Three boys die in drowning tragedy at local lake
In Thurmont a family picnic ended in tragedy when Marvin Miller 12 and two friends Brendel Horst 15 and Lowell Miller 18 died after jumping in to try to save Marvin who slipped from a rock. Lyndon 17 and others tried to help as officers warned the water depth can reach 20 feet. The three Paradise Mennonite School students were unable to swim.neighbors and rescuers drew them from the lake as medics tried to revive them and the families prayed nearby until Marvin was located around 11 p.m.
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Lowell Miller
Smithsburg
Brendel Horst
Waynesboro
Marvin
Lowell
James Miller
Horst
Lyndon Miller
Brendel
Mr. Miller
Paradise Mennonite School
7Erstown
Lloyd Horst
Lyndon
Mountain Lake
Tracy Medvid
Emmitsburg
Leasa Fleming
Ronnie Fleming
Cascade
Second bridge planned to ease Md 26 traffic over Monocacy
SHA signed agreements with Avon Dear and North Frederick developers to dualize 11 miles of Md 26 and build a second Monocacy bridge at Ceresville. Bids due August, construction to start October, lasting over two years. Existing bridge congestion caused by 28,500 daily vehicles and past serious crashes, including a May fatal head-on collision near Monocacy Boulevard.
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MD 26
State Highway Administration
Liberty Road
Monocacy Boulevard
Robert Fisher
SHA
District 7
Frederick
Ceresville Mansion
Avon Dear Limited Partnership
Dearbought
Fisher
Grimes OKs funding for conference in Frederick
Former mayor Paul Gordon opposed the purchase but Mayor Jim Grimes approves full funding for Frederick's Maryland Municipal League participation. The city paid $20,710 in membership and $3,865 for registration and lodging, while some attendees paid their own way. Grimes says lodging and travel should be funded to allow aldermen to mingle with peers and gain exposure to new technologies and municipal issues.
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Jim Grimes
Frederick
Maryland Municipal League
Ocean City
Gordon
Grimes
Frederick WAC veterans recall their WWII service
Two Frederick women, Helen Vic Burke and Bertha Shafer, recall days as Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps members. Burke’s service spanned the Pacific and front lines, teaching WACs to use gas masks and later tending soldiers’ teeth in field hospitals. She lost her husband in 1945 and kept up morale with Christmas cards from overseas. Shafer joined from Nebraska, leaving home daily to see family, later sharing stories of service.
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Frederick
Helen Vic, Burke
Bertha Shafer
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Burke
Sam
Pearl Harbor
Daytona Beach
Fla
Georgia
Lee Fisher
Fort Meade
Philippines
Carmack’s
Staub’s
Nebraska
Helen Virginia Burke
Walkersville teen meets President Clinton at Boys Nation
Michael High School senior Michael, 17, of Walkersville, Maryland, met President Clinton during a Boys Nation event at Marymount College, Virginia. He serves as Maryland director of the Boys Nation band and described Clinton’s fatigue while noting the president’s engagement with youths and his address on the balanced budget amendment and education.
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Clinton
Pye
Walkersville High School
Boys Nation
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American Legion
U.S
Boys State
Maryland
Marymount College
Virginia
Girls Nation
White House
Frederick
Frederick County
Weather update for Western Maryland on POZE page
Sunny hot and humid today with scattered showers tonight. Wednesday highs in the mid 50s with a chance of rain. Western Maryland weather and map featured in the Frederick News Post, printed on recycled paper.
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Frederick News
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Alison Maxwell
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