Montgomery courthouse evacuated after bomb threat in Rockville
Hundreds of Montgomery County employees and residents evacuated from the Circuit Courthouse and Executive Office Building for more than four hours as a bomb threat prompted a heavy search by canine units from multiple agencies. A red package was found and deemed harmless.
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Rockville
Montgomery County Circuit
Montgomery County
Maryland
Prince George’s County
Sheriff's Department
E. Woody Tolbert
Tolbert
Kight
Baltimore empowerment zone fees draw scrutiny on law firm payout
Baltimore officials query a $118,510 payment to Shapiro & Olander for "strategic plan development" amid claims of a free offer from another major firm. Embry questioned urban renewal funds use as board reviews January to September services. The empowerment zone, backed by a $100 million Clinton grant, targets east, west and south Baltimore revival.
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Baltimore
Robert C. Embry Jr
Empowerment Zone Board
Shapiro & Olander
Kurt Schmoke
Ronald M. Shapiro
Larry S. Gibson
Mr. Embry
Abell Foundation
Mathias J. DeVito
William E. Carlson
Clinton
East
West
Ballenger Creek Elementary dominates Frederick art show winners
The Frederick County Student Art Show People’s Choice Awards were presented at the Delaplaine Visual Arts Center. Ballenger Creek Elementary School students Hailey Gazzerro and Christopher Nguyen led the winning group project with teachers Gail Waeber and Catherine Vierbuchen among the attendees.
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Frederick County
Sarah Morrison
Brunswick Middle School
Dana Lunsford
Danny Woods
Windsor Knolls Middle School
Anne Boyer-Slavoff
Amanda Brinergar
Windsor Knolls
Kristen Redmond
Linganore High School
Anne Inge
Linganore High
Delaplaine
Hailey Gazzerro
Ballenger Creek
Christopher Nguyen
Ballenger Creek Elementary
Catherine Vierbuchen
Arts Center
Leslie Sauri
Gail Waeber
Groundbreaking for $12.4 million UM Shady Grove center extension
A groundbreaking at the University of Maryland System Shady Grove Center marks a $12.4 million second educational building. Gov Glendening and Sen Sarbanes praise the project as a national model for public higher education, with 63,000 square feet for classrooms labs offices and training spaces.
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Montgomery Bureau
Gaithersburg
University of Maryland
Shady Grove Center
Paul Sarbanes
Parris N Glendening
Donald N. Langenberg
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David Stevenson
Empowerment Zone
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Cis Scott
Eggett and Mayo
Sam Yu
Frederick Cablevision
Potomac Edison Company
Frederick City
East Street
5Th Street
8Th Street
Chapel Alley
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Arden
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