Nitrate pollution found in Frederick County wells
Frederick Delegate Boyd Smith reports nitrate levels near 18 mg/L in three deep Frederick County wells far above the 10 mg/L EPA limit. He notes no statewide Frederick groundwater testing despite a 1985 mandate and urges split fertilizer applications to reduce runoff while seeking state agency cooperation.
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Annapolis
Frederick
Boyd Smith
Frederick County
Smith
Buckeystown
Chesapeake Bay
Bay
Frederick Lawmaker
Winnie Palmer
Palmer
Lily Pons Road
Fredericktowne Labs
Myersville
Mary Miller
Senate
Maryland
General Assembly
Department of the Environment
Department of Natural Resources
Maryland Department of Agriculture
Maryland Farm Bureau
Winnie Mandela's Soweto home gutted by fire
The four room Soweto residence of Winnie Mandela was burned out after a fire police say was started by black schoolchildren. No one was home. Mandela arrived later but drove to her office without commenting.
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Soweto
South Africa
Winnie Mandela
Nelson Mandela
Mandela
Johannesburg
Zindzi
Pretoria
South African Press Association
Silver Spring church wins retreat center permit in Frederick County
At a Frederick County Board of Appeals hearing the St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church secured a special exception to use the Hallowood parcel near Mount Ephraim Road for a retreat center with strict limits. Worship services, weddings and choir practices may continue. Bible studies and outdoor programs require the special permit. Outdoor retreats are restricted to sunrise to sunset, with caps of 100 people and clearly marked boundaries.
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Silver Spring
Sugarloaf Mountain
Frederick County Board of Appeals
St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church
Board of Appeals
Michael Thompson
Hallowood
Mount Ephraim Road
Frederick County
Thompson
St. Luke's
Tom Anderson
Kirk Betts
Harmony
Mr. Betts
County Planning Commission
Sugarloaf
Betts
Michael Sponseller
Fingerboard Road
MD. 80
Interstate 270
Irish teen stowaway released from Raleigh hospital
Suzanne Twomey of Cork, Ireland, was discharged from Rex Hospital in Raleigh after a 10 day Atlantic voyage on a Navy destroyer with help from five U S sailors. Officials hope to return her to Ireland today with Naval Investigative Service escort as authorities pursue charges against the sailors.
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Norfolk, Va
U.S
Ireland
Suzanne Twomey
Cork
Rex Hospital
Raleigh
N.C
Mary West
Treland
Naval Investigative Service
Archie Galloway
U.S. Atlantic
Conyngham
Norfolk Naval Base
United States
Navy
Miss Twomey
Daire O'Criodain
Washington
O'Criodain
Eight year old boy loses toe in motorcycle accident near Thurmont
An eight year old Myeraville youth riding a cousin's Honda 50cc motorcycle on private property off Kelbaugh Road near Thurmont struck a tree at 4 p.m. The right big toe was amputated. He was helmeted and taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital for treatment.
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Myeraville
Kelbaugh Road
Thurmont
Frederick Memorial Hospital
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Toorder
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RIT En Ys Books
Tom Clancy
Cardinal of
the Kremlin
East Street
Shah Row
Sumner
Downing
Jaffrey Downing
Everedy
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