Pesticide Notification Bill Passes Legislature
The General Assembly approved a compromise requiring advance pesticide spray notices in elementary schools and a registry for interested students in secondary schools. The plan mandates integrated pest management and 48 hour notice except in emergencies, with revisions to notification print size. Delegates Stup Billings Pitkin hailed the accord, while Frederick County cites ongoing planning for notice procedures.
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Annapolis
General Assembly
J. Anita Stup
Frederick Washington
Ms. Stup
House
Senate
Stup
Leon Billings
D-Montgomery
Joan Pitkin
Prince George’s
Billings
Frederick County
Laura Olsen
Home detention bill wins final approval in Maryland
The General Assembly approved a bill to license and regulate private home detention firms. State regulators will monitor operations to ensure proper supervision of offenders. The measure follows a Prince George's County attack linked to a monitoring firm and has broad support from Lt. Gov Townsend and Gov. Glendening.
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Annapolis
General Assembly
Senate
Paris Glendening
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
Prince George’s
Brian Lowell
Upper Marlboro
Lowell
Maryland Lottery Draws Monday Night and Afternoon Results
The Monday drawings listed Pick 3 results as 1 9 8 and 0 7 7, Pick 4 as 2 3 4 and 6 2 3 1, and Cash in Hand numbers 5 12 16 23 25 27 31.
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Maryland
Middletown wins $250000 grant for Granger building purchase
Middletown officials announced a $250000 General Assembly grant to help fund the $825000 Granger building purchase at 29 31 W Main St for town offices, law enforcement, and services. The town plans a May 12 closing after earlier shortfalls, with $75000 still needed. New terms include sworn-in commissioners and workshops on budget and capital improvements.
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Middletown
General Assembly
Granger
Main Street
Main St
Andrew Bowen
Burgess Bill Thompson
Daphne Gable
Fred Rudy
Rudy
Burgess
Bowen
David Lake
Burkittsville Considers Major Property Tax Cut
Burkittsville officials discuss a 125 percent cut to town taxes lowering the rate to 35 cents per 100 of assessed value. A April 27 workshop will cover the spending plan. Vandalism cases are investigated by the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office after residents heard noises around 3 am. Deputy Folden urged safe neighborly checks and notifying police. The council approved drop zones around park playgrounds and a fence at the town pond. Renovations to the old barn/storage building may serve events with funds available. A May 4 nominating convention precedes the June 1 election at St Paul’s Parish Hall.
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Sewer and Water Committee
Ms. Gable
Planning and Zoning Commission
Burgess Bill Thompson
Thompson
Town Planning Commission
G. Carlton Rhoderick IV
Rhoderick
The
Planning Commission
Red Horse
Frederick
Coblentz
Foxfield Pass
Burkittsville
Paul Gilligan
Frederick County
Sheriff’s Office
William Folden
Mike Smerkanich
St. Paul’s Parish Hall
Officer Struck While Directing Traffic On Uni versity Blvd
Montgomery County officer Glen Schommer 44 was directing speed enforcement on foot when a 1998 Toyota driven by Amanda E. Gomez of Silver Spring lurched forward and struck him on University Boulevard Monday morning. He was hospitalized with a back injury. Gomez faces a charge of failure to exercise caution to avoid a pedestrian collision.
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Wheaton
Montgomery County
University Boulevard
Glen Schommer
Amanda E. Gomez
Silver Spring
Schommer
Ms. Gomez
Two Hegerstown Women Arrested For Mall Shoplifting
Two Hegerstown women Krish D Pope and Tracie L Grim, aged 26 and 25, were charged with theft after shoplifting eight pairs of Levi's denim shorts valued at 225 dollars from JCPenney at Francis Scott Key Mall. They were observed carrying items into a dressing room and left with no returns. a loss prevention officer recovered the shorts and the pair was later released on bond.
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Hegerstown
Jcpenney
Francis Scott Key Mall
Krish D Pope
Tracie L. Grim
Maryland
Levi's
Donnie Delauter
Fire incidents logged across Walkersville region hours
A series of fire calls reported over a 24 hour period ending at 8 p m Monday include house fires at 3125 W South SL and 9929 Old Frederick Road barn fire near Walkersville, a woods fire at Mission Road Brunswick and a brush fire at Dublin and Gravel Hull roads Woodsboro and New Midway.
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Walkersville
Junior
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Creek Walk Drive
Mission Road
Woods
Brunswick
Old Frederick Road
Lewisvi
Main St
Walkersvile
Dublin
Hull Roads
Woodsboro
New Midway
Frederick Maryland Weather Forecast Snapshot
Frederick and statewide forecasts show tonight partly cloudy with lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s. Wednesday brings partial sun and warmer highs from the mid 60s to mid 70s with southwest winds. Extended days call for chances of showers and varying cloudiness through Saturday.
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Frederick
Maryland
Sunshine brings crowds to Frederick streets and library
Monday brought warm sunshine and large crowds to downtown Frederick. Many visited the C Burr Artz library while others went to East Street for tax forms at the Internal Revenue Service office. The day reached 69, with 34 overnight low. Weather cooled with chance of rain.
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Frederick
C. Burr Artz Library
East Street
Internal Revenue Service Office
Rain forecast spans nation with storms and snow
An Associated Press weather outlook predicts a rainy day for much of the United States. Showers and thunderstorms stretch from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast and Appalachians to the Atlantic by evening with lightning hail and possible tornadoes in several eastern regions. Snow advisories appear in the Sierra and higher elevations while northern and southern Plains see clearing skies.
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Sierras
Cancer detection improved by new blood test
Washington AP reports a sensitive blood test concentrates cancer cells with magnets and observes them via lasers. It aims to detect tumors early to guide treatment and monitor progress, with initial tests on breast and prostate cancers and plans for more.
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Jonathan Uhr
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas
Uhr
Emilian Racila
Proceedings of
The
National Academy of Sciences
Carleton Stewart
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Buffalo
N.Y
Racila
Clinton heads to South America on international tour
President Clinton plans a travel schedule that includes South America after Africa and ahead of Europe and Asia. Analysts say second term presidents emphasize foreign affairs as domestic pressures ease and a strong economy sustains public support.
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Clinton
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Africa
Europe
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Malaysia
Pakistan
Bangladesh
India
Ireland
Stephen Wayne
Georgetown University
Wayne
Monica ‘Lewinsky
Lennon Conspiracy Claim Aims at John Lennon's Death
Sean Lennon accuses the government of orchestrating his father John Lennon's 1980 murder. He criticizes those who see Mark Chapman as a lone killer, calling such views naive and incomplete. The remarks appear in the New Yorker amid Chapman's ongoing imprisonment.
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New York
Sean Lennon
John Lennon
Lennon
New Yorker
Mark Chapman
Manhattan
Chapman
Marchers in Ireland avoid hostilities amid peace accord
Protestants in Belfast and Ballymena shifted tactic during the marching season slower to violence, handing a protest letter and boarding buses instead of standoffs. Ulster Unionists Sinn Fein and other parties face referendums May 22 as the peace deal seeks to balance IRA prisoner releases and a power sharing Assembly in Northern Ireland and Dublin.
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Northern Ireland
Lower Ormeau
Apprentice Boys
Ballymena
David Trimble
Ulster Unionist Party
Irish Republican Army
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Ulster Unionist Council
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Dublin
Adams
Mr. Trimble
Britain
Trimble
Daily Telegraph
Parkinson's pig cell transplants show early promise in trials
New York AP report notes early safety and modest gains from fetal pig cell transplants in Parkinson's patients. Dr James Schumacher cites one man who regains movement and another who stops using a cane, with 11 patients showing about 14 percent improvement at six months and 20 percent at a year. He warns results are preliminary and emphasizes infection risk remains unproven.
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New York
James M. Schumacher
Schumacher
Neurological Associates
Sarasota
Fla
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Tokyo
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