Lack of Advancement Drives Police Officers to Leave Force
Officer Jesse Goode Jr of the Frederick County Human Relations Commission notes many officers quit not for money but due to few advancement opportunities. He, with six and a half years on the force, compares Frederick starting salaries to Baltimore and cites wear on vehicles and career stagnation as key factors. The commission agrees that minorities are hired but often stagnate, a trend also seen in schools and corporations.
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Jesse Goode Jr
Frederick County
Baltimore
Officer Goode
Frederick
Montgomery
Commission
Nance Linked to Pilkington Murder Car Evidence Ties Blood
Police tie Jean Louis Arnaud Nance to the murder of Adrian Pilkington based on blood found in Pilkington’s car after he was stabbed and tossed from a Md. 17 bridge in Brunswick. Testimony shows Nance Jensen and Rachel Whitman were in the car with the victim. a knife with Whitman’s mother’s ownership matches the weapon.
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Jean Louis Arnaud Nance
Adrian Pilkington
MD. 17
Brunswick
Frederick
Chris Carroll
John Pigott
Mr. Nance
Jason Jensen
Rachel Whitman
Mr. Pilkington
Pilkington
Jensen
Monocacy River
Whitman
Hillcrest Drive
G. Edward Dwyer Jr
Nance
Knoxville
Potomac
Brian Wooldridge
Dina Flo
State plan would add 48 teachers in Frederick Co
Gov. Parris Glendening’s plan to cut class sizes would fund 48 new teachers in Frederick County and about 1,100 statewide over four years. The goal is to reach 20 or fewer students in first and second grade reading and seventh grade math. Schools must submit a plan to use funds to reduce class size, with about $50 million total cost and $1.9 million for Frederick County.
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Annapolis
Parris Glendening
Maryland
Frederick County
Joe Bryce
House
Ways and Means
Frederick
Jack Dale
Dale
GS Communications to upgrade Frederick County cable network
GS Communications announces a 16 million dollar upgrade and 18 month fiber optic extension to rebuild its Frederick County networks. The plan expands high speed Internet and digital television while avoiding local franchise requirements under federal law. Robert W. Cole leads the project as the company aims to remain a top rural cable operator.
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Frederick County
Robert W. Cole
GS Communications, Inc
Mr. Cole
GS Communications
Cole
Frederick City
Ucounty Commissioners
Frederick teen dies of meningitis at Frostburg
Jesse Gardiner 18 of Frederick, a former Gov. Thomas Johnson High School athlete and artist, died Tuesday from bacterial meningitis while a freshman at Frostburg State University. He had been taken to Sacred Heart Hospital in Cumberland after falling ill on campus. he played football, shot put, discus and wrestling for TJ.
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Jesse Gardiner
Gov. Thomas Johnson High School
Frostburg State University
Gardiner
Frederick
Sacred Heart Hospital
Cumberland
Patriots
Ben
Frederick County Eyes Long Range Traffic Forecast Plan
Frederick County Commissioners seek proposals from consultants to build a long range traffic forecasting program. The project would map collector road volumes, identify critical corridors, aid six year capital plans, evaluate new developments, and inform regional growth and economic initiatives. Cost could reach $100,000.
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Frederick County
al Hudak
Bureau
Aud Tion
Hudak
David Gray
Hood College builds Black History program centered on culture
Hood College responds to student demand with a Black History Month focus and African American studies. Dr. Zaki notes a group movement placed blacks and women at the program’s center. Wanda Ruffin recalls students pressuring Hood in 1990 and 1991 to create the major, reflecting a broader push by Black students in those decades.
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Head College
Hoda Zaki
Wanda Ruffin
Hood
Zaki
Ruffin
Eye-opening class examines slaveholding and oppression
Hoda Zard teaches twelve students in African American Political Thought about rights struggles in the early 1800s slave society. Readings focus on personal tragedy and how white owners protected their investment, including a fearful practice of burying a pregnant slave to prevent fetal injury during whipping, underscoring how slave births expanded the slave population.
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Hoda Zard
Grimes calls end of lease with all-male club a win win
Frederick Mayor Jim Grimes said the decision not to renew the annual lease for the Mountaindale area house is a win win noting the club has rented the property for men only since its inception. The club will continue renting as needed and uses the house about 10 nights a year.
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Grimes
Frederick
Jim Grimes
Dome de Rod
Mountaindale
Residents protest Walkersville tower at Appeals Board
About 20 people attended Frederick County Board of Appeal hearings at night to oppose an exception for a 250 foot communications tower near Walkersville. The board postponed a decision, continuing the matter to a later session.
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Walkersville Tower
Appeals Board
Frederick County Board of Appeal
Spe
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Carroll Creek
George Dorsey
Frederick Co
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Frostburg
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Tion
Behin Brent
Purnima Bhatt
Hood College
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