Maryland keeps graduation bar for service hours modest
State officials report that about 10 percent of Maryland high school seniors have not completed the 75 hour community service requirement, but only 111 of 43,249 students show no progress. Superintendent Nancy Grasmick says a few may not graduate solely for service, yet most can finish in summer and receive diplomas before September. The rule, approved in 1992, aims to foster volunteerism, with the class of 1997 as the first to meet the mandate.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Nancy Grasmick
State Board of Education
Trials continue for Pilkington murder suspects in Maryland case
Four Frederick teenagers faced charges in the Adrian Pilkington murder. Jensen and co defendants await sentencing as Whitman, 17, learns a second degree murder verdict and Wooldridge, 17, is to receive up to 15 years after a plea bargain. Nance, 20, will be tried later this summer. The judge issued two concurrent life sentences for Jensen and restitution totaling 4970 dollars to Pilkington's parents. Pilkington, born 1976, was killed June 17, 1996, after being lured to Virginia and bound in the Md 17 bridge area, then killed and dumped in Potomac waters.
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Jason Jensen
Frederick
Adrian Pilkington
Rachel Irene Whitman
Brian Nicholas Wooldridge
Wooldridge
Jean-Louis Arnaud Nance
Nance
Jensen
Annapolis Road
Tisdale
Killeen
Texas
Pilkington
Virginia
MD. 17
Potomac River
Father recalls son killed by friend at sentencing
A Maryland mother knelt by her son Adrian Keane Pilkington’s grave writing I love you in fresh snow as Jason A. Jensen received a life term from Frederick County Circuit Court Judge John H. Tisdale. Jensen apologized, denied intent to kill, and faced convicting remarks from Jerry Pilkington as the family spoke of fear, disappearance, and religious solace.
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Adrian Keane Pilkington
Jason A. Jensen
Frederick County
John H. Tisdale
Jensen
Mr. Pilkington
Polids
Jerry Pilkington
Yong Cha Kim Pilkington
City weighs restricting peddlers and vendors downtown
Frederick officials moved to study a new ordinance to limit where peddlers and licensed food vendors can operate in rights of way. City staff noted complaints of direct competition with fronting businesses and downtown clutter, with support for more restrictive rules in congested areas.
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Frederick
Lynn Beard
Gary Hessong
Hessong
Competi
Milk hauler appeals 60 day jail for violating court order
Keymar dairy transporter James M. Tressler Sr. was sentenced to 60 days and a $10,000 fine after contempt of court for operating more than one truck at his Warner Road site and repairing vehicles there. He posted a $19,000 bail bond and remains free pending circuit court appeal. Residents say the operation harms roads and safety. county evidence suggests additional violations on other properties.
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Keymar
Warner Road
James M. Tressler Sr
Tressler Milk Transport
Frederick Bower
Tressler
Bower
Mr. Tressier
Paul Zimmermann
Tressier
Zimmermann
Ziamermann
Good Intent Road
Glade Road
Walkersville
Truck overturns on Good Intent Road spilling cattle feed
A truck carrying 17 tons of cattle pellet feed overturned on Good Intent Road in Ladiesburg around 11 45 a m spilling feed and closing the two lane road for hours. Driver James A Myers 62 of Union Bridge not injured. Feed company North Glade Feed of Ladiesburg owned the truck with response from New Midway VFD for a fuel spill.
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Chuck Tobery
Frederick County
Good Intent Road
Ladiesburg
James A. Myers
Union Bridge
Sgt
Chuck
Tobery
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