Six hurt in Ga. high school shooting
A Heritage High School sophomore opened fire at the Conyers campus injuring six students. The gunman surrendered to an assistant principal. at least one weapon recovered. Five wounded sent to Rockdale Hospital, one to an Atlanta facility.
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Conyers
Littleton
Don Peccia
Heritage High School
Rockdale
Jeff Wigington
Heritage
Tony Gray
William Britt
Britt
Gray
Cecil Brinkley
Bill Price
Michael Ramos
Rockdale Hospital
Atlanta
Hall calls for city districting in Frederick funding debate
Alderman William Hall on Wednesday urged districting of Frederick to give the city representation on the Frederick County Board of Commissioners for funding. He argued that city money funds county projects while city officials have no say. Hall cited Monocacy Boulevard funding and noted no current commissioner lives in the city. Blaine Young backed the idea, with other aldermen previously supporting city funding.
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William Hall
City of
Frederick
Frederick County Board of Commissioners
Hall
Monocacy Boulevard
Board of Commissioners
Blaine Young
No tax hikes in proposed city budget for 2000
Freder ick residents will not face higher taxes or water and sewer rate increases in Mayor Jim Grimes’s proposed 52.1 million budget presented Wednesday. Grimes described the plan as balanced with open aldermanic and departmental input, stressing employees as assets and no magic, just numbers and common sense.
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Frederick
Jim Grimes
Grimes
Glass box opponents sue city over Carroll Creek center
Frederick County Circuit Court heard a challenge to the $11 million six story Glass Box project proposed along Carroll Creek. Attorney Barry Kissin argued the Histone District Commission and city misrepresented approval history and missed appeal deadlines. He seeks remand to the HDC with new information from public records requests.
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Frederick
Frederick County
Barry Kissin
Histone District Commission
HDC
Carroll Creek Lynn
Kissin
Marc Silverman
Ms Beard
Kevin Hinch
Eighth Street
Dale Dowling
Second Street
Ann Leichert
Clifton Road
Raymond Compton
Worman's Mill Road
Frederick County Landmarks Foundations Inc
Rosemont Avenue
Better pay scale approved for City of Fredenck employees
City of Fredenck staff anticipate higher salaries after a $930,000 salary and benefits review. Mayor Jim Grimes and aldermen expect to approve the plan on June 3. Human resources and finance will implement raises retroactive to January 1, 1999, with employees to receive back pay.
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VIP tour aboard USS George Washington to land on carrier
A Frederick party on a VIP flight aboard the USS George Washington accelerates for a carrier landing. The COD crew briefs the 150 mph approach and tailhook cable catch, passengers in life vests prepare for impact, while Mayor Jim Grimes seeks a ship view near Jacksonville, Florida.
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George Washington
Frederick
Atlantic
Jim Grimes
Jacksonville
Fla
Floating city voyage ends after tense takeoff
A local contingent rides a plane to a floating city, braced for danger as the vessel hits the runway and passengers fear the jet intake and high winds. The flight deck chaos leads to a quick briefing in the commanding officer’s cabin with a notable group including Marvin Ausherman and Hunt Hendrickson among others.
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Atlantic
Nde
Marvin Ausherman
Ausherman Homes
Greg Brown
Waynesboro Construction
Dan Loftus
Mr. Grimes
Bush
Reagan
Hunt Hendrickson
Legg Mason
Alex Schaub
Orchard Grove principal promoted to director of elementary schools
Mr Martin, a longtime Frederick County Public Schools administrator, is named director of elementary schools, joining Linda Burgee to oversee about eight county and city elementary schools. He previously served at East Frederick and Thurmont elementary schools, including four years as Thurmont assistant principal and five as principal before founding Orchard Grove in 1996.
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Orchard Grove
Martin
Erick County Public
Linda Burgee
Michele Krantz
East Frederick
Thurmont
Sherry Collette
Baltimore
Collette
Fragmented Local Notice From The Fredenck News Post
Index portions of The Fredenck News Post are painted daily on 100 percent recycled paper and the newspaper also recycles cable notices.
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Fredenck News-Post
Thoroughbred First Flight dies at Fort Detrick after botulism work
Thoroughbred First Flight a 31 year old horse pivotal in botulism research died Monday at Fort Detrick of natural causes. It was the world’s only horse immunized against all seven botulinum toxins, its blood plasma used to create an antitoxin later shipped globally including Desert Storm and treated outbreaks in Egypt and Ohio. Its ashes will be buried near a commemorative marker in the Large Animal Research Facility.
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Fort Detrick
Persian Gulf
Egypt
Ohio
Detrick
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