Death penalty bill fails to reach Senate floor
In Annapolis Senator Alex Mooney failed to force a floor vote on a death penalty moratorium from the Judicial Proceedings Committee. The 36 to 5 vote blocked his Rule 43 move as only one Black senator joined him. Governor Glendening opposes the moratorium, citing case-by-case review and potential commutations.
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Annapolis
Alex Mooney
Senate
Mooney
General Assembly
Gloria Lawlah
Prince George's
University of Maryland
Parris Glendening
Nathaniel J McFadden
Baltimore
Chamber
Mr. Mooney
County's excise tax faces potential referendum hurdle
Frederick County building excise tax could pass the General Assembly but may face a referendum. Delegate Joseph Bartlett seeks Attorney General guidance on petitioning the measure to referend. Bartlett says it is a procedural move requested by supporters. The tax would fund highway projects and attract state dollars, backed by the Chamber of Commerce. Bartlett and county leaders opposed it in delegation meetings. The bill passed the House 127 to 9 and goes to the Senate Rules Committee, with possible referral to Budget and Taxation. A constitutional referendum could require 5371 signatures, equal to governor race votes in 1998.
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Annapolis
Frederick County
General Assembly
Joseph Bartlett
Frederick Washington
Maryland Attorney General's Office
Chamber of Commerce
Bartlett
House of Delegates
Harford County
Senate Rules Committee
Clarence Mitchell IV
Budget and Taxation Committee
Senate
Maryland
Frederick High School band director charged with weapons
Frederick police booked Kelly Scott O Bryant, 30, of Gabriel Court, on criminal summons after finding a black machete and a knife in a sheath in his Jeep at Frederick High School property on Carroll Parkway. He faces two counts, each punishable by up to three years in jail and a $1,000 fine. Police say he threatened a student in February and March, triggering the investigation. School officials placed him on paid administrative leave pending internal review, with a decision expected next week.
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Frederick High School
Frederick
Kelly Scott O'Bryant
Gabriel Court
Miles Bowling
N. Market St
O'Bryant
Carroll Parkway
Frederick County Public Schools
Manita Stup Loose
Bowling
Sherry L. Fuson
Bobby D. Fuson II
Joss
O’bryant
Time to Change Clocks As Daylight Saving Resumes
Daylight saving time resumes at 2 am on Sunday in April with clocks set ahead one hour. Firefighter Jeff Coombe of the Junior Fire Company urges replacing smoke and carbon monoxide detector batteries during the spring reset and again in the fall.
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Jeff Coombe
Junior Fire Co
Milosevic Says He Would Die Before Surrender
Milosevic defied arrest at his Belgrade villa after loyalists fired on police trying to enter. The stand off lasted over 12 hours with Milosevic insisting he would not go to jail alive while authorities sought to hand him to a Yugoslav or international tribunal.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Slobodari Milosevic
Interior Ministry
Associated Press
Milosevic
NATO
Ifn
Dusan Mihajlovic
Serbia
Zoran Zivkovic
Montenegro
Zoran Dyndye
Mihajlovic
U.N. War Crimes Tribunal
Stuck with a cursed Bradford pear tree in Frederick
A Bradford pear tree once popular nationwide haunts Frederick twelve years after the city stopped planting them. Its fast growth, heavy roots and dense branch network cause sidewalk damage and nuisance bird gatherings. Homeowners push back as city debates who pays for repairs, with about thirteen Golf View residents affected and aldermen promising to consider city contribution.
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Bradford
Frederick
Stuart Frazier
Fredeuex Public Works Departments
Fredenck
J. Bruce Hopkins
Grouse Court
Golf View
Pepa Vie
Hopkins
Fredenck Board of Aldermen
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