Council approves 513 million budget amid police slowdown fears
Rockville Montgomery County Council approves a 513 million operating budget with a 4.2 percent teacher raise and health insurance paid by the county for one more year. Police and fire staff threaten slowdowns but are deterred by a warning from Police Chief di Grazia. The CIP includes 12.4 million for a County Office Building.
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Rockville
James P. Gleason
Robert J. di Grazia
di Grazia
John Menke
Jane Ann Moore
Elizabeth Scuil
Coun
Esther Gelman
Council
Scull
Moore
Dickran Y. Hovsepian
Hovsepian
Neal Potter
Norman Christeller
Montgomery College
Park and Planning
Christeller
Houseplan
Gleason
DeFilippo joins Lee campaign for Maryland governor bid
Frank A. DeFilippo who served as Gov. Mandel’s chief of staff has joined Lt. Gov. Blair Lee III’s gubernatorial campaign. He will oversee Lee advertising and media work with Rosenbush Advertising. Joseph Napolitan was hired to assist with the campaign. Mandel’s hospitalization preceded the announcement and Atty Gen. Francis B. Burch downplayed the move as Mandel endorsement.
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Annapolis
Frank A. DeFilippo
Marvin Mandel
Blair Lee III
DeFilippo
Rosenbush
Lee
Mandel
Ad Agency
Joseph Napolitan
Massachusetts
Atty
Francis B. Burch
Baltimore man leads double life
Baltimore television repairman by day turns French chef by night, running La Cuisine Francaise Wright with his wife Dolly. Three years of dinners in homes grew into a catering service charging 25 to 35 dollars per person for a five to seven course menu using fresh foods and house-made stocks.
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Baltimore
Jack Wright
Wright
Worth of Mouth
la Cuisine Francaise
Dolly
Mandel retrial delayed again in Maryland case
The Mandel retrial in Baltimore has been postponed from May 31 to June 1 to align with a new court term. Gov. Marvin Mandel, recovering from a stroke threat, and five co defendants face a federal racketeering case with mail fraud and bribery charges amid jury pool disputes and earlier tampering concerns.
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U.S. District Court
Robert L. Taylor
Knoxville
Tenn
Mandel
Jeanne Mandel
Bay oyster production dips portend crisis for stocks
Maryland state survey shows near zero survival of last year's oyster spawn in key Chesapeake Bay reproduction areas. Officials warn that moving mature oysters from off limits to usable waters cannot continue, risking depletion of seed areas after this summer.
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Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Maryland
Harold A. Davis
Davis
St. Mary’s River
Choptank
Griffin pleads guilty to assault and gun possession
Anthony P. Griffin, 30, pleaded guilty to assault and illegal possession of a handgun for holding 35 Mondawmin Mall social services employees hostage in Baltimore. Eleven other charges were to be dropped in exchange for the pleas, with sentencing set for June 16.
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Baltimore
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