Contamination at Fort Detrick Pit Under Review
Excavation uncovered 22 bottles and two metal containers at Fort Detrick. Officials halted work to identify pit chemicals, noting no detection of former agents like anthrax in monitoring wells. An anthrop virus called TX was decontaminated and incinerated in the 1970s. Maryland MOE and Army await test results before next steps. Restoration Advisory Board meets Thursday at Building 810.
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MOE
Quentin Banks
Army
Restoration Advisory Board
Maryland seeks funding for Walkersville and Whittier school additions
Gov Parris Glendening proposed state funding for Walkersville Middle expansion to add 451 seats and Whittier Elementary to add 709 seats. Deer Crossing Elementary would receive 2.3 million to finish, opening in September 1997 to relieve crowded New Market and Twin Ridge. Planning also covers Middletown High and Walkersville Middle, with full funding expectations deferred.
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Walkersville
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Maryland
Frederick City
Yellow Springs
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Monocacy
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Barnes
William Dennis
Douglas Browning
Orchard Grove Elementary
Orchard Grove
Barbara Strein
Middletown
Jay Berno
Walkersville Elementary
Frederick County
City director warns on band music exceptions at Baker Park
Tourism director expects requests for exceptions to band music in Baker Park and urges denial to avoid problems. Officials agree to audit homeowner associations and require reviews of those audits.
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Grimes outlines priorities at Maryland community forum
Frederick Mayor Jim Grimes spoke at an Elks Lodge forum outlining key city projects and budget inputs. He emphasized East Street extension, Monocacy Boulevard and Route 26 access to unlock 1,400 acres for development, a new 25 acre regional park, annexation understanding, and traffic impacts from a Shookstown Road Rosemont Avenue Sheetz, noting collaboration with landowners and state on design costs.
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Rosemont Avenue
Shookstown Road
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Sheetz
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Teen to be charged as adult over sawed-off shotgun case
Frederick police report a 16-year-old, Terrance J Oney, was charged as an adult for first and second degree assault and possession of a sawed-off shotgun and marijuana after a 12:35 a.m. incident on Waverley Drive. Two adults, Wilfred Pool and Brian May, face charges including possession of marijuana and the shotgun. Evidence included a shotgun found in a backpack and items tied to May. All three jailed for bail hearings.
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Frederick City
Allen Yingling
Yingling
Wilfred John Pool
Brian Nicholas May
Terrance Jermaine Oney
Oney
Dennis Dudley
Cpl
Richard Hetherington
May
Frederick County
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