Young artist with disabilities earns praise for talent
Lamar, an artist with attention deficit disorder, excels at drawing architecture and trains inspired by Washington trips. His teacher and mother highlight his focus on art, self-taught computer skills, and a dream to work for the Metro, with school support including a home computer.
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Lamar
Dana Boby
West Frederick
Ms. Boby
Sandra Green
Washington
Washington Monument
Irving
Metro
Ms. Green
Budget gains boost Frederick County Public Schools funding
The school system gains in funding this year with a maintenance of effort budget around 183.8 million dollars, county and state increases, and retirements saving salaries. Local and federal contributions rise while health costs drop and capital projects expand including Whittier Elementary and Walkersville upgrades.
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Renzulli
Annapolis
Washington
Feds
Harold Keller Jr
Frederick County
Whittier
Walkersville Middle
Walkersville High
Middletown High
Raymond Barnes
School board tightens credits and approves bus plan
The board defends high school credit for advanced courses, signals replacements for two long‑time members James Cartlidge and Earl Robbins Jr, and approves teacher raises a 3.49 percent contract with the Frederick County Teachers Association. It also backs a $3.5 million bus financing plan with FCNB Bank and finalizes Whittier Elementary attendance area including Fort Detrick and West Hills.
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Brown
James Cartlidge
Earl Robbins Jr
Cartlidge
Parris Glendening
Robbins
Whittier
Frederick County
FCTA
Kim Lewis
Ms. Lewis
FCNB
U.S. Treasury Securities
Jack Dale
Whittier Elementary
Fort Detrick
Shookstown Road
Gambrill Park
Old Farm
West Hills
Howards Retreat
San-Di-Gan
Church feud echoes over chapel title dispute
The Rev Hamrick, no longer with Eyier's Valley, rarely attends services as parishioners await a March 1998 trial. Local leaders deem the chapel title in dispute, with Mr Glass calling the matter a “big bucket of worms” as tensions over stewardship persist.
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Hamrick
Eyier’s Valley
Glass
Roswell marks 50 years since alleged alien crash
Roswell New Mexico gears up for a July 16 anniversary as tourists, UFO believers, and researchers flood the town. Mayor Tom Jennings says the event has become a new industry and notes memories of a 1947 wreck. Frank Kaufmann recalls the scene of soldiers loading a damaged ship and bodies onto a truck.
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Roswell
N.M
Frank Kaufmann
Kaufmann
Roswell Army Air Field
Tom Jennings
Sierra Blanca
New Mexico
Army Air Field
Aqueduct braces eyed to stabilize historic canal
Frederick County officials and National Park Service discuss stabilizing the iconic aqueduct damaged in Hurricane Agnes. The plan calls for $500,000 to stabilize and remove steel girders by 1999 with eventual restoration to the 1829 appearance at a cost up to $10 million, aided by private funding and county support.
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Skip Lawrence
Monocacy Aqueduct
C&o Canal
Kapsch
Park Service
National Park Service
Court battle over Simpson property and hotel plan in Homewood
In Homewood three years after slayings a property dispute centers on the Frederick City Homewood Retirement Center. Homewood Retirement Center United Church of Christ Inc plans to sell the building and relocate residents. City officials consider conversion to a hotel or mixed use but oppose city funding. In Beverly Hills a separate hearing sees O J Simpson facing creditors over a 33.5 million judgment with disputing parties and a judge calling the fight unseemly. Judge Shimer weighs exemptions for items including golf clubs and artwork.
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Crum
Homewood Retirement Center
United Church of Christ Inc
Frederick City
Homewood
Pike
Laucks
Jim) Grimes
Carroll Creek
Mr. Grimes
Francis Scott Key
Grimes
Fountan Medical Center
Western Maryland Tire
South Street
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Adventist Drive
Carmack-Jay’s
Mr. Laucks
Beverly Hills
Calif
Nicole Brown Simpson
Ronald Goldman
O.J. Simpson
Simpson
Superior Court
Irving Shimer
Goldman
Shimer
Ms. Simpson
Bidders push back on new tax sale regulations in county
County officials review bids after Aspen Properties of Crofton and Fundco Inc signaled noncompliance with the new rules at the June 2 tax sale in Wit Chester Hall. Aspen seeks refund of 4386 from six properties while others submit letters of credit and documents to prove financial capacity.
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Stepler
Mathias
Fundco Inc
Urmil Gupta
Witchester Hall
Aspen Properties
Crofton
Lois Filby
Aspen
Ms. Filby
Laura Fornwald
Thurmont
Moser Road
Filby
Six injured in Rockville Pike crash involving police
A Monday afternoon pileup on Rockville Pike near Talbott Street injured six as Officer James Barnes, with lights and siren, collided with a Honda driven by Marianne Maxwell Pukal, 19, of Great Falls. The crash pushed a Buick Century into a Ride-On Bus. two bus passengers were hurt.
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Rockville
Montgomery County
Rockville Pike
Talbott Street
James Barnes
George Ludington
Marianne Maxwell Pukal
Great Falls
James Robert Bruno
Silver Spring
Gary Tomelic
Syndy Guevara
Tomelic
Ms. Guevara
Shady Grove Adventist Hospital
Barnes
Shady Grove
Bruno
Christopher Bruno
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David Gray
Kate Leckie
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