Bright Christmas Homes Draw Decembers Sightseers
A Frederick area feature highlights four residents Diane Hahn Nancy Harley Robert Long and the Peddicords whose homes blaze with thousands of lights each December. Hahn uses 10 000 lights with family help while Harley coordinates a gingerbread like display drawing cars nightly. Long crafts carved lawn ornaments and a 68 foot tail tree illuminated with red lights. The group influences neighbors to decorate though teens repeatedly damage displays.
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Diane Hahn
Nancy Harley
Robert Long
Peddicords
Ms Hahn
Stonegate Drive
Frederick
Hahn
Ellicott City
Electric Company
Harley
Hawthorne Drive
Old Annapolis Road
Long
Frederick County ends 1997 with $4M surplus and higher bond ratings
Frederick County closes 1997 with a $4 million surplus and improved finances. In October the county received Aa2 from Moody's, lifted ratings from Standard and Poor's and Fitch. The board also issued $67.5 million in bonds and planned a year-end celebration at Winchester Hall as the county marks its 250th anniversary.
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Frederick County
Moody's Investors Service
Moody's
Standard and Poor's
Fitch Investment Services
Winchester Hall
Judge's son arrested on drug charges in Frederick County
Joseph Milner Roberts, 18, son of a Frederick County District Court judge, was arrested Christmas night by eveaarick police. He faces marijuana and drug paraphernalia charges, released on personal recognizance. A second judge’s son faced drug charges in October. no trial date set.
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Joseph Milner Roberts
Frederick County
Eveaarick
Roberts
Elm Street
Sean Stuart
Frederick County Central Booking
W Milner
Drowns in Frederick County pond on Christmas Day
A 2-year-old Emmitsburg boy, Hunter McManus, drowned in a 4 1/2 foot pond on Putman Road near a fish hatchery in Frederick County while visiting relatives. Deputies and Walkersville EMS responded around noon after CPR was performed by family members. Eight people were at the home when the accident occurred. the pond lay about 100 feet from the house.
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Emmitsburg
Lewistown
Putman Road
Frederick County
Derek Kreitenstein
Sheriff's Office
Walkersville Ambulance Co
Hunter McManus
Sonnel
Seven Day Kwanzaa Celebration Emphasizes Pride
The seven day Kwanzaa celebration begins today highlighting pride in self and community. Dwaine Robbins and Alyce Luck discuss unity and cultural roots while discussing the holiday founded by Dr. Maulana Karenga in 1966 and its Swahili origins.
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Dwaine Robbins
Maulana Karenga
Alyce Luck
Gas prices fall across regular and premium fuels
Gasoline costs drop about 10 percent year over year with regular unleaded at $1.17.7 per gallon after a 2.8 cent monthly decline. Mid-grade and premium also ease to $1.23.7 and $1.35.1, while diesel climbs 3 cents to $1.29.1.AAA cites seasonal demand, crude prices, and OPEC actions as factors.
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Grandma's
AAA Mid-Atantic
AAA
Iraq
United Nations
OPEC
Pomons of The Frederct News Daily Panel Note
A quirky fragment notes a daily news panel printed on recycled paper and labeled as recyclable. The odd wording hints at an editorial or design joke about sustainability and reuse in the Frederct News publication.
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Pomons
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