Bomb threats disrupt Fort Detrick and area schools
Authorities responded to multiple threats across Frederick County including Fort Detrick, Thurmont, Frostburg, and the Cancer Institute. An 11 year old from South Frederick Elementary faced charges after claiming a cherry bomb was in a gas tank. Bomb squads cleared several sites as schools evacuated and city hall was briefly emptied while investigators traced prank calls.
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Fort Detrick
Frederick
Thurmont
Maryland
South Frederick
Ted Menninger
Menninger
Frostburg
Thurmont Middle
Frederick County
Merninger
Meminger
Sevenal Cancer Institute
Chuck Casey
Carroll County
Fort Meade
City of Frederick
City Hall
Jim Grimes
Legal disputes delay East Street extension project
CSX and City of Frederick blame each other for delays in extending East Street from East Patrick to South Street. CSX says city delays on signing access documents stall state highway access. city counters CSX stalled negotiations. The dispute centers on CSX land swaps near Lafarge Corp for a team track. Frederick officials cite $700,000 cost and await city attorney signoff while design for phases one and two advance.
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East Street
CSX
City of Frederick
East Patrick Street
South Street
State Highway Administration
Lafarge Corp
Gould
Beard
Grimes
Bob Fisher
SHA
Walser Drive
Frederick
Clagett Eyes Biotech Park On Jefferson Pike Farmland
Local developer Galen Clagett plans to convert 260 acres off Jefferson Pike into a biotech park after rezoning two farms, the John Krantz property and the Leon Howard Farm, to ORI. If approved, construction could start in 12 to 18 months with space sold or built to fit tenants.
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Jefferson Tike
Galen Clagett
Clagett Enterprises
Clagett
Bnan Duncan
Jefferson Pike
Leon Howard
John Krantz
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Butterfly Lane
Krantz
Ori
Frederick
Last May
Mount St. Mary's
Duncan
Private Christian schools credited for calm amid student violence
The article contrasts public schools facing expulsions and threats with small private schools in Frederick County where administrators attribute safety to size disciplined environments and moral instruction. St John's Prospect Hall and New Life Christian School cite close teacher student contact and parental involvement, with misconduct met by swift discipline and religious guidance.
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Littleton
Frederick County
Richard Fairley
St John’s Literary Institution
Paul Kemp
New Life Christian School
God
Middletown teacher named county Teacher of the Year
Marcia Nicklas, a former nurse turned Middletown High School teacher, is named the county Teacher of the Year and a candidate for Maryland Teacher of the Year to be announced October 8. Two other educators, Jennifer Corone of Deer Crossing Elementary and Kathleen House of Frederick High, received Presidential Awards for Excellence in Elementary Science and Secondary Math respectively. The NSF administered awards total 7500 dollars each for instructional advancement. Nicklas noted her nursing background shaped her teaching approach through birth classes and pediatric care settings.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Springfield
Ore
Paducah
Littleton, Colo
Frederick County
Middletown
Washington
Marcia Nicklas
Maryland
Jennifer Corone
Deer Crossing
Kathleen House
Frederick
National Science Foundation
Nicklas
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Susan C. Nicol
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Rob Gould
Lynn
Katherine Marks
Prospect Hall
St John’s
Brad Fleming
Frederick Christian Academy
Saide
Douglas Tallman
Eicene
Fredenck News
Jennifer Cofone
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