people. Jason Lane 17 of Walkersville was driving left from Md 194 toward an Exxon station when he struck a car driven by Catherine Drake of Walkersville. Drake and passenger Becky Puckett of Glen Burnie were treated and released. Lane was flown to R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore in serious but stable condition. Three other passengers in Lane’s car Maria Lawson Becky Nester and Curtis Esworthy were taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital with two admitted and one treated and released. Police continue investigation. Ambulances from local fire companies responded. The weather portion of the text about Bonnie hurricane is not relevant to this item.
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Walkersville
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
Baltimore
Jason Lane
MD. 194
Glade Boulevard
Eric Fogle
Maryland State Police
Catherine Drake
Becky Puckett
Glen Burn
R Adams Cowley Shock
Maria Lawson
Becky Nester
Curtis Esworthy
Frederick
FMA
Miss Lawson
Mr. Esworthy
Nester
Fogle
Woodsboro
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