Father guilty in gun battle over infant near Libertytown
Richard Ernest Brightwell Jr., 18, of Frederick, was convicted on assault with intent to maim after a 12 gauge shotgun discharge during an August 31, 1996 confrontation at the Elvis and Tina Harbaugh residence on Green Valley Road. The plea bargain drops attempted murder charges while Brightwell faces up to 15 years. the event involved his newborn daughter Chelsea Day Brightwell and the infant’s mother Alice Marie Klipp.
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Richard ‘Ernest Brightwell Jr
Frederick
Francis Oscar Klipp
Libertytown
Brightwell
Mr. Klipp
Julie Stevenson
Thomas Nikirk
Ms. Stevenson
Alford
Elvis and
Tina Harbaugh
Green Valley Road
Chelsea Day Brightwell
Alice Marie Klipp
Mr. Harbaugh
Frederick's bridge mural wins national public works award
Frederick's Carroll Creek bridge mural titled Community Bridge has been named a Public Works Project of the Year by the American Public Works Association. The $250,000 painting was funded by the city 100000 and private contributions totaling 150000 from Shared Vision. Artist William Cochran led the collaboration with city staff and supporters drawing praise from APWA, Mayor Jim Grimes, and project manager Robert Wilkinson for its community impact and visibility.
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Shared Vision
Carroll Creek Bridge
Fred Eisenhart
Sam Yu
Frederick City
Public Works
Krista McGowan
Shared Vision Board
Teresa Cochran
Bill Cochran
Frederick
Carroll Creek
American Public Works Association
APWA
William Cochran
City Public Works
Robert Wilkinson
Cochran
Jim Grimes
Grimes
Farm owners charge Burgess manipulated zoning board
Nicodemus farm holders allege John L. Thompson Jr. manipulated Walkersville officials to defeat a site rezoning. The town board denied the project on Dec 11 1996 after a Nov 13 hearing. Miles & Stockbridge filed a Dec 12 appeal with Frederick County Circuit Court amid a March memorandum accusing bias and discriminatory conduct.
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Walkersville
John L. Thompson Jr
Board of Commissioners
Town Board of Commissioners
Miles & Stockbridge P.C
Frederick County
G. Randall Whittenberger
Earl W. Bartgis Jr
Miles & Stockbridge
Thompson
Maryland Bar
Burgess
Fed may raise rates amid inflation fears
Economists expect the Federal Reserve to lift short term rates for the first time in two years. If enacted, the target band could move from 5.25 to 5.5 percent, pushing the prime rate from 8.25 to 8.5 percent and raising borrowing costs for auto loans, credit cards, and equity loans.
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Washington
Federal Reserve
Fed
Alan Greenspan
Wall Street
Smithfield Trust Co
Pittsburgh
Central Bank
Debate over special taxing districts persists in Frederick County
County commissioners push a bill to empower special taxing districts upon two thirds petition of property owners. Legislation shifts between Lake Singapore Urbana PUD and two election districts as state senators amend and then revert. Delegation minutes are questioned as civic groups press accuracy and scope.
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Frederick County
New Market
Mount Pleasant
Urbana
Timothy Ferguson
Frederick Carroll
Lake Singapore
Ferguson
General Assembly
Louise Snodgrass
Frederick Washington
Lake
Singapore
Brinkley
Mark Hoke
Mr. Hoke
Mouse on a loan Golfer sues club over prank hotdog
Terry Lee of Walkersville sues Glade Valley Golf Club manager James Beck and Charles Shawver for more than 500000, claiming a club employee tricked him into biting a dead mouse disguised as a hotdog last December.
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Glade Valley Golf Club
Terry Lee
Walkersville
James Beck
Charles Shawver
Frederick
Lee
Jeff Hillis
Golf Club
Shawver
Samaritan earns sheriff commendation for good deed
A Libertytown woman in her 80s faced a costly chimney repair and then a relief when Todd Sherwood of Sherwood Forest Inc offered to do the job for free. He repaired the chimney, cleaned the yard, and fixed a sinkhole without charging a penny, earning a sheriff’s certificate for his generosity.
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Todd Sherwood
Sherwood Forest Inc
Ballenger Creek Pike
Libertytown
Mr Sherwood
Sherwood
Tve
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