Redistricting, rock testing and new grandstands at area schools
Twin Ridge Elementary avoids rock issues with extra borings and revised excavation costs. Redistricting for Green Valley Kemptown New Market and Liberty areas to be reviewed May 9 and May 13. New substance abuse curriculum to start in fall. Brunswick High to receive grandstands as part of a $570,000 track renovation costing $143,214 for 2,966 seats.
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Spring Ridge
Tom King
Bakley
Maginniss and King
Green Valley
Kemptown
Liberty
New Market
Urbana
Linganore High School
Singanore High School
Brunswick High School
County hears appeals on funding for Seton Center and arts center
Frederick County residents urged continued support for the Seton Center with a requested 50 000 and for the Delaplaine Visual Arts Center with a requested 30 000 in operating funds plus about 200 000 in capital funds for new quarters. The pleas came as officials weighed non profit needs and a constant yield tax rate policy.
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Sneadner
George Gelles
Emmitsburg
United Way
Seton Center
Frederick County Arts Council
Delaplaine Visual Arts Center
County
Carroll Street
Natalie Katsu
Frederick County
Storm toll and missing count amid Bay of Bengal floods near Kutubdia
Unofficial figures from politicians and officials across three east coast districts estimate about 100000 deaths with tens of thousands unaccounted for. Bangladeshs low-lying coast bears the brunt as storms from the Bay of Bengal lash fishermen and farmers living on southern and eastern islands and nearby mainland.
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Kutubdia
Bangladesh
Bay of Bengal
Indian Ocean
Utility rates rise as demand grows in Maryland
Potomac Edison raises rates from 114.25 to 127.06 to fund electrical facilities for a rising Maryland customer base amid Clean Air Act costs. The utility serves over 172,000 customers in seven counties as crops wash away in the region and the cyclone devastates coastal areas.
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Maryland
Potomac Edison
Khaleda Zia
Bangladesh
United Nations Development Fund
U.S
William B. Milam
United States
Oxfam
Oli Ahmed
Chittagong
Sultan Kabir Choudhury
Banshkhali
Student earns perfect attendance across 13 years
Frederick High School senior Kyle Bostian, 17, recognized by the Frederick County Board of Education for perfect attendance from kindergarten through his senior year. Since 1978 he has attended every school day, totaling 2,340 mornings, supported by his parents and active in NHS and science clubs. he plans to study engineering at the University of Maryland.
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Frederick County
Kyle
Maryland
Frederick High School
Dan Cunningham
Debbie
University of Maryland
Edgar Larson
Whims firing sparks race, hiring practice debate at county meeting
At a National Association of Colored People session in Frederick County, residents debated the firing of Maj. Whims and the sheriff's hiring discretion. Nickens urged a screening committee for BRC candidates while critics pressed for broader discussions on minority recruitment and county merit protections.
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Nickens
Frederick County Commissioners
BRC
HRC
Maj. Whims
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Robert Snyder
Frederick County
Winston Mann
Harbaugh
Mann
Yvonne Small
Peace Resource Center
Chris Tyree
Sheriff Harbaugh
Paul Stull
Republican Central Committee
Central Committee
Democratic Central Committee
Tore Slater
Expert cautions Lehigh fuel burn may be unsafe
A former EPA investigator warned Lehigh Portland Cement Co cannot guarantee the safety of burning a waste carbon fuel at its Union Bridge plant. He said the cement kilns may fail to destroy hazardous compounds, potentially releasing harmful air emissions, and urged residents to push for strict oversight and state regulatory review.
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Union Bridge
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Focal Cement
Edward Kleppinger
Lehigh Portland Cement Co
Maryland Department of the Environment
Ciba-Geigy Corp
New Jersey
Lehigh
Kleppinger
Rhauba
Kent Doxton
Kieppinger
MDE
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