Quiet Frederick schools shrink staff for summer tasks
The Frederick area schools run with nine secretaries at TJ and three in summer at North Frederick as vacations thin ranks. Custodians shift to full summer cleaning and move to new Spring Ridge Elementary, while teachers begin preparing classrooms ahead of the Aug 3 return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madelyn Ford
North Frederick
Melody Stanton
Roger Rollins
Pritts
East Frederick
Spring Ridge
Vicky Stultz
Ms. Ford
Water ban imposed in Myersville town
Myersville declares water conservation measure due to dry summer. Mayor Billy Eckstine and town clerk Ray Hinkle urge residents to limit outdoor use, do not wash cars or gardens, and conserve water immediately until rainfall returns. Violators face a $100 fine.
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Myersville
Ray Hinkle
Billy Eckstine
Hinkle
Eckstine
Greyhound driver shoots hijacker on moving bus in New Jersey
Rookie driver Armando Helliger grappled with an armed man aiming to hijack a Greyhound bus to Brooklyn. The driver seized the gun and shot the suspect after they tumbled from the moving vehicle. the hijacker, Dino Sacco, was hospitalized. No charges expected against the driver per Assistant Prosecutor Michael Lapolia.
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Dino Sacco
New York City
Brooklyn
M. Dohn
Sacco
Dohn
Atlantic City
Greyhound
Bill Kula
Kula
Obituary of Dr. Jack B. Kussmaul educator and community leader
Dr. Jack B. Kussmaul held national and state education roles including chairing multiple associations and serving as past president of local teachers and principals groups. A WWII veteran and Brunswick library founder, he is survived by three relatives. Interment is private. Keeney and Basford Funeral Home handles arrangements.
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Frederick Lions Club
Brunswick Lions Club
Boy Scouts of America
United Appeal
Frederick County
Frederick
Historical Society
John R. Webb
U.S. Army
Inf. Reg
William G. Kussmaul Jr
Belleview
Fla
William G. Kussmaul III
Media
Ann S. Kussmaul
Toronto
Canada
Keeney and Basford Funeral Home
E. Church St
Mount professor turned mayor in Emmitsburg story
In Emmitsburg a local professor who also serves as mayor describes small town life as intimate and effective for change. He notes close ties with schools, government, and police and recalls a morning snow plow call affecting his teaching. A separate report covers a series of early morning burglaries in Frederick County, with four sites hit and cash missing at a Middletown pizzeria.
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Emmitsburg
Pittsburgh
Preston
Family’s bogus water bill shocks upstate New York
John and Dee Clark in Queensbury face a phantom charge of 11 467.40 after a meter error reportedly inflated usage to 9.5 million gallons over three months. Town water superintendent Flaherty says a digit was added. bill included a 1 200 late fee if unpaid. The Clarks dismiss it as a mistake.
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Queensbury
N.Y
John and Dee Clark
Clarks
Thomas Flaherty
Albany
Flaherty
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Hillcrest Elementary
Kay Bellucci
Dachivfs
Jack B. Kussmaul
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Mount
Mill
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Mustetter Road
Green Valley
Monrovia
Sheriff's Deputies
Middletown
Frederick County National Bank
Elan
Donald W. Kress
M.D
Tollhouse Wenne Frederick
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