| RECENT CITY OF FREDERICK NEWS |
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Area Religion News
Originally published on November 07, 2009
Women's Day more »
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City mulls running own fire, rescue companies
Originally published on November 07, 2009
The City of Frederick may look into running its own fire and rescue companies. more »
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Stup, Titans a step closer
Originally published on November 07, 2009
Tuscarora's Bobby Stup showed his versatility Friday night against Riverdale Baptist. more »
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High-scoring first half propels balanced Orioles
Originally published on November 07, 2009
Following Senior Night at MSD, a crowd of fans gathered behind the football team and celebrated the Orioles' final home victory of the 2009 season. more »
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Man arrested in residential burglaries
Originally published on November 07, 2009
A Frederick man has been linked to residential burglaries in the Amber Meadows, North Crossing and Clover Ridge subdivisions, according to the Frederick Police Department. more »
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| MORE CITY OF FREDERICK NEWS |
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Titans reach final with shutout
Food for thought -- and prayer
Local Roundup: Patriots, Catoctin in soccer finals
Gas pump fire still under investigation
Lions' Keith among five local champs
Results confirm city's votes for mayor, aldermen
Citizenship classes begin at St John's
Reyes, Titans return to title game
Senior choir starts from a songfest
Family & Parenting Classes
Observers: Dissatisfaction, familiarity central to election defeats
Student designs sprinkler system for housing project
Titans boys take care of business
Pharmacy honored for distinguished service
All three aldermen incumbents voted out
Hiding gun from shooting death brings five years, three months
Hawks' Duddleson shoots down TJ
McClement clinches mayoral victory
Gallery 322 joins art scene
Firefighters retrieve dog from Carroll Creek
Hawks defeat Cadets in volleyball
Decision day — Frederick prepared for mayoral, aldermanic votes
Health & Fitness Calendar
Election director discusses early turnout
Four suspects found in alleged sexual assault at MSD
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| CITY OF FREDERICK: ELECTION 2009 |
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Get your dose of all the election coverage you need for Frederick. Read news as it happens, check out candidate pages and info on the election. fredericknewspost.com/cityelection2009
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| FREDERICK'S MOST WANTED |
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| FREDERICK COLD CASE |
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| CITY NOTES |
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City Notes — Federal stimulus bypasses the bypass
Originally published on October 29, 2009
The city has an opportunity to get another slice of the federal stimulus pie in the form of bonds for development in "recovery zones" defined by poverty rates, foreclosures and other economic measures. more »
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| CITY OF FREDERICK REPORTER |
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Adam Behsudi
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| WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT CITY OF FREDERICK |
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10/23/09: Letter of departure
10/22/09: Referendum lessons and laws
10/14/09: Front-page photo request
10/13/09: Proposing better processes
10/13/09: Frederick's and America's finest
10/12/09: County should butt out of city annexations
10/11/09: Let's fix U.S. 15 now
10/09/09: Facts about the Summers family farm
10/09/09: Fulfill promise of long-term planning of decades ago
10/09/09: Why I wasn't there
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| COLUMNS/EDITORIALS ON CITY OF FREDERICK |
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10/26/09: A study in contrasts
10/18/09: Annexation referendum: The city's letter
10/14/09: Annexation vexation
10/07/09: Annexation heats up
10/03/09: Fair-thee-well
10/02/09: Something's coming!
09/28/09: Smokin' in the back room
09/20/09: Farewell, Jennifer
09/18/09: Heating up
09/17/09: Countdown begins
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| QUICK FACTS |
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City Hall: 101 N. Court St., Frederick, MD 21701
Mayor: William J. Holtzinger
Board of Aldermen: Marcia Hall, Alan Imhoff, David Koontz, Donna Kuzemchak, C. Paul Smith
Population: 59,213 (est. pop. 2008; Source: Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau)
Year founded: 1745
Town meetings are held at city hall on the first and third Thursdays of the month at 7 p.m.
Number to Know: City Hall: 301-600-1380
On the web: cityoffrederick.com
Discuss CITY OF FREDERICK in our forums
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| DID YOU KNOW |
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Elected officials, a mayor and a five-member Board of Aldermen, serve four-year terms and are elected at-large.
Median sales price of recent home sales: From July-Sept '09 - $255,250 (Source: trulia.com)
Earned a Great American Main Street Award in 2005 for "exceptional accomplishments in revitalizing America's historic and older main street commercial districts."
Francis Scott Key, who wrote the Star Spangled Banner, is buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetary.
Landmarks:Weinberg Center, National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Monocacy National Battlefield, Hood College, Harry Grove Stadium, Community Bridge Mural, Barbara Fritchie House, Clustered Spires Golf Course, Beatty-Cramer House, Bjorlee Museum, Hessian Barracks, Jug Bridge Monument Park, Laboring Sons Memorial Ground, Mount Olivet Cemetary/Francis Scott Key Monument, Rose Hill Manor Park & Children's Museum, Schifferstadt Architectural Museum, Memorial Park, Baker Park, Gambrill State Park, Hood College
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| CITY OF FREDERICK SCHOOLS |
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Elementary: Spring Ridge, Oakdale, Centerville, Urbana, Ballenger Creek, Waverley, Hillcrest, Whittier, Yellow Springs, North Frederick, Parkway
Middle: Oakdale, Urbana, Crestwood, Ballenger Creek, West Frederick, Monocacy, Heather Ridge
High: Urbana, Frederick, Gov. Thomas Johnson, Tuscarora, Heather Ridge
Private: Frederick Christian Academy, The Banner School, St. John Regional Catholic School, New Life Christian School, Frederick Adventist School, Trinity School, The Goddard School, Visitation Academy
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| WHERE TO EAT IN CITY OF FREDERICK |
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Easy as homemade wine
Prized tomatoes
Local chefs love Julia Child
Chinese language students get a lesson in the Chinese Kitchen
The craft of winemaking
Wedding cake baker rises to the challenge
A taste of history
America's native sweetener
Hemp
Return of the native chef
Add Your Community Restaurants!
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