Rain-snow mix snarls Frederick roads with crashes
A wintry mix of rain freezing rain and snow hit Frederick causing slick roads and multiple accidents. Police say I-70 incidents required rescue crews to extricate a trapped driver while Hazmat responded to a 100 gallon diesel spill. County crews deployed all 47 salt trucks as western Frederick bore the brunt.
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Black residents in Frederick tell of unfriendliness from police
NAACP president Johnnie Mac Twine says blacks face hostility from city officers and a flawed system as a meeting with Mayor Jim Grimes and Police Chief Ray Raffensberger seeks reform. He cites a Jan incident where an elderly retiree was ticketed after a traffic stop and searches, arguing such cases erode trust, with fears of retaliation and media pressure. Alderman William Hall notes a long-standing mistrust and rising confrontations.
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City police stop and search target young Black men
Charlene Edmonds of the Church of God in Christ cites repeated stops of Black men by city and Fort Detrick police after a meeting at city hall with Frederick officials. She describes a 19 year old son who faced car searches for air fresheners and a $270 emissions ticket, plus another stop while walking home from a downtown pizza place.
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Church of God In Christ
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Frederick ethics law gets state approval in two year dispute
Frederick city officials celebrate after a two year debate ends with the Maryland State Ethics Commission approving revisions to the city ethics law. The commission found both the charter amendment and the ethics code in compliance, resolving a conflict over contract involvement by officials.
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Maryland State Ethics Commission
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Hood College remembers Kim Servedio in campus gathering
Hood College's Whitaker Campus Center hosted more than 300 friends, teammates, and staff to honor 20 year old Kimberly Ann Servedio, a Hood junior soccer player killed in a March car crash on I 70. Her organs were donated as family described her cancer research dreams.
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Hood
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
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Melanie B. Gorr
Huntingtown
Servedio
Casey Nye
Shock Trauma Center
Ms. Waldron
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Ms. Servedio
Barbara Servedio
Alexandra Reith
Kim
Suzanne Benson
Ms Bensor
Heather Liska
Ms Liska
Margaret Farmer
Ms Seredio
Three Die In Westminster Md 140 Crash
Police say road conditions contributed to a Wednesday collision on Md 140 in Westminster that killed Francis Meyers 60 Oudom Keosombath 52 and his wife Chanh 50 all of Taneytown The couple s two daughters Vanmaly 27 and Boualaphamh 30 were flown to R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center Baltimore The younger woman listed critical but stable and the other serious but stable both as hospital officials reported Meyers was driving a 1996 Ford Taurus westbound when hydroplaning crossed into the eastbound lane and struck Keosombath s 1891 Toyota Camry
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Unclear fragment on Daily News and recycling
Fragmentary note mentions The Frederick News Post and daily pred 400 percent and recycled canal context. No coherent event or person details available.
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Bank robber fugitive Edward Brown sought after Jan raid
An arrest warrant targets Edward Thomas Brown for the Woodsboro Bank robbery at the Monocacy Village Shopping Center. Police link him to two earlier city robberies and a Jan 12 armed crime with a handgun. Brown, last seen Jan 26 in Baltimore, is a suspect in unsolved cases.
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Stephen Seals
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Fredenck
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