Cold weather causes multiple city water main breaks
In the past two weeks the city has recorded 11 water main breaks with seven homes affected on Gas House Pike and about 20 people impacted on Kline Boulevard. Repairs faced delays on West Patrick Street due to old trolley track remnants as crews work until fixed. The county courthouse closed early Monday due to water pressure concerns, raising fire safety worries while public works sent relief measures.
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Keith Brown
Gas House Pike
West Patrick Street
Kline Boulevard
South Court Street
Bentz Street
Brown
Frederick County Court House
Bea Trout
Midwest snowstorm toll hits 57 as travel stalls
Frustration rose as travelers remained stranded across the Midwest city airports shut down and rail, highway, and air service disrupted. The storm blanketed Nebraska to New England, closing Purdue University and prompting widespread school cancellations from Iowa to New Hampshire.
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Midwest
Buffalo
Iowa
New Hampshire
Purdue University
Indiana
Nebraska
Canada
New England
Oklahoma
Detroit
Northwest Airlines
Slippery Weekend Moisture Falls Short of Drought Relief
A mixed bag of snow ice and rain brought moisture to Maryland and Delaware over the weekend but not enough to end drought restrictions. Rainfall totals ranged from 2 inches or more in parts of Delaware and southern Maryland to about an inch in western Maryland. USDA statistician Chuck Less in Annapolis says the rain is helpful but far from sufficient, calling for an extended wet period.
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Maryland
Delaware
Chuck Less
Agriculture Department
Annnapolis
Drought relief limited as weekend snow fails to help reservoirs
Allegany County saw mostly frozen precipitation over the weekend with snow and ice, not enough to ease drought. Officials warn melting will take time, while reservoirs remain near crisis levels from a dry summer and fall. About 400 Midland households still on water rationing, with limited taps. Garrett County dairy farms haul water as some springs modestly improve.
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Allegany County
Timothy Thomas
National Weather Service
Cumberland
Mr. Young
Mr Young
Garrett County
Jim Simms
Judge voids raid entry in Frederick County drug case
Defense lawyers won a suppression hearing, ruling the entry used by Frederick County deputies in a July 10 drug raid on a private home was invalid and evidence gathered there must be suppressed. The judge kept the charges, noting deputies frequently used no knock tactics and force to secure raids.
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Frederick County
Focal
G. Edward Dwyer Jr
Frederick
Milton Freeh
Sheriff's Office
Freeh
Brace Court
Frederick Monocacy Boulevard extension eyed by lawmakers
Frederick City leaders briefed Maryland legislators on a four mile plan to extend Monocacy Boulevard from East Patrick Street to Md 26. Delegates and senators praised the presentation while noting growth versus non growth concerns and 19 planning conditions aimed at making a concrete plant user friendly for residents. Officials plan to address county input and await further talks with the county commissioners.
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Frederick County
General Assembly
City Hall
Frederick
Monocacy Boulevard
Jim Grimes
Alex Mooney
Mooney
East Patrick Street
MD. 26
Grimes
Tim Ferguson
Louise Snodgrass
City Planning Commission
Ms. Snodgrass
Joseph Bartlett
Firefighters may get pay for new design road substation
The Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association executive committee recommends a fully paid engine crew for a proposed fire station on New Design Road near Corporate Drive. Plans call for a substation of United Steam Fire Engine Co with an ambulance and engine, and $375,000 is recommended for salaries in fiscal 2000 for 15 people.
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New Design Road
Corporate Drive
Frederick County
Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association
United Steam Fire Engine Co
Jeff Wisner
Teddy bears aid children after crime in Gaithersburg
In Gaithersburg in the summer of 1997 police offer teddy bears to child victims to provide comfort and security. Maree Deitch, the department's Victim Advocate, says the bears help reduce fear, ease processing at the scene or in a cruiser, and show care from responders, potentially serving even teenage victims.
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Marcie Deitch
Gaithersburg
Maree Deitch
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