Bereaved Mount Airy family faces $9000 tree removal
In Mount Airy, the Edwards family faces the loss of a century old red oak shading their home. The tree split and crews from Mead Tree and Turf of Woodbine began removing it with a crane and chipper while Potomac Edison and state crews manage power and traffic. The family spent nights in fear of a collapse.
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Robert Mead
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Northgate residents protest Emmit Ridge road plan
Northgate residents urged the town to block a connecting road to Emmit Ridge at a Monday meeting citing safety concerns from increased traffic. Officials limited truck traffic to Irishtown Road and lowered the speed limit to 15 mph while delaying a 4 way stop study and adding Children at Play signs. The streets committee will address the issue with new members named and applications open for the Economic Renewal Committee with a 30 day deadline extension.
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Northgate
Emmit Ridge
Chris Baumgartner
Irishtown Road
John Compton
Rosario Benvengi
New Streets Committee
Thomas Jingle
Streets and Transportation Committee
Patrick Sullivan
James Hoover
Brian Brotherton
Denise Warthen
Ken Howard
Benvengi
Police recover over $250000 in stolen gear in Baltimore raid
Baltimore police raided a trailer repair shop Monday and recovered more than 250000 in stolen equipment. The haul included computers, backhoes, generators and other items believed stolen from construction sites across four counties. No arrests were reported and investigators did not disclose how they located the shop.
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Mount Airy approves funds for police bike patrol roll out
Mount Airy town council unanimously funds part of a bike patrol project to equip one bike with gear and uniforms at about 2000. Trooper David Johnson said two bikes exist at Westminster barrack and the program could begin by summer. The council also discussed Twin Ridge lights dispute and a zoning text amendment for leisure facilities in the industrial district.
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Mount Airy
Maryland
David Johnson
Westminster Barrack
Delaine Hobbs
Hobbs
Johnson
Gerald Johnson
Baltimore
Twin Ridge
Frederick County
DC groups urged to fund PILOT plan for city relief
DC Council Chairman David Clarke pressed 13 of 37 invited nonprofit groups to discuss his voluntary PILOT plan for payment in lieu of taxes. Attendees, including Roger Browning of the American Pharmaceutical Association, were hesitant to commit, saying they were observers.
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District of Columbia
D.C
David Clarke
Clarke
Roger Browning
The
American Pharmaceutical Association
Developmental Center Expands in Frederick County Services
Therapists use soundproof booths and dancing clown cues to test infant hearing while teachers assess development via object permanence and age norms. The center, now part of the health department, links to the Rock Creek School legacy and includes a dental clinic serving children who cannot afford private care, with 20 percent more children in therapy since 1993.
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Alisa Starke
Developmental Center
County Health Department
Rock Creek
County Dental Clinic
Robert Forder
County eyes higher salary for ECDC director role
The ECDC seeks to readvertise the county development chief post after a narrow candidate review. The salary range of 48686 to 68842 is to be boosted to compete with Loudoun and Howard counties and broaden advertising to MD PA VA. Acting director James Singleton applied for the job.
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Richard Grossnickle
Mr. Grove
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Frederick County
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James Singleton
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