Rotorex hid water contamination at Walkersville plant
Maryland documents reveal Rotorex workers drank tainted water for years with TCE and TCA well above federal limits while management concealed evidence. The plant, amid a labor dispute with 440 locked out employees, switched to bottled water in 1992 after complaints.
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Rotorex
Walkersville
Maryland Department of the Environment
MDE
Jesse Williams
International Union of Electronic, Electrical Salaried
Hansen
C&O Canal Lauded As 19th Century Engineering Masterpiece
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal is hailed as a 19th century engineering masterpiece after enduring floods in 1924 and later battles with railroad owners and bureaucrats over preservation. Deborah Ayers of the C&Q Canal National Historical Park describes it as a triumph amid ongoing conservation struggles.
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Iron Horse
Deborah Ayers
C&q Canal National Historical Park
Early 19th century span of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
The text recounts the C&O Canal’s ambitious construction from Georgetown to Cumberland, with 12 aqueducts 7 dams and 74 locks. It notes the 1828 groundbreaking by President Adams, Erie Canal inspiration, and sections completed to Seneca and Harpers Ferry, with Cumberland as terminus at 605 feet elevation.
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Cumberland
Erie Canal
C&o Canal Co
Pittsburgh
Washington
John Quincy
Adams
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Ayers
Georgetown
Seneca
Harpers Ferry
Hancock
County woman named Ecker running mate for governor bid
Barbara Windsor of Hahn Transportation in New Market chosen as lieutenant governor running mate for Charles Ecker of Howard County. Ecker cites Windsor’s business background and people skills to bolster the ticket amid a primary challenge from Ellen Sauerbrey. Windsor chairs the Maryland Motor Truck Association. Hahn Transport operates liquids and dry bulk cargo.
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Frederick County
Charles Ecker
Howard County
Barbara Windsor
Hahn Transportation
New Market
Ecker
Ellen Sauerbrey
Ms. Windsor
Windsor
mid-Atlantic
Maryland Motor Truck Association
Jack Derr
Frederick
Kittleman
Ms Sauerbrey
Parris Glendening
Rhoderick Seeks Second Term as Frederick County Commissioner
Frederick County Commissioner Terre Roy Rhoderick, 62, a Republican, announced his candidacy to seek a second term. He credited solving school crowding during his first term and aims to upgrade school technology and boost the agricultural sector. He filed his candidacy on the deadline day.
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Frederick
Terre Roy Rhoderick
Rhoderick
Filing deadline looms as Goldstein successor named today
Democrats seek a slate to fill Comptroller Goldstein’s term after his death and run for the office. Gov. Glendening plans to appoint a successor before the 9 p.m. filing deadline, then allow campaigns to proceed with party aims to gain a long elusive win for Republicans.
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Lous Goldstein
Parris Glendening
Mr. Goldstein
Glendening
Senate
Mike Miller
House
Cas Taylor
Whittier surplus funds multiple Frederick County school projects
Whittier Elementary opens on time and frees funds from a $1.0 to $1.2 million surplus to back upgrades across the system. Savings come from a deliberate shift by the school board aided by fast tracking and a lower bid. The district will fix Linganore High air systems, Middletown High tennis courts, Kemp Town roof, and Hayward Road offices, with no plan to return excess to the county.
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Frederick County
Whittier
Yellow Springs
Waverley
Linganore High
Middletown High
Kemptown
Harold Keller Jr
Frederck County Public Schools
Keller
Waynesboro Construction Co
BCI
Hayward Road
Church Street
Tough jury selection underway for Aron retrial
In Rockville Ruthann Aron faces a second trial on charges of attempting to hire a hit man to kill her husband and a lawyer. A 200 member juror panel will be culled from 800 as delays from a hung jury in March frame the retrial. Judge Vincento Ferretti Jr will oversee a four week timetable with Monday to Thursday sessions to ease juror burdens.
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Rockville
Ruthann Aron
Aron
Barry Aron
Baltimore
Arthur Kahn
Maryland
Matthew Campbell
Ms. Walker
Mr. Campbell
Vincento
Ferretti Jr
Circuit
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