Constitution Highlights Memorial Day Celebrations
Memorial Day weekend centers on the 200th anniversary of the Constitution with events nationwide. Veterans observances endure amid the Stark incident deaths, travel spikes, festival openings, and public ceremonies from Washington to Philadelphia, Boston to Houston, with hundreds of performances and rides planned through June 7.
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Washington
Gian Carlo Menotti
Richard Strauss
Salome
B.B. King
Philadelphia
Grover Washington Jr
George Bush
Boston
Houston
More testing ordered for Adamstown groundwater contamination
Maryland officials require Trans Tech Inc to fund further groundwater testing in Adamstown after a prior study failed to define contamination extent. The extra work includes six more well clusters, a pump test, an expanded soil gas survey, a video study of Hayneswell, monitoring two lower aquifer wells, and providing pumping data.
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Trans-Tech Inc
Adamstown
Trans-Tech
Ray Feldmann
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Office of Environmental Programs
Baltimore
Feldmann
Hayneswell
Trans- Tech
O'Brien and
Gere
Syracuse
N.Y
Carroll Manor
Ski plan on College Mountain moves forward in court
Judge G Edward Jr Dwyer denied Frederick County and Mount St Marys College bid to stay the suit filed by Ski America Inc contesting the county commissioners denial of a permit to grade 80 acres on College Mountain. The case now proceeds to the county Board of Appeals as parties must respond to a motion for settlement. Mount St Marys College and the county face the motion.
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Frederick County
College Mountain
G. Edward Jr. Dwyer
Mount St. Mary's College
Ski America Inc
Emmitsburg
Mount Saint Mary’s College
W Days
Ski America
Ellyn Hunt
Board of Appeals
No News Monday Memorial Day Note
The newspaper will not publish on Memorial Day as part of a tradition. Editorial offices reopen at 4 p.m. Monday and extend wishes for a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend to readers in Frederick.
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American Legion
Utah
U.S.A
Charleston
D.C
Frederick
Tornado Devastates West Texas Town of Saragosa
A powerful tornado struck Saragosa Texas killing at least 29 people and injuring more than 110. Authorities feared the death toll would rise as residents searched amid collapsed buildings, downed power lines, and impassable roads. A school bus was used as a morgue as responders worked through darkness and debris.
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Saragosa
Texas
Ismue
State Department of Public Safety
Mike Cox
Austin
Reeves County
Janie Rodriguez
Pecos
Here
West
Raoul Florez
DPS
David Wells
Cov
Wells
Wus
Reagan honors Stark sailors as heroes at memorial service
President Reagan praised the 37 sailors killed aboard the USS Stark as heroes who sacrificed their lives to avert wider war. At Mayport near Jacksonville, he, Nancy Reagan, Caspar Weinberger, and others mourned 2,000 attendees. He urged maintaining a naval presence in the Gulf to deter conflict and protect freedom.
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Persian Gulf
Reagan
Mayport Naval Station
Fla
Mayport
Naval Station
Fia
Stark
America
Iran
Iraq
Nancy
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
Navy
James Webb
Jacksonville
Gulf
United States
Baghdad
Leaking roof worries Brunswick woman
Hilda Thompson, a 72 year old widow in Brunswick, battles a county contracted roofer over a persistent leak. She rejects further attempts, has signed a $4,000 grant, faces a $6,000 extra cost, and may see the bill borne by taxpayers if she does not sell within five years under the Community Development Block Grant Housing Rehabilitation program.
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Thompson
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