Town awards higher Christmas bonus to employees
Thurmont commissioners raised the annual Christmas bonus from 50 to 75 dollars after a 3-1 vote. Mayor Terrence Best supported the increase noting other public bodies do not give bonuses, while Commissioner Loverock dissented citing existing raises and cost of living.
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Thurmont - Town
Terrence R. Best
Eileen R. Waesche
Bruce C. Loverock
Best
Board of Education
Thurmont
Mixup cancels good deed turns into false arrest
A Middletown man believed he was helping by letting a stranger stay at a Frederick motel. He gave his license to the clerk when the man lacked identification, leading to a mistaken arrest of Jeffrey A. Stevens. Stevens faced marijuana and cocaine charges and a false name claim, later cleared when officials realized the mixup. The man who offered help, John Calvin Myers, says the charges against him will be dropped.
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Middletown
John Calvin Myers
Frederick City
City Police
Brian Burdette
Peter Baker
Walkersville
Sid
John Nolte
Jeffrey A. Stevens
Granite Circle
Frederick
Stevens
Frederick County
Free Health Care Proposal Aims for 5000 Uninsured in Maryland
Governor Glendening announces a 5.6 million plan to provide free medical coverage for about 5000 uninsured children and pregnant women. Eligibility targets families at 185 to 250 percent of the poverty level, with emphasis on children age 3 and younger and about 1000 expectant mothers. Funding to come from the health department budget. program would expand coverage to tens of thousands statewide.
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Essex
Parris Glendening
Glendening
Baltimore County
Maryland
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