Anger kept hostage sane during ordeal
Robert Polhill, an American educator seized in Beirut and held 1,182 days, was released with help from Syria and Iran. He arrived frail but alert in Germany, where doctors reported malnutrition and dehydration. Polhill credited his anger at captors for keeping him sane, while acknowledging others remain jailed.
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Wiesbaden
Offenders offered alternatives to jail in Montgomery and Frederick
Substance Abuse Monitoring, Inc. SAM of Rockville introduces electronic alcohol monitoring and drug screening kits in Maryland counties. Founders include Darrel L. Longest Barry Helfand and David Gavin with Philip J. Pie as managing director. SAM aims to reduce jail populations improve supervision and safer highways.
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Weather and Travel Notes From Tonight to Tuesday
Inside The News Fair reports a tonight low in the mid to upper 40s with light variable winds. Tuesday brings sunny skies and warmer temperatures in the mid to upper 70s across Western Maryland as the weather map appears on page C-1.
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City joins worldwide Earth Day activities in Frederick
A crowd of about 1,000 gathered in Baker Park for Frederick’s Earth Day events marking 20th anniversary. Activities included tree planting, recycling displays, can crushing contests, a Styrofoam creature, and kid friendly crafts while speakers urged daily Earth Day actions and environmental awareness.
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Raleigh
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Sisters Reunited After 39 Years Separate
Virginia Ahalt Naomi Stovall and Mary Catherine Guthrie were reunited at the New Midway Fire Hall after 39 years apart. The siblings, once scattered by foster care and adoption following their 1951 separation, exchanged smiles tears and photos as they learned Mary Catherine had been living apart from them. Community efforts and a News-Post article helped trigger the long awaited contact.
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Naomi Stovall
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Fifth Street
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Virginia
Lester
Middletown
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Lester Boleyn
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Mount Zion Road
Beallsville
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Mt. Zion Road
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Virginia Ahsit
Millions celebrate Earth Day 20th anniversary worldwide
Activists marked two decades of Earth Day with huge crowds across cities including Times Square and Washington DC. Protests, concerts, and global demonstrations highlighted calls for a lasting conservation movement, with leaders like Gaylord Nelson urging politicians and corporations to act.
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