County fails to secure recycling revenue sharing with BF I
Frederick County failed to obtain a share of recycling revenue causing extension of the current contract with Browning Ferris Industries of Hagerstown. One bid met specifications from BF I, raising per household costs via a 6 percent CPI increase to 22.26 annually, with total recycling cost about 985000, below the 1.04 million budget.
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Frederick County
Browning- Ferriis Industries
Hagerstown
BFI
Robert Hayes
County backs upgrades for school labs and tech
Frederick County Commissioners move to write state officials supporting the Look of the Future program to renovate five Walkersville High School labs and boost data voice and video wiring. The plan would require 539,700 in local funds to match 492,500 from the state, with several schools named in the technology program.
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Frederick County
Jack Dale
Walkersville High School
Middletown High School
Maryland
Thomas Johnson High
Ballenger Creek
Brunswick
Liberty
Waverley
Mark Hoke
Ilona Hogan
Board of Education
Crisis management course tests county disaster plan in January
Frederick County officials will join an emergency management course at the National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg from January 27 to 31. Sponsored by the Emergency Management Institute, the program emphasizes team building and response recovery exercises that often reveal needed plan improvements and staff training gaps, per John McKay.
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Frederick
National Emergency Training Center
Emmitsburg
The
Emergency Management Institute
John McKay
MARP Lab opens at Fort Detrick for vaccine and drug trials
The Monoclonal Antibody Recombinant Protein Production Facility at the National Cancer Institute's Fort Detrick campus opens to speed small scale, cost effective projects toward clinical trials. MARP aims to bridge pure research and human testing, with 40 employees under SCI.
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National Cancer Institute
Compus
Fort Detrick
NCI
MARP
George Robertson
Robertson
Steven Creekmore
Biological Resources
Creekmore
Steven Giardina
Nci-Saic
Alyssa Mellini
Alyssa
Michael Mellini
Portrait of Taney as a youth heads to October auction
Frederick dealer Timothy Gordon finds an 1800 oil painting on board of Roger Brooke Taney as a young man. The portrait in a plain pine frame will be sold at 10 a.m. October 12 at the Frederick fairground auction, with an estimated price of 1200 to 1500 dollars. An anonymous private estate provided the piece.
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Taney
Frederick
Timothy Gordon
Roger Brooke Taney
Gordon
U.S. Supreme Court
Frederick Fairground
Firefighters oppose slot machines in stations
Jefferson Frederick County volunteers oppose proposed Maryland law to place slot machines in fire and rescue stations. At an August MSFA meeting executives rejected the idea, citing minor access and potential impact on donations. They urged the governor to limit gambling revenue to aid fire and rescue services. Gov Glendening also opposes statewide expansion.
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Jefferson
Frederick County
MSF
Fred Cross
Parris Glendening
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