Eight Frederick County schools to use bottled water
Eight Frederick County public schools will switch to bottled water as a precaution after Jan 10 test results showed elevated lead and copper from on site plumbing. The districts named Green Valley Lewistown Liberty Linganore New Market New Midway Sabillasville and Wolfsville Elementary and Middle schools face bottled water use for about two weeks while systems are updated.
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Frederick County
Green Valley
Lewistown
Liberty
Linganore High
New Market
New Midway
Sabillasville
Wolfsville
Joseph Dattoli
Laura Olsen
Environmental Protection Agency
Olsen
Ms. Olsen
Dattoli
Kemptown
Valley
Michael Sullivan
Mr. Dattoli
County trains for Winter Olympics driving events in Frederick County
Frederick County remains in training for winter driving events as an ice storm threatens western Maryland. Forecaster Richard Diener cautions light snow Friday with sleet and possible freezing rain during the morning rush, and a 25 percent chance of remaining all snow. Schools in Frederick and Montgomery counties closed. highways largely clear with isolated ice. county salt supplies strained, nine loads due and 6,600 tons ordered, as crews scramble to cover Friday’s storm risks.
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Frederick County
Lillehammer
Maryland
Richard Diener
National Weather Service
Diener
Frederick
Montgomery
Robert Ambush
State Highway Administration
Donald Crum
Highway Department
Winter Weather Boosts Travel Agents Business
Local travel agents report busy phones and bookings as cold, icy conditions drive residents to seek warmer destinations. Sue McGill notes a rise in last minute trips to Miami while Pat O Beirne sees demand surge for Nassau and Florida. Roger Buxton highlights Cancun as a cheap warm retreat amid continuing arctic blasts.
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Sue McGill
Budget Travel
Frederick
Miami
Roger Buxton
Buxton
World of Travel
Damascus
Cancun
Mexico
Florida
Counties seek inmate medical cost sharing in Maryland bill
Frederick County would join Charles and 12 other counties under a Senate plan to bill inmates for hospital and clinic visits. The measure, tied to a Charles County proposal, would let counties set per visit charges and deduct them from inmate spending accounts, aiming to curb abuse of sick calls.
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Annapolis
Frederick County
Charles Smelser
John Derr
Frederick
Charles County
James Simpson
Frederick's
Kristine McDevitt
Simpson
Disguise aids detective in check theft case in Frederick
Frederick City Police charged Charles Anthony Whitehead, 35, of Newport News Virginia, with 48 counts after a theft ring involving stolen blank checks and bank cards. Detective Bruce DeGrange and team used a pizza delivery disguise to arrest him at various workplaces. Whitehead allegedly forged checks and used stolen IDs by calling restaurants, directing drivers to honk rather than knock, and escaping with instruments of theft.
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Frederick City
Frederick
Waco
Texas
Charles Anthony Whitehead
Newport News
Bruce DeGrange
Allen Croneburg
Richard Stine
Whitehead
Det. DeGrange
North Market Street
Sarajevo Cease-Fire Begins as UN Monitors Move In
Sarajevo quieted at noon as a Serb cease-fire took effect and UN peacekeepers began positions to monitor the truce. French troops were assigned six key posts and ordered to defend themselves if fired upon. NATO had threatened air strikes if Serbs did not withdraw heavy weapons within 13 miles of Sarajevo.
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Sarajevo
U.N
Bosnia-Herzegovina
NATO
Boris Yeltsin
U.N. Security Council
Russia
Cal
Bill Aikman
Bosnia
Bratstvo-Jedinstvo
Grbavica
Victims rights amendment heads Maryland agenda in Annapolis
Prominent crime victims advocates from Frederick County and beyond urged lawmakers to pass a two bill package, a victims rights constitutional amendment and a comprehensive domestic violence statute. Sheriff Carl Harbaugh, State's Attorney Lawrence Dorsey Jr., and others testified before two criminal law committees while Sue Hecht, John Walsh, and Roberta Roper led the push. The amendment would entitle victims to participate in proceedings, deliver victim impact statements, and stay informed on prosecutions, aiming to balance the criminal justice process.
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Annapolis
Frederick County
Carl Harbaugh
Lawrence Dorsey Jr
Sue Hecht
Heartly House
Casper Taylor Jr
John Walsh
Fox
Maryland
Roper
Dorsey
House Judiciary Committee
Weather update and school sports toll in freeze
Mostly cloudy tonight with light snow and lows near 20. Friday brings more snow sleet or freezing rain with highs in the 30s. Winter weather takes its toll on school sports programs as readers see forecasts and map on Page A3.
Lester Dudrow Dies. Frederick Farmer Was 72
Mr. C. Lester Dudrow, 72, a well known retired farmer of 7911 Runnymeade Drive, Frederick, died Wednesday at Frederick Memorial Hospital. He was the husband of Dorothy E. Crummitt Dudrow. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Stauffer Funeral Home, Frederick.
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C. Lester Dudrow
Runnymeade Drive
Frederick
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Dorothy E. Crummitt Dudrow
Stauffer Funeral Home
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Carl McKillip
County
Nancy Luse
News-Post
Dan Burns
Senate
House
Inside the News
Lester Dudrow
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