Security lapses at Victor Cullen Academy prompt investigation
The 1992 Victor Cullen Academy facility in Sabillagville faced serious security lapses after an early Sunday escape by three youths and a nurse incident at the nearby Hickey School in Baltimore. An official inquiry was ordered by Maryland Department of Juvenile Justice secretary Gilberto de Jesus to review procedures and staffing, with calls for improved supervision and potential contract reassessment.
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Victor Cullen Academy
Sabillagville
Baltimore
YSI
Charles H. Hickey
Gilberto de Jesus
State
Hickey
Jim Irving
Victor Cullen
Kosovo saga casts Serbs as victims and victors in bitter clash
A Scripps Howard analysis recounts Kosovo’s deep Serbian myth, the 1389 Battle of Field of Blackbirds, and modern wars that left Serbs displaced by NATO air power and Kosovo Albanians, with settlements and refugees shaping a fragile peace landscape.
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Kosovo
Lazar
Slobodan Muosevic
Serbia
NATO
Slovenia
Croatia
Bosnia
Yugoslavia
Krajina
Slavonia
Macedonia
Montenegro
Kosovo Liberation Army
Bardment
Wesley Clark
Europe
Pristina
Scripps Howard News Service
Residents of Libertytown vote 120 to 99 in county decision
In Libertytown residents backed a local measure 120 to 99 in a General Assembly related vote. Maryland State Police Superintendent Col. Carey Jarman inspected Barracks B in Frederick on his first visit. The Maryland Farm Bureau hosted 100 farmers from 18 foreign countries touring Washington Frederick and Montgomery County. Frederick County beetle reports warned of Japanese beetle infestations as the Beetle Borer committee began roadside spraying. Midland Railway Inc. received a boost when Gov. Hughes signed its operating agreement. Walkersville station renovation began to serve as the railroad office for service to Keymar this fall. William G. Linehan, outgoing Frederick County Board of Education president, was reappointed to a five year term by Gov. Hughes. New Market District Volunteer Fire Company voted to include ambulance service. Damascus Tires and Accessories advertised July 4 grand opening specials. William Paulson of Walkersville High School joined 700 top students at the Naval Academy seminar in Annapolis.
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Maryland Midland Railway Inc
Harry R. Hughes
Board of Public Works
Walkersville
Keymar
William G. Linehan
Frederick County
Monocacy River Fish Steered From Jewel to Storm Drain
A Frederick fisherman laments the Monocacy River’s decline from a bass and redeye haven to a polluted storm drain after suburban growth. He recalls otters and herons vanished as houses rose along the river, noting redeyes disappeared by the early 1990s and warning future generations about water quality.
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Frederick
Monocacy
Walkersville
Fredenck
Monocacy River
Traffic concerns drive call for more police at city intersections
A reader urges Frederick officials to deploy two traffic officers during rush hours to ease City traffic around stadiums and the Keys, arguing current delays cost residents time and may worsen with events and a looming millennium shift. The letter cites Y2K readiness efforts by Frederick County and invites citizen input ahead of July public tests and meetings led by CIO Carl Moore.
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Frederick County
Maryland
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Emmitsburg
Maryland Emergency Management Association
Co.frederick
Carl Moore
CIO
E. Church St
Frederick
Downtown traffic gridlock dashes morning commutes
Fringe Market and South downtown residents applaud Frederick city handling of tourism and growth but cite exiting traffic to I-70 past Harry Grove Stadium as the top problem. Morning backups extend from town into the interchange, increasing delays for residents, emergency services, and truckers. Columnist Roy Meachum is on vacation and returns July 7.
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Frederick City
Harry Grove Stadium
Y2K planning response to editorials and public input
Frederick County officials defend their Y2K contingency planning after an editorial in The Frederick News-Post criticizing the process. They note a June 4 meeting at Frederick Community College as one step in a multi year effort started in 1996 and say they have since completed a second critique and made adjustments to the plan while inviting further public comments.
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Frederick
Frederick Community College
Frederick County
Merchant Marines at Kings Point noted in Frederick letter
Joseph A. Grzymkowski of Middletown USMMA Class of 1982 writes to Frederick County readers to affirm the existence and role of five U.S. service academies. He notes USMMA in Kings Point as a federal military academy funded by the Transportation Department with a four year program, sea time, and a post graduate obligation in maritime service.
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Frederick News Post
Roscoe Bartlett
West Point
Bartlett
Air Force
Naval
Coast Guard
United States Merchant Marine Academy
Kings Point N.Y
Coast Guard Academy
USMMA
U.S. Department of Transportation
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Kings Point
U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. Naval Reserve
U.S
America
Balkans
Frederick County
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