Rural Chestertown among Maryland crime hot spots
Maryland expands its Hot Spots Communities Initiative to 35 areas, revealing that rural towns like Chestertown on the Eastern Shore share urban crime patterns. Lt. Gov Townsend says crime concentrates in neighborhoods, with examples in Washington County and Crisfield, reflecting a statewide, neighborhood-driven response strategy.
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Annapolis
Baltimore
Maryland
District of Columbia
Chestertown
Richard Colburn
mid-Shore
Dorothy Plummer
Ms. Plummer
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
Washington County
Somerset County
Crisfield
15 Star Flag Planned Over Key Monument Grave Site
Frederick organizers launch plan to fly a 15 star flag over Francis Scott Key Monument at Mount Olivet Cemetery to honor the 250th anniversary of Frederick County. Donors supporting preservation will receive a certified 15 star 3 by 5 flag, with time capsule to be opened on Flag Day next year during Beyond the Gates tour weekend.
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George Lewis
Key Monument Centennial Association
FSK Memorial Foundation
Ron Pearcy
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Francis Scott Key
America
Frederick County
Key
The
FSK Memorial Foundation, Inc
Frederick
John Fieseler
Ministers hail plan to share clergy across churches
Frederick ministers welcomed a United Church of Christ plan to share clergy and recognize each other’s ordinations. Delegates at Columbus approved a framework among about 15 million worshippers across several denominations, with no merger and each church keeping its own identity.
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United Church of Christ
Frederick
Joseph Foster
Grace United Church of Christ
Frederick Wenner
Evangelical Reformed United Churc of Christ
UCC
Columbus
Ohio
Presbyterian Church (USA
Reformed Church In America
Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
W. Phillip Fogarty
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Fogarty
Local fitness classes feature new training trends
A Frederick News-Post page highlights spin training box aerobics and fluid movement classes. The section mentions family pages, sports coverage on the Keys losing two at home to Kinston Indians, and includes classified, comics, editorials and letters. The paper emphasizes recycled 100 percent paper content and recyclability.
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Keys
Kinston Indians
Frederick News- Post
Alo
Signs indicate spring arrives earlier in Michigan birds
Historical records show that red-winged blackbirds and Canada geese now arrive in Germfask by late March, hawks in April, and ruby-throated hummingbirds by late May, signaling earlier springs in Michigan's Upper Peninsula than three decades ago. Ornithologist Elizabeth Browne Losey notes 80 acres of field observations corroborate the shift.
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Germfask
Michigan
South America
Lyndon Johnson
Upper Peninsula
Elizabeth Browne Losey
Sojourner Faces Martian Rock Barnacle Bill
Sojourner the Pathfinder rover neared a pocked Martian rock named Barnacle Bill after a 12 inch trek across dusty soil. NASA officials noted contact between rover wheel and rock as controllers guided the robot from 119 million miles away.
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Pasadena
Calif
Sojourner
Pathfinder
Brian Muirhead
Associated Press
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Fourth Fred and Dorothy Bower Pitch Aide for Fence Paint
On a Friday morning the Bowers plan help for their Auburn Road neighbor near Thurmont to finish painting the fence surrounding the property.
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Fred
Dorothy Bower
Auburn Road
Thurmont
Passers-by Save Family from Burning Damascus Home
Two alert bystanders saved three people and pets when a grill fire spread to a Damascus residence at 28328 Kemptown Road about 12:25 a.m. Sunday, causing roughly 120000 in damage. One rescuer entered the home and helped evacuate a child and two adults while halting further spread.
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Damascus
Jim Resnick
Montgomery County
Wallace
Capt. Resnick
Ms. Lechbaum
Capt. Res
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