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Primary Election Results – June 2, 2020

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Frederick County Wall of Shame

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Keeping Frederick Safe & Sane

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Board of Education Candidate, Sue Johnson – Part II

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Community Center Virtual 50+ Calendar – June 1-12

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Board of Education Candidate, Sue Johnson – Part I

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To The Graduating Class Of 2020

Seth Eisenberg

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Maryland’s Non-Existent State Of Emergency

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Board of Education Candidate, Sue Johnson – Part III

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This Day In History

By John Ashbury

On June 4, 1726, the Rev. Phillip William Otterbein, the third pastor of the German Reformed Church in Frederick, was born in Nassau, Germany. It was while he was pastor that the original Trinity Chapel on West Church Street was constructed.

On June 4, 1751, Daniel Dulany surrendered his entire claim to the 10 acres he had donated to the Moravian Church at Graceham. The deed was recorded in Annapolis.

On June 4, 1821, Roger Brooke Taney and Dr. John Baltzell were among those elected directors of Frederick County Bank, which became The Frederick County National Bank. The bank was bought out by BB&T Bank of Charlotte, NC, in 2001.

On June 4, 1826, a new organ was first used at All Saints Episcopal Church on North Court Street in Frederick.

On June 4, 1925, a fire, which began in the Frank B. Zepp Dry Goods Store in Mount Airy, spread quickly throughout the town. Damage estimates were put at $200,000. Fire companies from Frederick, Rockville, Kensington and Ellicott City helped in the effort to extinguish the blaze.

On June 4, 1933, a Confederate Monument was unveiled at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Frederick.

On June 4, 1994, Cindy Gibson, a senior at Brunswick High School, died of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) just three days before she would have graduated. She fought the disease for nearly 10 years after acquiring it through a blood transfusion.

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