Four teens rescued after river rapids incident near Harpers Ferry
A Sunday outing from the Harpers Ferry Visitor Center ended with four girls aged 14 to 18 stranded on a rock in the White Horse Rapids of the Potomac River. Maryland State Police Aviation Division rescue helicopters hoisted two at a time to safety, with life jackets credited for saving lives. The group included a 14-year-old from Colorado and locals ages 15, 17, and 18. No injuries reported beyond cold and fear.
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Harpers Ferry
Potomac River
Shenandoah River
Potomac
Carl Hardcastle
Maryland State Police Aviation Division
Frederick
White Horse
Clarence Webber
Potomac Valley Fire Co
Dargan
Colorado
Lovettsville
Waterford
Webber
Potomac Valley
Tpr. Hardcastle
Paul Crutchley
Raid on Cannabis Buyers Club shocks San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO AP State drug agents raided the Cannabis Buyers Club headquarters at 7 45 a m ending a two year probe into members using marijuana for medicinal purposes The club with about 11000 members moved to Market Street four years ago and critics say it sold to non patients While volunteers for Proposition 215 report seized records no arrests were reported The club provided doctor notes and photo IDs for access to cannabis aiding AIDS chemotherapy and glaucoma patients
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San Francisco
Cannabis Buyer’s Club
State Justice Department
Steve Telliano
Clint Werner
Werner
Proposition 215
Cannabis Buyers’ Club
Haight-Ashbury
Market Street
Thomas J Scott III
City police make several alcohol related arrests
The Frederick City Police arrested four men after officers observed drinking beer in Carroll Creek Linear Park near South Wisner Street. Christopher Myers 42 John Carroll 59 John Peacemaker 27 all without fixed addresses and Clarence Sterling 43 of Baltimore were charged with drinking in public littering consuming alcohol in a public park and possession of open containers. All four held on 500 bail. A few hours later officer Grob spotted Jacqueline Tyler in the park at East Third Street.
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Frederick City
Ronald Figgers
Carroll Creek
Wisner Street
Christopher John Myers
John Wesley Carroll
John Edward Peacemaker
Clarence Walter Sterling
Baltimore
Robert Grob
Jacqueline Helen Tyler
East Third
Driver Falls Asleep At Wheel Causes 1 270 Wreck
A Gaithersburg man, Donald Wayne Bary, 54, crashed after falling asleep at 6:13 am on southbound I 270 and overturned his 1990 Jeep Cherokee. He and passenger Janice Miller Rary, 47, were in the vehicle. Janice was uninjured. Bary was treated and released at Frederick Memorial Hospital. East Street area resident Tyler, 61, was arrested for drinking in public and possession of alcohol in a public park and open alcohol, jailed pending bail. In a separate incident, Amanda Leigh Sherman, 21, swerved and drove 20 mph under limit on US 40. she was charged with unsafe lane change, DWI, possession of drugs and paraphernalia. bail hearing pending.
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Gaithersburg
Sceniec View Overlook
Maryland
Donald Wayne Bary
Rary
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Janice Miller Rary
East Street
Tyler
Walkersville
Amanda Leigh Sherman
Diamond Drive
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Willowdale Drive
Ms Sherman
Parlaman Named to Dean’s List at Roberts Wesleyan College
Lindsay Parlaman was named to the dean’s list at Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester New York for the spring semester. She is the daughter of Edward Parlaman of New Market. BWSPARE.
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Lindsay Parlaman
Roberts Wesleyan College
Rochester
Edward Parlaman
New Market
Man builds legacy brick by brick in Pasadena yard
Stan Gembicki, 72, salvages about 200000 bricks from landfills to craft a vast brick landscape in his Camden Yards of back yards. His porch wall runs through his property spelling LAND END, though a missing brick stops the line. He left a brick altar with a Virgin Mary statue and notes his work honors family and memory from his Curtis Bay upbringing to wartime service and a 30 year government career.
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Pasadena
Stan Gembicki
Gembicki
Maryland
Mr Gembicki
Stan
McDonald’s
Mr. Gembicki
Camden Yards
$100 Million Elkton Casino Plan Sparks Political Fight
Casino America Development proposes a $100 million Isle of Capri Entertainment Resort at I 95 and Md 279 to lure gamblers, keep Maryland dollars local, and fund racetrack purses. Key officials oppose changing state law to allow off track casino slots, with Gov Glendening and Cecil County leaders voicing doubts.
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Elkton
Cecil County
Casino America Development Co
Mississippi
Louisiana
Ira C. Cooke
Isle of Capri
MD. 279
Delaware
Maryland
Atlantic City
Delaware Park
Dover Downs
Cooke
Parris Glendening
Glendening
Oakley Sumpter
Cecil
Board of County Commissioners
Mr. Sumpter
William Manlove
Maryland Lottery shifts to 900 number for winning results
Baltimore AP report notes Maryland Lottery ends the 800 toll free line due to cost and launches a 900 number charging 45 cents per minute. Callers may spend 1 to 2 minutes. the first full day of operation occurred Friday. Lottery risks revenue but supporters expect $500,000 to $750,000 in state gains.
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Baltimore
Maryland Lottery
Lotte
Walter Holtz
Severna
Lottery
Carroll Hynson
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Hagerstown
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