Just as baseball games sometimes experience a rain delay, the inking of a contract between the Frederick Keys and the city of Frederick was momentarily halted during a meeting Sept. 15, as the mayor and city attorney considered allegations from two aldermen that the process was tainted and should start over. In a 3-2...
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The Public-Private Partnership Committee formed by the Frederick County Commissioners is scheduled to meet in August to formulate recommendations, but in the meantime, hearings — complete with protest signs and packed hearing rooms — as well as the creation of several websites, have residents weighing in on a proposed privatization of core county government...
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Even the book’s title, “Go Math!” sounds like fun. More importantly, “It provides what people said was needed: a balance of conceptual and procedural learning,” said Urbana Elementary Assistant Principal Allie Watkins, who served on a task force looking into the Frederick County Public School’s (FCPS) math curriculum. The committee, made up of about...
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The General Assembly recently wrapped up the session and later this year will gather again to tackle redistricting on the federal level, with the chance of taking up other issues, including a possible gas tax hike. Senator David Brinkley, a Republican and head of the Frederick County delegation, said in a phone interview that...
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