Ira's Way to Gain Two Stop Signs After Fatal Alley Crash
Frederick officials plan traffic safety upgrades in the alley Ira Gray died in, including two stop signs and road striping. Nearby residents and Ken White pushed for measures to slow cars at the blind curve between South Market Street and Broadway.
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Frederick
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Broadway
Ira’s
Ira
Ken White
Jon Kreissig
Harold Domer
William Scheetz
Scheetz
Carroll St
Richard Burgee
Town votes to spend on new street signs in Woodsborg
Woodsboro town officials approved expenditures exceeding $800 for 33 street name signs, aiming to complete by the bypass opening in late August. The vote 3-1 favored immediate order despite calls to wait until the bypass finish.
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Woodsboro
Donald Trimmer
Richard Sneadner
Kenneth Morgan
John Catshall
Trimmer
No charges filed in doll hanging case
Baltimore County prosecutors declined to press charges against two men who hung a black painted doll from a noose at a Granite Mobile Home Park in Woodstock. State's Attorney Sandra A. Connor said the act was offensive but not a crime under Maryland hate crime law since it occurred on private property. Police confiscated the doll after the men admitted arranging it while drinking. the men said it was a joke. NAACP official Bernetha George called for charges, citing residents feeling threatened.
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Maryland
Granite Mobile Home
Woodstock
Bernetha George
Baltimore County
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NAACP
Nine Die On Maryland Highways During Fourth of July
State police reported nine fatalities on Maryland highways over the long weekend with three motorcycle deaths, five car deaths, and one bicycle death. Authorities arrested 171 drivers for DWI amid sobriety checkpoints and issued 5,847 speeding tickets, a 24 percent rise from the previous Fourth of July period.
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Bel Air Barracks
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Ballenger Creek Planned Neighborhood Development Faces 60 Day Delay
Frederick's Planning Commission postponed a decision on the Ballenger Creek 495 unit plan at Ballenger Creek Pike and Crestwood Boulevard. Officials cited potential impacts on the school system from 185 townhouses, 150 apartments, and 150 condos and noted a lack of planned amenities. Commissioner Michael Williams urged review of all elements, delaying the plan for 60 days.
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Ballenger Creek
Ballenger Creek Pike
Crestwood Boulevard
Planning Commission
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