Three Chinese dissenters sentenced to death in Shanghai
Beijing reports say a court in Shanghai sentenced Xu Guoming Dian Hanwy and Yan Xierong to death for starting a riot and torching a train during a June 6 incident that left six protesters dead and 22 injured. State media also shows dissidents being paraded in Beijing and other cities as arrests mount.
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Beijing
Shanghai
Xu Guoming
Dian Hanwy
Yan Xierong
Changchun
Beijing Television Today
Guiyang
Planners approve industrial park plan near Buckeystown
The Frederick County Planning Commission unanimously approved a 42 lot industrial subdivision on the 160 acre Dudrow farm at Buckeystown Pike. A 50 foot landscaped buffer between new industry and nearby homes was required, with a row of trees protected, amid a ongoing rezoning bid to convert conservation land to limited industrial. Residents and planners weighed buffers and conservation protections as the fall rezoning decision looms.
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Frederick County Planning Commission
Dudrow
Buckeystown Pike
Planning Board
Bethesda
Alan Kay
Janis Canfield
Monocacy River
Thomas
Canfield
Stephen O’philips
Kay
Buckeystown Pike Limited Partnership
Road dispute halts New Market West stalled by unapproved road
Frederick County officials ordered Frall Developers to stop work on the 3853 unit New Market West project after discovering New Market had not approved a 75 foot road extension through a leftover lot and that no grading permit existed. Town leaders fear trucks use Wicomico Drive, prompting calls to bar traffic and force a road decision, affecting plans outside the town limits.
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Frederick County
New Market
New Market West
James Frey
Wicomica Drive
New Market Town
Howard Wilson
Wilson
Wicomico Drive
Sponseller’s. Addition
Susan
Michael Thompson
Thompson
Nvr-Fdi Associates
Frey
Frall Developers Inc
Mount Airy
County Public Works Department
Frall
lottery winner nets surprise IRS bill shock
Marie Eisner of Mountairy recounted a startling sequence after a $40,000 lottery check followed an earlier $5,000 prize. She and husband Francis had sent $703 to the IRS in April, and the notice led to confusion before confirming the tax implications.
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Mountairy
Marie Eisner
Marie
Francis Eisner
Mount Airy
Internal Revenue Service
New Windsor man wins 4.8 million lottery pot
A 56-year-old New Windsor man matched all six numbers in last Saturday's Super Lotto and will share 4,882,210 with his wife and two daughters. Andrew Burrell bought the ticket at Cork & Bottle in Mount Airy. Each family member receives 61,552 this Friday and 61,000 annually for 19 years. Other winners included 106 tickets with five numbers and 4,284 with four. The next drawing is worth 2.5 million.
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New Windsor
Andrew Burrell
Cork & Bottle
Mount Aary
Maryland Lottery
Mount Airy
Frederick Mayor seeks eviction rules for drug sellers
Frederick Maryland mayor Ronald Young urged eviction for drug sellers in subsidized housing and suggested harsher steps for offenders. He backed evicting sellers found during raids while treating users with embarrassment and rehabilitation, and proposed license suspensions for drug offenses, with a mixed view on simple possession.
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Ronald Young
Young
New Jersey
Richard J. Ashton
Frederick City
Frederick County
Sterling Bollinger
Frederick
Frederick Housing Authority
Housing Authority
Showers Loom Tonight With Lows Near Seventy Eight
The News Weather section notes likely showers and thunderstorms tonight with lows around 78. Friday brings more scattered showers and storms, some heavy. highs reach mid to upper 80s. Maryland details teased on map page.
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Maryland
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