Festival of the Arts Draws Thousands Despite Rain
Thousands enjoyed the Festival of the Arts on Carroll Creek with 10 300 attendees. Danny Rosvold read Carl Sandburg as a band played Latin tunes and a quilting group worked live. The festival featured 331 booths and poetry recitals by the Frederick County Poetry Society despite damp weather.
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Frederick City Police Officer Paul Gray Retires After 22 Years
Paul Gray ends a 22 year career with the Frederick City Police, becoming the force’s first Black retiree. He wore the uniform since joining, enjoyed patrolling the square, and recalled Sgt. Charles Cashour’s guidance. Gray said it was where he wanted to be despite shifts and changing duties.
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Bobby
Jek
Alot Smalier
Weather forecast fragment for Western Maryland
Fragmentary forecast notes a 30 percent storm chance turning cloudy with lows around the 60s. Tuesday calls for a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. References to Western Maryland and AB map remain unclear.
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Pilot dies as Cessna crashes near Gambrill State Park
The body of pilot Steve Weisbrod of Randallstown and wreckage of a single engine Cessna were found near Gambrill Park Road. Weisbrod was en route from Richmond to Clearview Airpark, with cause undetermined. Rescue efforts involved CAP cadets and about 100 ground searchers plus seven planes, hindered by dense foliage and rain. The search extended from Friday night to Sunday evening.
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Steve Weisbrod
Randallstown
Dennis Ruck
Civil Air Patrol
Richmond
Clearview Airpark
Westminster
Gambrill Park Road
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Bwi
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Col. Buck
All Radio
Gregory Baker
CAP
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Fort Ritchie Closing Seen Having Limited Frederick County Impact
Fort Ritchie will close with minimal economic effects on Frederick County. A spokesman said the main impact will be felt in nearby Washington and Franklin Counties, with local small stores in Cascade hit hardest. The three to five year process includes moving the 1108th Signal Brigade to Fort Detrick and uncertain timing for closures.
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Frederick Co
Fort Ritchie
Frederick County
Fort Detrick
Washington County
Franklin County
Steven Blizard
Ritchie
Cascade
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National Guard
Blizard
Child care costs strain Frederick County working families
Frederick County families face high day care expenses as both parents work. Census data show 70 percent two-parent households in work, with 72 percent of mothers in the workforce, pushing annual day care costs around 4,600 to 4,900 dollars per child and about 21 percent of family income toward care.
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Frederick County
U.S
Pat Rosensteel
Ozzie and
Harriet
Milestones as Silent Witnesses On the National Road
Frank Brusca, once of Baltimore and now in Yellow Springs Ohio, travels about 500 miles to study historic mile markers along the National Road. He has documented 239 of the 776 known markers, calling his journeys Kerouac like escapades as locals miss these historical waypoints in Frederick County.
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Frederick County
Frank Brusca
Mr. Brusca
Baltimore
Yellow Springs
Ohio
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Justice Burger Dead at 87 Former Chief Justice passes away
Justice Warren E. Burger, 87, former chief justice who authored the Watergate tapes ruling, died Sunday at Sibley Memorial Hospital of congestive heart failure. He served 1969 to 1986, the century’s longest tenure, and left a lasting imprint on the court. President Clinton lauded his vision and reform efforts.
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Clinton
Little Rock
Ark
Sibley Memorial Hospital
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