Water Quality Report Shows Low Contaminants in Frederick
Frederick city households will receive its annual Water Quality report this week. It documents extremely low levels of regulated contaminants across all three treatment plants tested in 2000. EPA officials say tap water poses no health risk to the general public, though vulnerable individuals are advised to take precautions.
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Hina Ig Protection Agency
Ing
Rick Rogers
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Highway signs kept steady after Crossroad Travel Plaza closure
State Highway Administration officials said the Crossroad Travel Plaza and Diner closure did not alter planned highway work. A sign to the defunct Md 355 diesel and dinner spot was to be removed soon, while other directions near I 70 and Md 355 remain unchanged.
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Myersville
Property tax rate set at $1 per $100 assessed value
The board set the fiscal 2002 property tax rate at 1.00 per 100 of assessed value, with 0.97 per 100 if the prior revenue target is kept and cuts of nearly 4 million to the fiscal 2002 operating budget. The 2001 rate was 2.50 per 100 of full assessed value. Fire and rescue tax rates were also set for urban and suburban districts, at 10 and 41.2 cents per 100 respectively, with a projected total property tax revenue of 134.4 million on an base of 126 billion.
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John L. Thompson Jr
Consolidated Fire and Rescue
Frederick
Green Valley
Douglas Browning
Jeffords to leave Republican party
Vermont Senator James Jeffords indicated he will abandon the GOP and become an independent. The move would end Republican Senate control, lift Democratic leadership to majority, and shift control of legislation and judicial nominations. White House efforts to keep him in the party intensified as leaders weighed political fallout and potential committee realignments.
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Guilty plea in crash that killed two Pennsylvania brothers
Oxon Hillman pleaded guilty to a crash that killed brothers Ryan Kepple and Encargo Matula near I 270 in Maryland. Prosecutors seek consecutive sentences totaling 19 months while the victims’ family and a survivor prepare impact statements at July 3 sentencing. Copeland, driving a Suburban at high speed with 0 16 blood alcohol, struck a parked van after veering off the road.]]
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