Maryland budget leaves Frederick County projects hopeful
Maryland Senate budget shows zero funding for three Frederick County projects while House allocates 530000. Legislators say conference talks will decide, with bond bills highly competitive and support needed for Hospice of Frederick County, the Frederick County Red Cross chapter, and the Weinberg Center for the Arts. Senators Middleton and others urge accountability and fair share funding.
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Maryland Senate
Frederck County
Erin Gye
Thomas Middleton
D-Charles
House
Senate
Hospice
Frederick County
The
American Red Cross
E Weinberg
Uhe
Norman Conway
Middletons
General
Senate approves higher EMS funding through tag fee hike
The Maryland Senate passed a bill to raise annual vehicle registration fees from 8 to 11 dollars to fund emergency medical services. Supporters cite firefighter input and system needs, while critics warn it taxes residents. The measure awaits Gov. Glendening’s signature. a House vote preceded it.
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Annapolis
Senate
Alex Mooney
Frederick
Washington
Mooney
Timothy Ferguson
Carroll
Parris N. Glendening
House of Delegates
EMS Operations Fund
EMSOF
Maryland State Firemen’s Association
Maryland Institute For Emergency Medical Services
Miemss
Maryland Fire-Rescue Institute
Maryland State Police Aviation Division
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
Robert Bass
Bass
Medical marijuana bill faces floor vote via pull from committee
Maryland lawmakers backing medicinal cannabis seek to use a rule to pull the bill from the House Judiciary Committee. Delegate David Brinkley says the measure would allow terminally ill patients to use marijuana with a doctor's approval while amendments would create an affirmative defense. Vote aims to put the bill on the House floor despite past committee opposition.
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Annapolis
House of Delegates
House
David Brinkley
R-Frederick
Brinkley
Joseph Vallario Fo
Supreme Court
Donald Murphy
Baltimore County
Darrell Putman
Woodbine
Controversy Over New Roof Permit In New Market
In New Market a dispute erupts over a Historic District Commission vote on a widow’s roof repair. Chairman Clayton Magee cites tape issues and memory changes while preventing a prior 3 1 vote from being officially recorded. Town officials dispute the process and residents wonder about transparency, as the case moves toward possible appeals.
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West Main Street
New Market
New Market Historic District
Historic District Commission
Clayton Magee
Main Street
Tiphani Laney
Town Hall
Magee
Jim Higgs
Higgs
Patti Morrow
Laney
McVeigh Defends Bombing as Collateral Damage Admission
In a Buffalo News interview series conducted after his 1995 Oklahoma City attack, Timothy McVeigh says dead children were collateral damage and regrets only that the killings undercut his cause. He details plans, TV impact, and his role as the sole architect of the 7,000 pound blast that killed 168.
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Fism
Oklahoma
Tamothy McVeigh
Waco
Chhidren
McVeigh
Lou Michel
Dan Herbeck
Buffalo News
Pendleton
Alfred P Murrah Federal Building
Oklahoma City
Timothy McVeigh
Murrah Building
Murrah
Michel
ABC
CNN
Danny Defenbaugh
FBI
Defenbaugh
Dallas
Omaha
Terry Nichols
Nichols
Nichols Michigan
Branch Davidian
Texas
Herbeck
Off and on rain moves into area as warmer air returns
Forecasters say a storm system will bring rain today through Monday after a stretch of record cold. Temperatures at Dulles and BWI hit historic March lows with highs only in the 40s and 30s this week. The National Weather Service expects a gradual warmup, with showers possible Saturday and more sun by midweek, though some rain may linger into Sunday evening.
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Lancy
Laney
Laners
Parks Camp
Sterling
Bwi
Dulles
Mr. Parks
Frederick
Weather Channel
Frederck
Canada
National Weather Service
Robbery arrest follows torn money pieces
Frederick County Sheriff's deputies arrested 37 year old Geary Lee Hamilton of Keswick Place after a strong arm robbery of a bank customer. The victim was assaulted outside his home and robbed of about half the cash and a bank statement. Hamilton was charged with robbery and second degree assault. Continued on Page 4-11.
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Frederick
Braddock Helehtsman
Geary
Lee Hamilton
Keswick Place
Michael Grunwell
Frederick County
Grunwell
Hamu
Tom
Frederick Towne Mail
Mies
Aspect
Leven
Vic Nes
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