Bower testifies for new Frederick County District Court judge
Frederick County needs its first new District Court judge in 28 years, Judge Frederick Bower tells a Senate panel. The plan, backed by Senate President Miller, would add two judgeships statewide, one in Frederick and one in Prince George's, with clerks and bailiffs funded.
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Annapolis
Frederick Couny
Frederick Bower
Senate
Frederick County
Bower
Thomas W Miller Jr
Prince George's
Robert Bell
General Assembly
Bell
Washington County
Walter Baker
D-Cecil
Prince George's District Court
Frank Kratovil
Planners review six year school construction plan
Frederick County Planning Commission debated the six year capital plan with Thurmont Middle School and two proposed high schools at center stage. It approved two school requests and added two of its own, moving Thurmont Middle’s addition forward and funding for an energy management system and for central and east county high schools.
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Thurmont
Frederick County
Jeff Bresee
Thurmont Middle
Planning Commission
Scott Gove
Central County High School
East County
Allies begin to evacuate Kosovo as deadline nears
Western embassies evacuate staff while NATO eyes airstrikes. Milosevic refuses to back down as Christopher Hill arrives in Belgrade for last-ditch talks before a Saturday noon deadline. About 2,000 killed and hundreds of thousands displaced in Kosovo crisis.
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Pristina
Yugoslavia
NATO
Kosovo
Slobodan Milosevic
France
Christopher Hill
Milosevic
Serbia
Javier Solana
Hecht to Withdraw Eastalco Legislation in Maryland
Annapolis reports Delegate Sue Hecht plans to withdraw her bill allowing Alcoa Eastalco Works to buy electricity from its parent company and reset the policy. The move follows widespread uproar as lawmakers complain she did not collaborate and kept others uninformed while pursuing a potential exemption from Allegheny Power’s monopoly.
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Annapolis
Sue Hecht
Frederick Washington
Alcoa Eastalco Works
Ms. Hecht
Eustalo
Allegheny Power
Delegation backs new bill after retreat over power purchase
Timothy Ferguson criticizes the move as a breach of confidence while Allegheny Power and the Public Service Commission raise concerns. After private talks with delegation members, Ms Hecht withdraws her bill and vows a cooperative effort on a revised proposal to aid the Frederick County industry. Delegate Brinkley calls for a fresh start as Eastalco seeks authority to buy power, with sponsorship details still undecided.
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Timothy Ferguson
Allegheny Power
The
Public Service Commission
Hecht
Frederick County
David Brinkley
Frederick
Eastalco
Sue
Brinkay
Ter
Ferguson
Senate
House
Earl Robbins
Eustako
County eyes internal promotion for county manager post
Frederick County commissioners move to fill the vacancy left by William Dennis by promoting from within. Acting manager Ron Hart, who also directs management services, will apply, with salary listed as negotiable. Teague Levy returns to executive assistant after a brief administrative officer stint, salary adjusted to prior level.
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Teague Levy
Frederick County
William Dennis
Ron Hart
Mitch Hose
Terre Roy Rhoderick
Belinda Teague-Levyy
Commissioners
David Gray
Dennis
Commission
Ers
Teague-Levy
Gray
Hart
Urbana third graders take part in FNP History Bee
Third grade students from Urbana Elementary, supervised by Claudia Nealley, posed after a lunch hour history bee. P. J. Roark won the day and will join another Urbana student to form the four member team entering the county wide history bee on March 25. Each participant earned a certificate. The FMF History Bee is sponsored by The Frederick News-Poat with Farmers & Mechemies National Bank and will air on Cable Channel 10 on Sunday March 28 at 7 p.m.
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Urbana
Claudia Nealley
P. J. Roark
Center
FMF
Frederick News-Poat
Farmers & Mechemies National Bank
Nance murder trial opens in Frederick County circuit court
Testimony began in the murder trial of Jean Louis Arnaud Nance in Frederick County Circuit Court. Seventy-seven jurors were questioned to select 15 jurors and three alternates amid publicity concerns. The trial, expected to last into next Friday, saw defense motions to move the case denied and detailed custody questions during police testimony.
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Frederick County
Jean Louis Arnaud Nance
Nanice
Adrian Keane Pilkington
Knoxville
Circuit Court
G. Edward Dwyer
Kenneth Ravenell
Dwyer
Ravenell
Mr. Nance
Frederick
Joseph Carroll
Nance
Death by own action threat draws SWAT team to Spring Ridge
A Spring Ridge man locked in his third floor apartment threatened to kill himself after calling a Veterans Affairs hospital and claiming a weapon. Frederick County deputies tried dialogue through the door, then used a bullhorn as the SWAT team moved in, but the man did not respond and was found dead.
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Spring Ridge
Greg Eyler
Frederick County
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