Water Truck Delivers Potable Water To Walkersville Residents
In Walkersville the 6,000 gallon tanker operated through the night delivering drinking water from six spigots to residents queuing with jugs and coolers. Town officials fielded hundreds of calls as 7,000 residents faced boil advisory after sewage contamination was found in the water supply.
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Walkersville
Walkersville High
Frank Easterday
LF Easterday
Mount Airy
Walkers Village Center
Maureen Tuchman
Town Hall
Joe Cahn
Don Schildt
Water distribution sites in Walkersville area listed
The town provides drinking water at Walkersville High School American Red Cross Glade Elementary and Safeway Shopping Center. Residents should bring water containers. Free bottled water for housebound disabled residents. Call 301-845-4500. Safe uses include bathing washing dishes with hot water air drying washing clothes and watering indoor plants.
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Walkersville High School
American Red Cross
Glade
Safeway
Sewage Contaminates Walkersville Water Supply
Walkersville officials traced nearly a million gallons of spilled sewage to the town wells after high bacteria levels were found in the wells and Fountain Rock Spring. The county urges boiling water for three minutes, bans tap water use for infants, and links Walkersville to Frederick city Dearbought water system as a contingency while testing continues.
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Walkersville
Fountain Rock Spring
Fountain Rock Park
Frederick County
South Carroll Street
Frederick
Gloria Rellins
Rollins
Michael Marsehner
Bureau of Water and Sewer
County Health Department
Health Department
Walkersville Volunteer Fire Co
Larry Bohn
Missouri
Tom Mey
Aley
Marschner
Killer suspect freed in eight slayings case
Houston AP reports Rafael Resendez-Ramirez, wanted in eight killings near railroad tracks, was in immigration custody earlier this month and released. INS says he was arrested in the El Paso area during the week of June 1 for illegal presence and deported to Mexico the same day. FBI says officials were unaware he was wanted for questioning in the four killings.
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Don K Clark
Houston
FBI
Residents unite to curb crime with Pumpkin Heads patrol
About 21 members from Frederick neighborhood coalitions joined a Cooperative Community Walk Friday night patrolling John Hanson and Sagner housing projects and South Street. They say orange clad Pumpkin Heads deter drug dealing, with activity dropping during patrols though suspects return after.
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Frederick
South End
North End
East End
John Hanson
Sagner
South Street
NAACP Leader Pushes Civil Rights Probe in Frederick
Charlene Edmonds, president of the Frederick NAACP, intends to press for a civil rights probe amid alleged police abuses. The Maryland Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights meets at Winchester Hall Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with Edmonds given 15 minutes to present. The panel annually gathers statewide data and forwards findings to the commission, while other items include a police briefing on hate crimes and barriers to rights for developmentally disabled Maryland residents.
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Fredenck
NAACP
Maryland
Commission On Civil Rights
Winchester Hall
Charlene Edmonds
Frederick
Edmonds
Baltimore
Washington
Edward Darden
Crights
L 3 Commission
Darden
Edward Chance Sr
Laura Cain
Trisability Law Center
Lydell Scott
Frederick County
Burglars Scared Off By Police At Local Liquor Store
Frederick police report burglars broke into Ye Olde Spirits Shoppe at 1005 W Seventh St by throwing a brick through a window. Officers arrived within a minute, scaring them away after leaving lottery tickets and items behind. No employees were present and the cash register remained untouched. Multiple local businesses have suffered similar window-entry burglaries since Memorial Day.
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Frederick
Thomas Chase
Fredenck
Seventh St
Chase
College Park Plaza
East Patrick Street
Landis Jewelry
South Market Street
Seventh Street
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News-Post
Sam Yu
Frederick City
Cibeebea
Etek
Sporta Danas
Ian Wu
Edward Hanner
Kate Leckie
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