New Market Days celebrates history amid rain and crowds
On Sunday the 41st New Market Days drew large crowds down Main Street despite rain threats. Attendees explored 18th and 19th century life, watched a Deer Isle Maine Traditional Jazz Band solo, and rode historic carriages as Civil War camps, crafts, and basket weaving tents filled the Colonial era town attracting over 1,000 visitors.
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New Market
Main Street
Deer Isle
Maine
Lancaster County
Reinard
Ashbury targets reading decline in Frederick County schools
Ashbury, 61, a property manager and six time county race candidate, critiques FCPS for reducing reading emphasis after third grade. He cites dropping test scores and explains his long interest in reading, shaped by English studies and church lineage, while noting teachers’ efforts to address deficiencies.
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FCPS
Ashbury
Frederick County
Emory & Henry College
Emory
Maurice Dunbar As
All Saints Episcopal Ch
Mr. Ashbury
Frances Ashbury
County Board of Education
Voters Split Over Gore Bush Choice Amid Clinton Fallout
Voters in Frederick weigh Gore and Bush as the Clinton era lingers. Some doubt either candidate and cite Clinton’s sex scandal, while others support Gore citing the economy. Personal views on abortion and fundraising also color local opinions as residents study the race.
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Clinton
Mary Garst
Betty Benn
Frederick
Frederick Towne
Texas
George Bush
Bush
Ially
Gore
Bi Lily
Mount Airy
Maryland economy shows strength in second quarter
Maryland’s economy remained strong in the second quarter with higher consumer spending and a 9 percent rise in state sales tax receipts. New vehicle sales climbed 11 percent to a record 111,783 units, while the market benefited from workers entering the labor pool and continued consumer confidence despite higher interest rates and rising gas prices.
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Baltimore
Ap) Arr
Shick Paanamid
Maryland Department of Business
Ecot
Maryland
Peter Kitzmiller
Maryland New Car and Truck Dealers Association
Kitzmiller
Choirs Raise Over 30000 for Homeless Shelter Effort
Twenty area church groups performed at an eight hour benefit to fund a winter homeless shelter. The event drew a large crowd and raised more than thirty thousand dollars as volunteers seek a permanent site to shelter the needy during cold months. The effort involves local clergy including Rev Hanberry and Rev Wenner with support from county commissioners, the mayor, and community volunteers.
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Siterip Arops
Rev
Wenner
Fredenck County
Tina Hogan
David Gray
John L. Thompson Jr
Jam Grames
Ak Kierman Blai
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