Commissioners not yet on board with river initiative plan
Frederick County commissioners Tuesday said they are not yet sold on the American Heritage Rivers Initiative. They heard from federal spokesperson Karen Hobbs and will decide after reviewing the final document. They noted the nomination requires local consensus and can be blocked by a single congress member.
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Frederick County
Karen Hobbs
Mark Hoke
Clinton
American Heritage Rivers Initiative
Hobbs
Congress
Bank of Carroll Creek Office Retail Center Approved
Frederick's Board of Zoning Appeals approved a $2.4 million 30,000 square foot office and retail building at 162 W Patrick Street. The 3 1/2 story brick block structure fronts Baker Park and Barbara Fritchie House, with a federal style influence and standing seam roof. Architect Gary D. Baker said three major tenants are lined up and inquiries are strong. construction to begin in October and run about one year.
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Bentztown Park
Carroll Creek
Frederick City
Gary D. Baker
Suspect linked to Barthlow murder and 1986 hammer attack
Police connect Sunday murder of Melvin Barthlow to a 1986 case with Martin Shepley confessing to striking Barthlow in the head with a claw hammer. Details show repeated violence at Barthlow’s 240 F Seventh St home and a 1987 conviction for assault with intent to maim.
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Melvin Theodore Barthlow
Martin Howard Shepley
Mr. Barthlow
Shepley
F. Seventh St
Barthlow
Circuit Court
Civil War Museum partners with Fort Detrick on medical exhibit
The National Museum of Civil War Medicine and Fort Detrick unveil a new educational partnership aimed at showcasing military medicine from the Civil War to modern times. Brig. Gen. Russ Zaytchuk and museum President Robert Gearinger signed the agreement as attendees toured a Civil War hospital mock-up and a high tech trauma life support exhibit.
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National Museum of Civil War Medicine
Museum
Fort Detrick
C. James Olson
Detrick
Russ Zaytchuk
Robert Gearinger
Zajtchuk
Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
Gearinger
Gen
Zajtehuk
James Luttrell
Frederick
Mother of five stabbed to death in Maryland
A 36 year old mother of five Rosa Salvador was killed by her estranged husband Juan A. Salvador who then stabbed himself in an apparent murder suicide. Police reported the scene at 7 30 am after a 911 call from the couple's 5 year old daughter. Authorities planned to charge Salvador with first degree murder after he recovers in Suburban Hospital.
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Gaithersburg
Montgomery County
Juan A. Salvador
Bethesda
Rosa Salvador
Governor tours Frederick amid crop damage in rain
Governor Parris Glendening visited Frederick to assess drought harmed crops and praise Maryland’s economy as rain continued. Early morning precipitation reached over an inch with slick roads and cloudy skies, while officials noted ongoing crop damage around the area.
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Parris Glendening
Frederick
News-Post
Mr. Glendening
Parents form support group after youth murder
Jerry and Yong Pilkington, parents of Adrian, visit his grave two days after Rachel Whitman was sentenced for the murder. The gravesite was desecrated as a pole snapped, flowers mangled, blue bandanna left behind, underscoring their grim loss and ongoing grief.
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Rachel Whitman
Jerry
Yong Pilkington
Adrian
Jacobsen Yong
Jerry Pilkington
Adrian Pilkington
Frederick man H Irving Thomas dies at 91
H Irving Thomas 91 of Second Street Frederick died Tuesday August 18 at Homewood Retirement Center exactly one year after his wife Mildred Lee Wenner Thomas died. Born June 28 1906 in Frederick he was a direct descendant of prominent local founders and developers. He and his family were longtime Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ members. His wife taught Sunday school for over 20 years. He grew up on his father's Rocky Springs farm.
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H. Irving Thomas
Second Street
Frederick
Homewood Retirement Center
Mildred Lee Wenner Thomas
Hiram Grove
Sarah Kefauver Thomas
Thomas
John Thomas
Jacob Grove
Germany
George Thomas
Buckeystown
Lewis F. Kefauver
Gray Haven
Middletown
Frederick County
Frederick Middletown
Braddock Heights
Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ
Rocky Springs
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