Contractors weigh accepting county bus jobs amid IRS audit fallout
Frederick County Public Schools considers hiring independent bus contractors as drivers with the system, while a 1995 IRS audit found misclassification and unpaid taxes. Plans include contractors receiving offers Thursday and decisions due April 7. Some contractors may form a new corporation if not selling buses.
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Haugh
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Ms. Meyers
IRS
Baltimore
County seeks to salvage taxing district bill in Maryland
Frederick County Commissioners plan to ask state legislators to abandon a move to further limit their authority to create special taxing districts. Lawmakers narrowed eligible areas to New Market and Mount Pleasant districts, with proposals to include Lake Sangamon and Urbana. Commissioner President Mark Hoke voiced strong concern that the bill could be jeopardized by too much trimming.
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Robbery report at store on Alternate U.S. 40
Cpl May and Mr Bonomo described a dramatic armed robbery at a local store on Alternate U S 40. A masked attacker with a long knife assaulted the clerk while accomplices blocked exits. The clerk, injured in a fall, was treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital and urged anyone with tips to contact state troopers.
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May
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
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Jensen murder case linked to four suspects at Potomac bridge
Prosecutors say Jensen and two others killed Mr. Pilkington by stabbing him in Maryland then drove his body in his own car to the Md. 17 bridge over the Potomac. He died from blood loss and drowning after being tossed 65 feet into the river. Co defendants Whitman and Wooldridge face murder related charges. Nance set for July trial after a prior mistrial.
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Tillman Place
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Brian Wooldridge
Taney Avenue
Wooldridge
Jean-Louis Nance
East Street
Frederick County
Nance
Sculptor chosen for Maryland civil rights memorial statue
The General Assembly honors architect of the Maryland memorial to Lyndon Marshall and to desegregation pioneers. Diego Mendez selected from 116 sculptors for the $300000 project amid praise from lawmakers, with ceremony attendees including Catherine Vierbuchen and Bettie Delaplaine.
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Catherine Vierbuchen
Delaplaine Visual Arts Center
Ms. Vierbuchen
Derr
Bettie Delaplaine
Frederick News
Jesse Mendez
Delaplaine
Cathy Seibert
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