Taneytown girl dies after plunge through pond ice
A 15-year-old Taneytown girl, Raismy Keesonbath, died after she and 14-year-old Gregory Haller fell through half inch ice on a pond off Roberts Mill Road while chasing a duck. Haller was rescued and treated for hypothermia. Raismy was pulled from the water after a long rescue, and died at Johns Hopkins Hospital around 3:30 a.m. Monday night into Tuesday morning.
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Taneytown
Raismy Keesonbath
Daniel White
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Miss Keosonbath
Gregory Haller
Scott Ruby
Haller
Jim Salley
Carroll County
Hylahonh
Gregory
Pot Sheriff Harbaugh clashes with Maryland county officials
Frederick County Sheriff Carl Harbaugh resists placing sheriff office vehicles under county motor pool amid a broader funding dispute that forced release of funds for 14 positions. He warned commissioners and plans to discuss vehicle lines of authority, signaling ongoing tension amid county growth and limited law enforcement funds.
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Frederick County
Carl Harbaugh
Sheriff's Office
Harbaugh
Hagerstown
Ronald Sundergill
Sundergill
Attorney General's Office
Lawmakers say push to merge Ag DNR is going nowhere
Frederick County farmers and state lawmakers doubt House Speaker Mitchell’s plan to fuse the Agriculture and Natural Resources departments into a single Land and Water Resources agency. Delegates McClellan and Stup say the bill has little House support and likely will die in committee. Senator Derr also expects no Senate action, predicting the measure will not cross to the upper chamber.
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Frederick County
House
R. Clayton Mitchell
Department of Agriculture
Department of Natural Resources
Department of Land and Water Resources
Frederick
James E. McClellan
Frederick Washington
McClellan
William Donald Schaefer
J Anta Stup
R-Frederck
Mitchell
House of Delegates
Senate
Otter
Frederick City Youth Center opens with 115 plus attendees
More than 115 youngsters attended the first day at the new Frederick City Youth Center on Burck Street. Director Darryl Whiten said the place was swamped as youths joined activities in the recreation, study, and tutorial rooms.
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New Frederick City
Burck Street
Darryl Whiten
Department of Youth Services
Whiten
Chris DeVaughn
Clinton plan trims White House payrolls and perks
President Clinton unveils a 350 job cut, limits chauffeur limousines to three senior officials, opens the White House mess to all staff, and shifts the drug policy office while targeting $10 million in personnel savings. The steps accompany broader government cuts and a new era of belt tightening.
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Washington
White House
Clinton
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Bush Administration
Ins
Dan Quayle
Space Council
Office of Science, Technology and Space Policy
National Security Adviser
Bush
Office of Management and Budget
Council of Economic Advisers
Language classes expand in Frederick County schools
Frederick County educators launch four experimental language programs this fall to prepare students for a global economy. Swahili study is proposed at Frederick High with 293 student interest. pilot plans include kindergarten to fourth grade Spanish and future Native American, Sahni, Japanese and German offerings.
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Frederck County
Susan Smith
Frederick High
Maryland State Board of Education
Smith
Lanfuare
Santh
Frederick County Hears Landfill Fee Increase Plans
Frederick County Commissioners examined four options to raise the landfill dumping fee from 37 per ton as they plan for a new landfill and recycling facility. Proposals include separate rubble and landfill rates, with rubble at 34 and landfill at 50 rising to 70 by 2000, and a plan to fund past sins through landfill or general revenue. Public hearing on Feb 16 and support from officials mark the move toward higher disposal costs.
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Frederick County
Irv Shire
Bureau of Solid Waste
Solid Waste Bureau
Eyler
Solid Waste Enterprise Fund
Ronald Sundergill
Shire
Council of Governments
Frederick
Paul Gordon
Slike
Maryland weather and map brief update
Inside The News reports mostly sunny today with highs near 40 and a cold night ahead with lows in the 20s. It notes calmer conditions, mentions a partly sunny and warmer outlook for Wednesday with highs in the upper 40s and directs readers to see Maryland weather and map on Page A-2. It also mentions a Pennsylvania deer hunting title change and a note on Jim Gilford's Drumming Lag on Page C3.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
Jim Gilford
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