Bush Andean presidents meet at drug summit in Cartagena
President Bush joins a security tight drug summit with Colombia Peru and Bolivia to push a united war on drugs. Barco urges viable economic alternatives for coca growers as four nations seek a broad framework to guide anti narcotics action amid heavy security and tense regional violence.
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Washington
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United States
Mr. Bush
Caribbean
Barranquilla
County approves mall expansion and road upgrades
Frederick County Planning Commission approved Crown American's plan to add 152000 square feet to Francis Scott Key Mall, boosting leasable space to 694000 with a new department store over 10000 square feet. The approval mandates road widenings, trees, pedestrian walkways, and 4317 parking spaces, plus traffic improvements beyond mall ownership.
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MD. 355
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State frees Delaplaine Center funds
The Board of Public Works approved releasing 200000 in matching state funds for the Delaplaine Visual Arts Center in Frederick. Funds come from a 1988 debt, contingent on local matching amounts raised, with no state money until local funds are exhausted. The project rehabilitates the old Mountain City Mill building.
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Francis Bush dies longtime Frederick community activist
Francis Willson Bush Sr. 77 of Walkersville died February 14 at Northampton Manor Frederick. He was husband of Marian E. Bush and born October 21 1912 in Fall River Mass. He wrote a weekly column You Did it And We Thank You in The Frederick News Post and was an executive with M J Grove Lime.
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Frederick
Marian E. Bush
Fall River
Mass
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Florence Bush
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M.J. Grove Lime
Operation Crack Down marks one year in Frederick
Frederick police chief Maj. Richard Ashton notes 474 arrests in the year long Operation Crack Down, with undercover officers targeting crack cocaine deals in public housing projects. Assistant state's attorney Scott Rolle says most prosecutions are solid and near certain to result in convictions. the effort also raises public awareness of the drug problem.
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Scott Rolle
Rolle
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Weather Outlook With Showers and Thunderstorms Tonight and Friday
Forecast calls for variable cloudiness tonight with a 40 percent chance of showers or a thunderstorm. Lows near mid 40s. Friday brings windy warm conditions with likely showers and thunderstorms. Highs around the low 60s.
Police chief touts crack down results amid mixed reviews
Chief Ashton says most defendants plead guilty as jail terms average three years. He estimates fewer than 20 of 474 arrested are repeat offenders and notes low injury rates during operations. An accidental hit on a police dog sidelined one animal for weeks while officers question the scope and cost of the effort and demand broader action against buyers and suppliers.
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Delegates Back Study For Walkersville to Shady Grove Rail Link
Western Maryland and Frederick delegates urge a DOT study of a high speed light rail commuter line from Walkersville to Shady Grove via Frederick Reel's Mill Clarksburg and Gaithersburg. DOT notes a $1 million statewide study due in June and opposes duplicating efforts.
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Mil
Germantown
Steve Reich
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Teague-Levy seeks Frederick County Commissioner seat
Belinda Teague-Levy, 36, of Stratford Drive, filed Wednesday as a Democrat for the Frederick County Commission. A seven year administrative specialist at Winchester Hall, she cites public safety as a key issue and favors alternative revenue sources over special tax districts for fire, rescue and ambulance services. She also pushes early drug education and plans active door-to-door campaigning. Teague-Levy is a Singanore High School graduate and Frederick Community College senior, and she belongs to United Democrats, Women's Democratic League and Frederick Woman's Civic Club.
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Frederick Community College
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