Frederick seeks state funds for Jobs Pathway loop
Frederick city and county officials face a funding roadblock as Maryland state transportation officials decline a 5.1 million request for the Jobs Pathway project to build a 15.4 million eastern loop around Frederick. City officials hope the Department of Business and Economic Development will supply the funds, while Gov. Glendening hints at a possible state city county partnership.
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Jim Grimes
Frederick
State Department of Transpecan
David Lee
State Department of Business
Parris Glendening
Grimes
Frederick County
Bruce Reeder
David Winstead
Conservative parents push for balance on Frederick County panel
A group of conservative parents urged Frederick County school board to add more resident parents to the family life advisory committee. They argued current members are mostly school employees and health professionals, representing special interests not county views. The board will appoint three new members this summer and reappoint others, with the panel reviewing proposed instructional materials.
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Frederick County School Board
Tost County
Fagan conviction overturned for new trial in murder case
A three judge panel of the Court of Special Appeals overturned the June 1995 jury conviction of William Robert Fagan Sr for conspiring to murder his estranged wife Deborah Patricia Fagan. The court found Judge Mary Ann Stepler erred in assisting jurors on corroboration by an admitted accomplice Allan Roger Phillips. A new trial will begin once scheduled by Montgomery County Circuit Court.
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William Robert Fagan Sr
Court of Special Appeals
Mary Ann Stepler
Mr. Fagan
Deborah Patricia Fagan
Stepler
Allan Roger Phillips
Fagan
Frederick County
Dino Flores
Montgomery County
Nobel Prize scientist to stand trial in October
Dr Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, 72, a Nobel Prize winner, will face trial the week of Oct. 7 on child sex abuse charges. The Frederick County case cites a 15-year-old boy brought from Micronesia in 1987. Gajdusek, on leave as NIH Central Nervous System chief, allegedly brought at least 50 children to Maryland beginning in the 1980s.
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Frederick, Md
Frederick County
Scott Rolle
Daniel Carleton Gajdusek
South Pacific
Micronesia
Gajdusek
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda
Maryland
Galusek
Catoctin Zoo Closes After Landlord Dispute
THURMONT The new head of the Catoctin Zoo Eric Mogensen says he is shutting the zoo after being duped by land lord Richard Hahn. Mogensen, owner of nearby Catoctin Wildlife Park, claims Hahn backed out of an agreement to sell the property. The zoo appeared deserted Tuesday with a chalkboard sign announcing its closure as Hahn’s attorney says Hahn plans to continue the matter.
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Thurmont
Catoctin Zoo
Richard Hahn
Eric Mogensen
Catoctin Wildlife Park
Catoctin Mountain Zoo Park
Mogensen
Hahn
Graduation at Frederick Christian Academy features Keyes address
Graduates Texee Niclex and Ryan Salomon performed a duet titled Pray for Me during the Frederick Christian Academy graduation convocation at the Jefferson Pike center. Shrean Bosdlef and Amanda Crawford shared a laugh as Amanda’s mortarboard toppled. Ambassador Alan Keyes delivered the commencement address.
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Texee Niclex
Ryan Salomon
Etudente
Frederick Christian Academy
New Life Christian School
Centter
Shrean Bosdlef
Amanda Crawford
Amanda
Jefferson Pike
Alan Keyes
United Nations
Police go-fer Buster Dixon keeps MSP active
Monroe H Dixon known as Buster stays busy as a volunteer with the Manland State Police. He enjoys being a go-fer helping out wherever he can. On Monday he traveled to MSP HQ in Pikesville to deliver a bad computer and obtain trooper clothing from the quartermaster in Howard Court.
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Monroe H “Buster
Dixon
Manland State Police
MSP
Pikesville
Howard Court
Barrack Delivery and Unmarked State Police Car Claim
A man described as delivering a barrack in Hagerstown reportedly passed a test to drive an unmarked state police cruiser. He stated the vehicle has a radio but would only be used in emergencies and claimed he is not a trooper, does not carry a gun, and does not wear two bulletproof vests.
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Hagerstown
Dixon
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