Contractor faulted for Carroll blast
Westminster AP reports preliminary findings by the Maryland Public Service Commission fault an excavator working for Apollo Trenching for not heeding utility markings when drilling beneath the street. The January 19 blast near Westminster released gas, destroying 20 homes and damaging 66 others after cutting a 4 inch plastic pipe. Prestige Cable TV of Carroll County hired the contractor.
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Westminster
Maryland Public Service Commission
Commission
Frank Fulton
Apollo Trenching
Prestige Cable TV
Carroll County
Fulton
Mount Airy Pushes ALS Unit for Frederick County
Mount Airy volunteers urge Frederick County Commissioners to fund an Advanced Life Support unit in the southeast area. Chief Dale Lowman says the unit would relieve overtaxed paramedics and save lives, noting Mount Airy’s 1,600 calls last year and 169 ALS responses in Frederick County.
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Mount Airy
Mount Airy Volunteer Fire Co
Frederick County
Frederick
Carroll County
Dale Lowman
Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association
Bruce Reeder
Libertytown
Reeder
Lowman
New Market
Mount Airy Fire Co
Ben Brown
Brown
Mark Hoke
IRS checks trucks for illegal fuel in Howard County
IRS inspectors armed with siphons checked 30 trucks at I-70 West Friendship and I-83 weigh stations for untaxed fuel. Three were suspected of using illegal dyed fuel, penalties include a $1,000 fine or $10 per gallon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard County
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
West Friendship
Fire log shows multiple alarms across towns overnight
Fire calls reported during the 24 hour period ending 9 pm Thursday include automatic alarms at 11791 Fingerboard Road 1 51 am and 10302 Lenhart Road 7 25 pm emergency responses at homes in Green Valley Mount Airy New Market Wolfsville Myersville Braddock Heights and Walkersville. A gas leak at 4 18 pm near Junior Utopia Place and a woods fire at Walkersville plus several house fires at 37 E Main St 1005 Motter Ave 12552 Wolfsville Rd and 4814 Old National Pike with ambulance emergency routines listed.
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Fingerboard Road
Green Valley
Mount Airy
New Market
E. Main St
Motter Ave
Stratford Drive
Fort Detrick
Independent
United
Utopia Place
Walkersville
Wolfsville Road
Wolfsville
Myersville
Old National Pike
Braddock Heights
Jefferson
Middletown
Lenhart Road
Lewistown
Jefferson St
United Ambulance
Winter Storm Forecast Spreads Snow Across Regions
A broad winter storm pattern brings freezing rain to Plains and Texas, snow to New York, the Sierra Nevada, and parts of Utah. Forecasters warn of 3 to 6 inches in the Rockies and Sierra Nevada while Maryland faces a potential general snow event this weekend.
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Texas
California
Nebraska
Iowa
New York
Sierra Nevada
Utah
Houston
Rockies
Colorado
Oregon
Plains
Illlnois
Indiana
Western
Gulf
Florida
Georgia
Tennessee
Ohio River
Carolinas
West Virginia
Maine
Maryland
Ohio River Valley
Frederick County
Frederick
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Westminster
7-Eleven Robbery in Germantown City Suburb
Montgomery County police investigated a 1 a m robbery at a 7-Eleven on 13001 Wisteria Drive. An employee opened the cash drawer and handed the money in a paper bag to a black man 18 to 25, about 5 6 and 180 pounds, who fled toward Breeze Way wearing a red hat and scarf with a sweater jacket.
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Montgomery County
Wisteria Drive
Breeze Way
Lottery results from Maryland drawn Thursday night
Baltimore AP reports Maryland lottery drawings for Daily Lottery and Pick 4. Daily numbers 7 7 9. Pick 4 numbers 00 27. March 5 results show 03 10 17 19 29.
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Baltimore
Maryland
DALP may be saved says Frederick delegates
Delegates from Frederick County discuss partial preservation of the Disability Assistance Loan Program. Health care for low income residents may stay under the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene budget while cash loans to disabled people could be eliminated.
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Annapolis
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
J. Anita Stup
Mike Spurrier
Frederick Community Center
Sue Hecht
D-Frederick Washington
Ms. Hecht
House Appropriations Committee
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Netus
Frederick, Md
George B. Delaplaine Jr
George E. Randall
Marlene B. Young
Philip W. Hammond
Edward F. Mull
Ervin H. Hagg
Great Southern Printing and Manufacturing Company
E. Parick Street
P.O. Box
Fox
Montgon
Nery County
Maryland Ave
Rockville
News Matters
Mail
Carroll Blast
Tom Johnson
News-Post
The
Associated Press
Sos
Accu-We
Ohio
Montgomery
Germantown
Lottery
Habitrail
Rick’s Fish & Pet
Frederick Nie
Kmart & MJ Designs
Seed E
HIVE
DALP
Frederick City
Cotte
Rgl
Prospect Plaza Pt Cot Kee
Thomas M. Barse
CITIZENS _SAVINGS BANK
FDIC
Bethesda
Chevy Chase
Dama
Flower Hill
Gaithersburg
Kensington
Olney
Potomac
Quince Orchard
Liver Spring
Wheaton
Glenmont
White Oak
Aya
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