Brunswick PTSA urged to help combat drug problem
Brunswick High School parents and citizens heard a warning about a serious drug problem in the area at a Monday night PTSA meeting. Judge Bennett Th James Kern and local law enforcement discussed imitation drugs, drug trafficking, and rising fatalities, urging parents to establish strong communications with children to combat the epidemic.
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Brunswick Ptsa
Brunswick High School Parent, Teacher and Student Association
Brunswick
Stanley Y. Bennett
Th. James Kern
Maryland
Michael Dinah Rawraatah Tatas
Blank
West Virginia
Kern
Board approves long range dental health plan
Frederick County Board of Education moves to enact Section II of its long range dental health program, coordinating third grade inspections and home hygiene instruction with screenings by local dentists for Rock Creek Center students. Funding will be handled by the Frederick County Health Department, with record keeping by schools. A 5 to 35 percent cost reduction is offered for hardship cases, and parental consent is required for screenings.
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Board of Education
Frederick
Watkins
Frederick County
Rock Creek
Rock Creek Center
Jil Poole
Vincent L
Inside The News The height of folly is to live poor
A terse reflective line notes that vanity and poverty trap the wary, contrasting wealth with wit. The fragment hints at caution against excessive pride and the fragile nature of fortune in everyday life.
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Amagnous
Brezhnev Rejects Reagan One Sided Missile Cuts
Brezhnev welcomed talks on limiting strategic weapons but called Reagan’s proposed more than one third cut in ballistic missile warheads one sided. He urged a nuclear freeze during negotiations and signaled readiness to begin once talks start. Brezhnev noted the plenary session would open soon as Komsomol congress began.
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Leonid I. Brezhnev
Reagan
Brezhnev
National Congress
The
Komsomol
Communist Youth League
United States
Soviet Union
Rain Teases Frederick County with Pockets of Wetness
Part of Frederick County saw a scattered evening shower from about 7 p.m. with towns like Myersville Walkersville Woodsboro Thurmont and near Emmitsburg reporting rain. A Walkersville gauge measured 0.3 inches while Emmitsburg area observers noted light totals and Blue Ridge Summit just north of Emmitsburg reported heavy rain. Temperature reached 85 in Frederick City with a 64 overnight low. a week forecast calls for 70s to low 80s and a chance of showers Thursday evening.
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Myersville
Middletown
Walkersville
Woodsboro
Thurmont
Paul Beale
Emmitsburg
Maryland State Police
Frederick
Frederick City
Edsioa
Mary Fouche
Darlene Wiles Burall
Linganore lot owners challenge proposed utilities pact
Lake Linganore residents oppose a Frederick County plan with Phoenix utilities to run Linganore water and sewer systems while Phoenix keeps ownership. A $29,000 escrow is demanded, funds from the Lake Singapore Association may be used. Leaders fear a board president will sign without a membership vote.
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Rederick County
Lake Linganore
Association
Ronald Henry
Winchester Hall
Lake Singapore
Lake Linganore Fot
Frederick County
Phoenix Utility Company
William C. McKinley Jr
Cochairman
United Property Owners
McKinley
W.W. Corbin
Phoenix
Division of Public Works
Linganore Association
Lake Singanore Association
Corbin
Public Service Commission
Seven Dead in Second Baltimore Row House Fire
The second major Baltimore row house blaze in four days killed seven people and injured one, a 4 a.m. fire blamed on careless smoking. The two-story home, starting from a living room sofa, left four children and three adults dead in northwest Baltimore. Victims named include Jean Moore and her children Alicia Brand, 1 , Duke Brown, 6 , Renee Moore, 8 , Rosetta Brand, 11 , Darlene Moore, 21, plus visiting friend Jerome Dotson. Fire officials said occupants woke but were overcome by smoke.
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Baltimore
Donald Crouch
Crouch
Jean Moore
Alicia Brand
Duke Brown
Renee Moore
Rosetta Brand
Darlene Moore
Jerome Dotson
Begin loses majority as two defect to opposition
In Tel Aviv Prime Minister Begin loses his parliamentary majority after two Likud defectors join the opposition Tabour Party. A Wednesday no confidence vote looms with five votes from independents swing the outcome. A Labor motion protests rising inflation and could topple the government.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Menachem Begin
Amnon Lina
Yitzhak Peretz
Opposiion Tabor
Begin
Likud
Labor
Labor Party
Life Insurance Week Observed in Frederick County
The Life Underwriters Association of Frederick County marks May 17 to 22 as Life Insurance Week with a special salute to the industry on the pages. News-Post business editor Ed Waters Jr. visits Parris Island, the Marine Corps training base, noting the sentiment that “they still make them like they used to.”
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Life Insurance
Life Underwriters Association of
Frederick County
News-Post
Ed Waters Jr
Parris Island
U.S. Marine Corps
Far Ming Terry Poole Explains Thistle Control
Terry Poole outlines practical methods to manage and reduce thistle growth on farmland. He covers chemical and cultural controls, timing of treatments, and integrated pest management tips for farmers facing persistent thistle challenges.
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Ming
Terry Poole
Weather Outlook for Western Maryland and Surrounding Regions
High pressure keeps skies fair over the northeast with dry, pleasant days. Western Maryland counties expect mostly sunny weather in the upper 70s to low 80s, clear nights with 60s, and scattered afternoon thundershowers possible Wednesday. Maryland mountains stay sunny in the 70s with storms likely Wednesday, southeast winds around 10 mph today and Wednesday. Temperatures yesterday ranged Frederick 87 to 58, Hagerstown 58 and Westminster 60.
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Carroll
Frederick
Howard
Montgomery
Washington
Hagerstown
Westminster
Gaithersburg
Leesburg
David Leaber
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