Questions linger over Little Bennett Park development
Montgomery County planners and the Little Bennett CAC will meet next week to resolve differences over park development. They discuss balancing revenue with environmental preservation as plans for a golf complex lake and convention center loom, with opening targets and budget hearings set amid delays and fiscal scrutiny.
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Montgomery County Planning Board
Little Bennett Regional Park
Pat Plunkett
Clarksburg
Hyattstown
CAC
Planning Board
County Council
Christeller
Little Seneca Park
Council
Plunkett
Robert Harrigan
Harrigan
Gas Tax Sparks Mixed Reactions Across County Stations
Gas prices likely to rise five cents per gallon after new tax, station managers statewide react. Rosemont Gulf owner says jumps depend on oil companies. Brunswick Exxon plans to wait and see. Ben's Esso may phase in increases and Echoes of customer pushback persist as suppliers decide timing.
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William Riley
Rosemont Gulf
Riley
Brunswick
Preston Long
Ben
Esso
Thurmont
Guy Tessler
Guy and Neal
Sinclair
Emmitsburg
Tessler
Larry Frederickson
Mount Airy Mobil
Valley
Middletown
Pat Cook
Baby born nine weeks after brain-dead mother dies
In San Francisco a 3-pound baby boy was born via cesarean after nine weeks of fetal life in a brain-dead mother at UC Moffitt Hospital. Nurses had played music and spoken to the fetus to simulate a normal pregnancy as doctors monitored the infant for 64 days before the mother expired. The baby faces mild respiratory issues but is progressing in intensive care.
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San Francisco
University of California
Moffitt Hospital
James Goldberg
Russell Laros
Michael Fogarty
Pat Willever
Hou Lie Itty Hall
Robert Creasy
California
Moffitt
Fogarty
Hassan Invites Arafat to Emergency Mideast Summit
Moroccan King Hassan extends an invitation to Yasser Arafat and leaders of Jordan Saudi Arabia and Syria for an emergency meeting on Mideast peace. Reports say Rabat summit may occur before April 15 but it was unclear if other leaders would accept.
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Hassan
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasser Arafat
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Mideast
Gulf News Agency
Rabat
Gypsy moth spraying planned across Maryland counties
Officials outline a statewide gypsy moth spraying plan affecting about 20 000 acres in Washington County and 9 500 acres in Carroll County 1 400 acres in Howard County and 1 200 acres in Montgomery County with 13 blocks. Spraying uses airplanes and helicopters and targets South Mountain Ridge Bethesda Westminster and northern Montgomery County. In Bethesda Thuricide will be used in helicopters only. The plan requires calm winds and no rain and emphasizes safety for pregnant women and those with respiratory issues. A toll free number will provide daily updates and a public meeting is announced for Frederick County residents.
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Washington County
Handiey
Maryland
Pagae
Handley
South Mountain Ridge
U.S. 40A
Clear Spring
Montgomery County
Bethesda
Carroll County
Payne
Westminster
Howard County
Ms. Handley
Levin
Frederick County
Pagne
Pagnc
Gypsy moth control meeting in Walkersville on April 13
Tichenor from the Maryland gypsy moth control program will attend to answer questions. The Maryland Department of Agriculture coordinates the cost-shared program.
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Walkersville
Tichenor
Maryland
MDA
Milk producers settle strike at Maryland-Virginia plant
The Maryland-Virginia Milk Producers Association Inc. plant in Laurel plans to resume work Thursday after a three hour meeting between association officials and union leaders over a wage and benefits package. The proposal would raise hourly pay by 50 cents per year for three years, totaling a 1.60 increase, with employee votes anticipated Thursday. Milk shipments had been redirected to other plants during the dispute.
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Maryland
Click
Erec
Laurel
Franklin Gladhill
Maryland-Virginia Board of Directors
Becky Brashear
Pa man charged with B and E theft in Emmitsburg
Maryland State Police arrested Francis Charles Topper Jr., 22, of Waynesboro Pennsylvania on March 18 for breaking and entering and theft at 334 Waynesboro Pike Emmitsburg. Four burglaries solved two in Emmitsburg and two in Waynesboro with weapons recovered from a Waynesboro business and Coles Pawn Shop in Frederick. Investigating officers were Th Barry Schrum and Tpr LE Hahn.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
Emmitsburg
Francis Charles Topper Jr
S. Potomac St
Waynesboro
Wallace Bruce Shank
Waynesboro Pike
Coles
Frederick
Th. Barry Schrum
Tpr. LE. Hahn
Darlene Wiles Baral
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