Frederick County Hosts Largest Local TB Skin Test Screening
Nurses administered about one point six skin tests per person as Frederick County Health Department launched a mass TB screening. The effort followed a Gov. Thomas Johnson High School graduate’s TB diagnosis about a month after graduation. The free tests ran from 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the health department and will resume Aug 1 at 350 Montevue Lane, with tests also available at private doctors’ offices.
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Frederick County Health Department
Stephanie Steinhart
Health Department
James Bowes
Gov. Thomas Johnson High School
Montevue Lane
Whitewater hearings open with party line clash on Foster death
The opening Whitewater hearing in Washington featured a party line fight over whether the House Banking Committee would probe Vincent Foster's death. The 31 to 19 vote barred questions about the death, a move supported by Democrats and opposed by Republicans, signaling a partisan start to scrutinizing White House contacts with regulators.
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Washington
Whitewater
House Banking Committee
White House
Vincent Foster
Mr. Foster
Henry Gonzalez
Clinton
Arkansas Savings Institution
Lloyd Cutler
West Patrick Street project extended to U S 15 detours
SHA announces July 27 start for West Patrick Street reconstruction from Kline Boulevard Narva Avenue to U S 15 with eastbound detours via Rosemont Jefferson and Bentz streets. Six to eight weeks for this phase. $2.5 million project improves surface base drainage and utilities while keeping all businesses open. A trailer office near China Garden handles questions weekdays.
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The
State Highway Administration
SHA
West Patrick Street
Kline Boulevard
Narva Avenue
U.S. 15
Rosemont Avenue
Jefferson and
Bentz Streets
Robert Fisher
Fisher
Doug Rose
Jefferson Street
Bentz Street
Wisner Street
Bailes Lane
Rose
Mr. Rose
Park Service Sifts Unknown Ownership in Trail Land
The National Park Service seeks 1 300 acres in Frederick and Washington counties for the Appalachian Trail but several parcels lack current ownership records. Real estate specialist Judy Brumback hunts heirs through title searches Register of Wills records and old obituaries.
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National Park Service
Frederick
Washington
South Mountain
Judy Brumback
The
Park Service
Remsburg dies. longtime teacher and local businessman
Robert K. Remsburg 85 of 16 West Main Street Thurmont died Sunday July 24 at Meridian Nursing Home. He was a 1930 Maryland graduate and longtime educator at Boonsboro Thurmont and Emmitsburg high schools. He coached cattle judging and dairy shows and directed wartime food production training programs in Frederick and Carroll counties. He was the husband of Mary Frushour Remsburg. Born November 13 1908 in Middletown he was the son of Amos A. and Hannah May Sigler Remsburg and the last surviving member of his immediate family.
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Robert K
Bob” Remsburg
W. Main St
Thurmont
Meridian Nursing Home
Mary Frushour Remsburg
Middletown
Amos A
Hannah May Sigler Remsburg
Middletown High School
University of Maryland
Maryland
Boonsboro
Frederick County
Emmitsburg
Pennsylvania State University
Univeristy of
Stormy Monday Leaves 650+ Homes Without Power In Frederick
A brief but powerful storm struck the area Monday, with more than 650 homes losing electricity. Lightning hit multiple locations including 6913 Sovereign Place and 3745 Maplecrest Drive, according to fire officials. A tree fell on a 1991 Chevrolet pickup on East Church Street, and limbs blocked lanes on Mount Olivet Boulevard and East Church Street. Power was restored by around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday.
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Frederick
Ed Rhodes
Potomac Edison
Brunswick
Foxville
Bill Wolfe
Pleasant Valley Road
Emmitsburg
Sovereign Place
Maplecrest Drive
Basford Road
Adamstown
Rye Lane
Green
Raymond Eisner
Union Bridge
Sgt
Chase
Mount Olivet Boulevard
East Church Street
Jefferson
Lander
Carroll County
Montgomery County
Raymond Sandower
Maryland
Higher priority urged for I 70 270 interchange improvement
Rep Roscoe Bartlett urged Frederick County leaders to place the I 70 I 270 interchange project at the top of funding priority. The plan spans over five miles with exits upgrades and missing interchanges at 1 270 and U S 15, funded mainly by the federal government. Governor SHA funds and $3 million for land purchase are noted, as county officials push for earlier construction due to traffic and development hindrance.
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Roscoe Bartlett
R-6th
Bartlett
Frederick County
State Highway Administration
SHA
Dr. Bartlett
U.S. 15
Economic and Community Development Commission
Sue Ann Yingling
Mad
Louisiana man killed in U S 340 bridge crash
Alvin V. Evans, 30, of Denham, Louisiana, died in a fiery crash on the U S 340 bridge over the Potomac near Sandy Hook A blaze followed a sideswipe on the two lane bridge as Evans’s Jeep Wagoneer crossed the center line. Douglas Howe of Brunswick and Bill Knight of Germantown were treated for injuries. Traffic closed about three hours.
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Sandy Hook
Louisiana
Potomac River
Here
Alvin V. Evans
Denham
Maryland
Evans
Brunswick
Douglas Howe
Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown
Bill Knight
Germantown
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Perry J. Rutherford
Kearneysville
W.va
Karen
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Charles Town
Knight
Nissan
Tony Bequette
Rutherford
Arthur Horn
Washington County
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Register
Robert K. Remsburg
St. Louis
Carroll Counties
Robert Remsburg
Ron Sundergill
Yingling
David Gray
Gray
Bruce Reeder
Sundergill
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