20-40-100 Years Ago -- Jan. 28

Susan Guynn, The Frederick News-Post, Md.
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Jan. 28—100 Years Ago

Jan. 28, 1923

This date was a Sunday. The Frederick News-Post did not publish a Sunday edition at this time.

40 Years Ago

Jan. 28, 1983

The Frederick delegation to the General Assembly met formally for the first time this session and opened the county and city's bag of legislative requests Thursday morning. They were quick to endorse a third circuit court judge for Frederick County, the first new one in 20 years; doubled the price of marriage licenses to cover costs of funding domestic violence programs; exempted the county from liability in the deaths of farm animals; rejected the idea for a county board of liquor commissioners; and OK'd several administrative and bookkeeping matters.

The ongoing saga of a proposed ski resort near Emmitsburg took a new turn during a public meeting Thursday. Ski Roundtop Inc., which owns Ski Liberty in nearby Fairfield, Pa., announced it has decided to investigate the possibility of building a sister resort on College Mountain.

(Editor's Note: The News-Post does not have access to archives from 50 years ago for August 1972 through March 1973. The "50 Years Ago" summary will return April 1, 2023.)

20 Years Ago

Jan. 28, 2003

The long drought ended at City Hall on Sunday when a frozen water pipe burst, spilling water from the third floor all the way down to the basement. Most of the major damage occurred in and around the elevator shaft, which had 1 1/2 feet of standing water at the bottom. The flood triggered an alarm that alerted city officials to the accident.

Scuba divers working with the FBI resumed their search of a series of small ponds in the Catoctin Mountains on Monday. The agents brought an inflatable boat, video monitors and special tents south to another pond in the City of Frederick Municipal Forest. Investigators cut five to six holes in the pond's frozen surface and divers were seen entering and exiting the freezing water. Flight restrictions and roadblocks surrounding the remote part of the Frederick city watershed also returned Monday morning. The FBI acknowledges that the investigation is related to the deadly anthrax letters mailed in October 2001.