Post offices brace for holiday mail as rush nears
Post offices across the county report steady to brisk Christmas mail, with self sticking stamps selling well and overtime hours. Brunswick and Emmitsburg offices anticipate a big Monday rush, while Frederick sorting crews work six to seven days to clear letters. Extra Sunday deliveries and mailbox pickups ease Monday load as Santa letters and charity drives involve staff and volunteers.
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Mr. Ferguson
Myersville
John Espineld
John Munson
Munson
Brunswick Post Office
Emmitsburg
Linda Chappell
Pas Ule
Wen Tain Street
Frederick
Juiliann Biggers
Santa
Higher Dreams
Starr Lawson
Jerry Crouse
Crestwood Village
Parcel Plus
Billy Hoffman
United States
Hoffman
Talley Led Summer Programs and Tennis Initiatives
Talley organized eight week summer playgrounds and began family swim night in 1969 while directing Frederick teen centers. He helped expand tennis opportunities through a cooperative program with the city Western Maryland Tennis Patrons and Frederick Tennis Club. He enjoys more free time, plans travel with his wife, and has taken up golf again.
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Talley
Frederick
Maryland
Garden club aids Hamburg flood relief in New Market drive
In New Market the garden club held a December book fair that raised 1200 for Hamburg, a town of 1200 people hit by flooded ditches and 83 homes lost. Residents planned more fund raisers for early 1994 and a slide presentation by Betty and John Thompson at the January 12 council meeting. Mount Airy volunteers prepare a Christmas shipment to Alexandria, Missouri, with mayor Jerry Johnson and the Flood Relief Committee, driving gifts and cash total to 39,387.
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Hamburg
Garden Club
New Market
Mount Airy
Alexandria
Suzanne Mead
Jerry Johnson
Fire damages Waterside townhouse on Hollow Reed Court
A Wednesday afternoon blaze at 8003 Hollow Reed Court in Waterside caused about $10,000 in damage to a townhouse owned by James Cullen. Fire started in a kitchen trash container and smoke spread through the home while Mrs Cullen was away. Fire Marshals Ted Meminger Tim Warner and Mark Bilger led the investigation. the home was later found unoccupied and discovered by Cullen’s daughter.
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Waterside
Hollow Reed Court
Bob Thomas
James Cullen
Mr. Cullen
Ted Meminger
Tim Warner
Mark Bilger
CODE elects officers in Buckeystown annual meeting
Citizens Opposed to the Destruction of the Environment chose Morgan Allen as president Mehri Mayne Sr as vice president JoAnne Day as secretary and Madelle Tolbert as treasurer at the Wednesday meeting Officers voted to donate 200 to the Citizens of Buckerstown to finance a lawyer hired to challenge a rubble fill project.
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Buckeystown
CODE
Morgan Allen
Mehri Mayne Sr
JoAnne Day
Madelle Tolbert
Buckerstown
Teen charged with beating 79 year old
A 17-year-old Bethesda teen was arrested after assaulting a 79-year-old man who warned two youths about smoking near Beresud Chevy Chase School. The victim suffered broken ribs, facial injuries, and cuts and was hospitalized at Suburban.
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Bethesda
Montgomery County Police
Beresud
Chevy Chase
Iligis
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