Braddock residents press for traffic watch measures
Braddock Heights residents urged Frederick County Commissioners to curb speeding on Jefferson Boulevard and Maryland Avenue. They cited speeds above 45 mph and requested visible signs and higher ticket values, while noting commuter traffic and limited road design. Officials noted Md. 85 remains top highway priority and water work in Fountaindale South will proceed next month.
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Braddock Heights
Frederick County
Dave Baker
Jefferson Boulevard
Baker
Marvin Bravis
Maryland Avenue
U.S. 40
Middletown-Braddock
Mark Hoke
Hoke
Terry Irwin
County Public Works Department
Fountaindale
Terre Roy Rhoderick
Secretary of Maryland Department of the Environment
County manager to draft policy on assistants travel
Winchester Hall will scrutinize whether county commissioners should use taxpayer money to send assistants to conferences. County manager William Dennis plans a policy review and may redefine the duties and staffing structure of commissioners’ support. He will meet all five commissioners to decide appropriateness and potential restructuring.
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Winchester Hall
William Dennis
Dennis
Belinda Teague-Levy
Ilona Hogan
David Gray
National Association of Counties
Portland
Ore
Maryland Association of Counties
Ocean City
Ms. Levy
Gettysburg plans major renovation and museum center
Gettysburg National Military Park plans a 63.5 million renovation to restore fields fences and woods to Civil War era appearance. A new museum and visitor center would be built with private operation under Park Service oversight. 5700 acre park commemorates 1863 battle. 600 acres of woods cut down 160 acres of orchards planted and 40 miles of fence rebuilt. Public comment pending.
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Gettysburg
National Park Service
Gettysburg National Military Park
John A. Latschar
Union Territory
Park Service
Maryland Lotteries Drawn Monday Results
Baltimore reported Monday night and afternoon lottery results. Pick 3 numbers were 9 0 1 and 2 9 8. Pick 4 numbers were 6 7 6 1 and 2 8 4 6. Cash in Hand numbers were 1 8 10 11 14 24 28.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Frederick and State Forecasts Show Clear Nights and Warm Days
Tonight mostly clear with Lows upper 50s to 60s and light north winds. Wednesday mostly sunny and cooler with highs 70s to 80s and north winds 10 to 15 mph. Extended outlook through Saturday returns to sunny and warm conditions with mid 70s to 90s and light to moderate winds. Beach forecast calls for warm, mostly sunny days with highs around 80s and light to moderate northerly winds.
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Frederick
Suniny
Rain in the Plains and Southeast Forecast Today
Weather systems bring rain to the Northeast Plains and Southeast with scattered thunderstorms. Strong storms with hail up to one inch and winds to 70 mph are possible in the Dakotas and mid-Atlantic. Pacific Coast looks fair with highs from the 70s to 100s in hot regions.
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mid-Atlantic
Dakotas
Rockies
Pacific Coast
Mid- Atlantic
Central Plains
Southwest
California
Arizona
Imperial
Calif
Truckee
Caldwell parole bid denied after 2004 delay
Hagerstown AP. Parole commissioners refused to release Scott Caldwell, whose two life terms for 1972 killings of two Eastern Shore teens were reduced in 1989. Prosecutors and victims’ relatives urged denial. Caldwell noted no remorse and claimed his accomplice acted to eliminate witnesses. Parole not due until 2004.
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Hagerstown
Scott Caldwell
Eastern Shore
William Donald Schaefer
Lillian Dean
Cynthia
Patricia
Caldwell
Dean
Denton
Maryland Correctional Institution
Robert Greenleaf
Caroline County
Greenleaf
Cinderella
Patricia Dean
Michael Thomas
Thomas
Baltimore
Mike Dean
State Attorney General's Office
Schaefer
Marvin Mandel
Syracuse
Parole Commission
Patricia Cushwa
Frank Pappas
Maceo Williams
Partly sunny with warm highs and chances of rain
Partly sunny today with highs in the low 80s and a low around 71. Brief showers Monday dropped 0.71 inches at the Maryland State Police barracks on Baughmans Lane, with 1.8 inches recorded this month. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Tonight’s lows in the 60s. Wednesday will be sunny and less humid with mid 80s highs.
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Tapan
Maryland
Walkersville weighs another water rate increase
Walkersville officials consider a 32 percent rate rise to cover a $331,596 1999 water budget deficit and aging system upgrades. Town engineer Bernard Quinn proposed a 178,009 annual funding need for two decades of maintenance, amid higher treatment and wastewater costs and capped by a 1.4 million gallons per day capacity. The council will discuss the plan at the August 26 meeting.
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Walkersville
Bernard Quinn
Burgess and Commissioners
Environmental Protection Agency
Board of Commissioners
Burgess John L. Thompson
Heritage Farm Park
Roderuck Farm
Roderuck Farms Limited
Thompson
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