Death toll 167 in the Oklahoma City bombing
After sixteen days of grueling work rescuers concluded the search at the federal building. The bombing killed 167 people including nineteen children and left two adults still missing. The last body was recovered at 10 30 p m. Thursday as crews faced unstable debris and curfew.
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Oklahoma
Aity (Ap
Federal
Jon Hansen
Harold Thompson
Gibbs Hammond
Knoxville, Tenn
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building
Hansen
Baker Park alcohol plan vetoed by mayor pro tem
Frederick Alderman Frances Baker acting as mayor pro tem blocked approval of a ordinance to allow limited alcohol service in Baker Park. The 3-2 alderman vote favored the measure but Baker vetoed citing concerns from the city attorney and police chief about wording. The issue concerns serving alcohol at Fourth of July and other city approved events in the park. Continued on Page A-4.
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Frederick
Frances Baker
Baker Park
James Grimes
Old City Hall to become restaurant and brewery pub
Frederick city officials approved a three year lease with Bowers Brewing Co to transform the Old City Hall at 124-130 N Market St into a restaurant and brewery pub. The city will receive 2000 dollars per month with an option to buy the building for up to 500000 dollars.
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Old City Hall
Frederick City
Supporters push last-ditch plea to keep Fort Ritchie open
Lonnie Knickmeier of FORMAC urged BRAC to reconsider DoD figures used to close Fort Ritchie arguing data were gravely flawed. He cited overstated two year savings, understated closing costs, and ignored environmental impacts. Army said it would rework numbers but results pending.
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Catonsville
Department of Defense
Fort Ritchie
Lonnie Knickmeier
Pentagon
Base Closure and Realignment Commission
BRAC
Information Systems Engineering Command
CONUS
Fort Huachuca
Ariz
Dod
Knickmeier
Mr. Knickmeier
Commission
Alton Cornella
Army
Frederick’s turn in the £ X spotlight auction fair
A next week charity event in Frederick features an auction and fair to benefit the Weinheng Center. Details appear on Page nseseenene CA.
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Frederick
Weinheng Center
Nseseenene CA
Middletown students hear heartache of drinking and driving
At Middletown High a mother and a man who lost a parent to alcohol related tragedy spoke to students two days before prom. Liz Dorsey described her 19 year old son David's keg party accident and the ripple effects on friends and family. The speaker, a local man, shared how alcohol related crashes changed his life and urged reflection rather than lecturing.
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Middletown
Liz Dorsey
Walkersville High School
Dorsey
Middletown Area
Middletown High School
Frederick County Bar Association
State
David
Norwich University
Blaine
Middletown High
Mark Glagola
Ocean City
Lynn Widdowson
Dancing OK'd at bowling center in Thurmont
A Frederick County Circuit Court ruling overturns a district court ban on bar dancing at Fergie's Sports Lounge in Thurmont. Judge Mary Ann Stepler found the town lacked authority to stop dancing, noting the 1991 building permit allowed bar use and was signed by town official Richard May. The decision ends the legal fight over live music and dancing at the bowling center near Thurmont town hall.
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Thurmont
Frederick County
Mary Ann Stepler
Fergie
Stepler
Richard K. May
May
Harry deMoll
Harold and
Rebecca Ferguson
Town Hall
Frederick Road
Ferguson
Noel Spence
Clifford Bridgford
deMoil
Sixes Bridge repair costs rise as work expands
Frederick County commissioners approved an extra 67000 to cover unexpected deterioration at Sixes Bridge Road Bridge. The 94 year old double span steel truss bridge, the county's only of its kind, was budgeted at 673567 with work beginning in October after truss lifting revealed further damage. officials expect reopening by month end. The meeting also advanced a New Market Frederick County Joint Annexation Study to a public hearing, defining a referral area spanning Monrovia to Yeagertown Road.
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Frederick County
Tom Meunier
Division of Transportation Engineering
Bob Hayes
Hayes
Monrovia
Yeagertown Road
Walkersville
Frederick City
No silver bullet found for school overcrowding plan
After ten months the Future Growth and School Schedule Advisory Committee reported no easy solution to crowding. They rejected year round multi track schooling and urged the county commissioners and Annapolis delegation to pursue funding ideas including higher impact fees, a special property tax, a donation fund, and finance options such as lease backs and advertising on school property or buses.
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Marty Rice
Meaber
Maureen Lapsa
Annapolis
Daniel Gadra
Maryland
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Inside the News
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Bowling Center
George Dorsey
News-Post
Mr. deMoll
Sixes
Sixes Bridge Road
Tamara Batch
Board of Education
Ray Barnes
Mr. Barnes
Ms. Rice
McDonald's
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