Sauerbrey Announces Candidacy For Maryland Governor
Ellen Sauerbrey publicly launches her 1998 bid with about 100 supporters in Hagerstown. She cites education reform public safety and tax cuts as core goals and challenges Gov. Glendening on delivering the rest of the tax cut. The former biology teacher pins Maryland schools as holding pens while teachers face crowding and gangs.
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Hagerstown
Ellen Sauerbrey
Frederick County
Richardson’s
Parris Glendening
Middletown talk on drinking and driving spurs requests to tone down
Kari Fraser, a Liberty University sophomore, told Middletown High students how a vodka shot led to a fatal crash that killed her boyfriend Justin, with a blood alcohol level of .23. Teachers later asked her to skip mentions of the accident, though she urged responsibility and warned that drinking and driving destroys lives.
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Middletown
Kari Fraser
Middletown High School
Frederick City
Ms. Fraser
Justin
Virginia
No increase in county's property tax
The Frederick County commissioners voted unanimously to keep the property tax rate at 2.26 rather than raise it to 2.46. Commissioner Terre Roy Rhoderick, initially backing a 20 cent rise, reversed after bond anticipation notes were introduced to leverage short term bonds for school construction and public safety funding. About 110 attended a moved meeting, with nearly 50 testifying, most opposing a tax hike. Former commissioner Sue Ann Yingling urged maintaining the current rate and urged greater diligence.
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Weinberg Center For the Arts
Frederick County
Terre Roy Rhoderick
Winchester Hall
Sue Ann Yingling
Judge weighs fate of teen in half brother killing case
A Frederick County Circuit Court hearing tests criminal responsibility for Angela Eileen Danielson, convicted in April of attempted second degree murder of her half brother Kerry Dennard. Defense argues mental illness and abuse caused a “volcanic” episode. the state cites premeditation and planned murder with notes. The judge will decide between prison up to 30 years or commitment to a mental hospital.
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Frederick County
Angela Eileen Danielson
Kerry Lee Dennard
Paul B. Handy
Susan F. Puhala
Maryland Public Defender’s Office
Danielson
Handy
G. Edward Dwyer
Frederick City
Thomas Pfarr
Mr. Dennard
Brian Hutchison
Dennard
Carriage Way
Frederick
Way Station co-founders resign after 19 years
Grady O'Rear and Tena Meadows Rear, co-founders and top executives of Way Station, announced their resignations on Tuesday and will depart on June 30. O'Rear will move to a new role elsewhere.
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Way Station
Grady O’rear
Tena Meadows Rear
O’rear
Mother's search ends with missing son found in Baltimore
Gina Saunders pursued her 22 month old son Jerry Wayne Mobley Jr after he vanished with his father on Mother's Day. Frederick County Sheriff's deputies tracked the car to a Reisterstown Road address in Baltimore where she located them after an arduous search.
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Gina Saunders
Jerry
Frederick
Frederick County
Reisterstown Road
Baltimore
Ms Saunders
Maryland April temps near mid range in regional readings
Weather notes show April was the 43rd coolest in the sector, with Maryland overall at 35th coolest. Sector six, including Frederick County and nearby areas, was warmer while West Virginia and Virginia saw cooler conditions, per NC meteorologist William Brown.
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Maryland
Frederick County
William Brown
National Climatic Weather Center
Asheville
Montgomery
Carroll
Baltimore
Pennsylvania
Brown
West Virgina
Virginia
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