Nine Die In High Rise Collapse At Downtown Plaza
Rescue teams comb the debris of an Ambaance Plaza collapse as workers recall hearing metal tapping amid the concrete rubble. Ironworkers note two main rubble mounds while searchers sift slabs and pillars, with authorities citing lift slab construction and a weeklong removal effort. Families wait nearby as cranes, trucks, and dogs aid the delicate recovery.
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Une Point
Ines
Barnett
John Bourgoin
Ironworkers Local 2
Wallingfura
Bourgoin
Ponce
Ambaance Plaza
Dulding
Frank Mercard
City Building Department
City
Mercaldi
Uben
Library budget debate weighs police staffing and services
Reynolds argues problems won’t vanish with patrols as commissioners hear requests. Michael Stovall, Citizen Services Director, notes librarians are preferred to guards but support for security remains. JTA seeks 125000 versus 75000. Jeanne Bussard Workshop requests 82150 vs 40132. Housing and Community Development faces 1509715 base with 40000 asked for admin costs.
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Reynolds
Citizen Services
Michael Stovall
Jeanne Bussard
Housing and Community Development Department
JTA
Kathleen Riley
County tax and budget shifts forecast larger state aid
The coming Frederick County budget shows active teachers taxes rising to over 2.9 million with a 262 thousand increase. School construction funds drop to 7.73 million from 8.23 million. Bond debt service to Frederick tops 1 million, up about 100 thousand. Health department and county jail costs rise. Special education aid climbs to 1.85 million. State aid up 12.67 percent to over 53 million.
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Frederick
Health Department
Soan
Germantown leads county crime rise in first quarter report
Montgomery County police report shows the Germantown district had the highest crime rate in the first quarter, with a 5 percent countywide rise in serious offenses. Murder and rape volumes surged in the upper county while overall arrests for drug violations jumped 29.5 percent due to proactive patrols.
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Rockville
Germantown
Montgomery County
Bernard Crooke Jr
Crooke
Silver Spring
Wheaton
Consumer prices rise 0.4 percent amid dollar decline
The March CPI shows a 0.4 percent rise driven by housing and imports with the overall index at 335.9, reflecting effects from a weaker dollar. Analysts note higher import costs and potential future domestic price rises, while some economists say the dollar’s fall may eventually ease the trade deficit.
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U.S
United States
Canada
Korea
Taiwan
Lawrence Chimerine
Wharton Economics
Evans
Fire department budget requests higher per-call pay and shared death insurance
Social concludes page 4 1 details a proposed 1008 per new fire call funding insufficiency and seeks additional 1000 for the first 0 calls and 2500 for the next 0 calls. A countywide 25000 accident insurance plan is urged to aid families of fallen or injured firefighters, arguing county adoption would be cheaper than individual contracts. The commission schedules end May for final budget adoption with room to revise allocations beforehand.
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Upper County
Ruth W. Ellis
Montgomery
Federal Reserve Board
Michael K. Evans
Washington
Tervice
United
Wonderwood
H. Lin
Hoene
Long Fence Company
Urbana Pike
Oper Teekia
C.D
WFRE
FM 100
Plymouth
Penncd
Chrysler
France
Mertet
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