Apartments without sprinklers strike Selwyn Farm complex fire
Avalon Property Inc reports fires at Selwyn Farm and Chase Glen apartments with heavy damage. A July 1994 blaze at Chase Glen caused over 1 million in damage, while Selwyn Farm suffered a recent fire that gutted its athletic center and damaged multiple units. Both complexes lack automatic sprinkler systems and sit on Seventh Street near US 15.
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Frederick
Selwyn Farm
Avalon Property Inc
Chase Glen
Columbia
Avalon
Robert Slater
Slater
Seventh Street
Woman 83 Dies in Daytime Two-Vehicle Crash
Mary R Stockman 83, of Frederick, died from injuries sustained in a two vehicle collision on Daysville Road. She was a passenger in a 1988 Cadillac driven by Harry E Stockman 78. The crash occurred Monday afternoon and she died at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center Baltimore.
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Walkersville
Frederick County
Daysville
Mary R Stockman
Oak Tree Circle
Frederick
R Adams Cowley
Baltimore
Bradley Baxter
Ms Stockman
Harry E. Stockman
Heavy early turnout at Frederick County polls
Voters lined up at Urbana Elementary and other polling places in Frederick County on Tuesday morning for presidential and congressional elections. Officials predicted turnout could reach 80 percent as residents sought to vote before work with some citing a desire to influence Clinton’s fate.
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Democrats
Alan Imhoff
Old Armory
Frederick
Frederick County
Urbana
Meg Brabitz
Chet Judge
Clinton
Pauline
County voters face many choices in Frederick County
Frederick County voters go to the polls today to elect the first president of the 21st century and choose between a Republican incumbent or a Democratic challenger for Congress. Also at stake are six proposed changes to the Maryland Constitution and three judgeships.
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Frederick County
Maryland
BGE seeks to expand service area in Frederick County
Baltimore Gas and Electric returns to Frederick County seeking a public hearing to extend its non exclusive gas franchise west of Lynn Burke Road. The move follows a 2023 grant and comes as BGE negotiates a compromise with Washington Gas Light over the franchise boundary near Mol ei and the CSX line. The county earlier approved a boundary described by Lynn Burke Road Browningsville Road and the Montgomery County line.
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BGE
Frederick County
Baltimore Gas and Electric
Lynn Burke
Washington Gas
Weather Contest Encourages Local Student Weather Study
Bob Mills, a Fredrick resident and Air Force veteran, sponsors a Winter Weather Contest for county students from grade 1 to 12. The event runs November through February 21 and challenges participants to build a device with household materials to measure snow depth snowfall and rainfall equivalent to snow. Mills seeks local business gifts to reward participants and promote weather awareness.
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Bob Mulls
Frederick
Air Force
Mills
Mount students teach through new network at Mount St Marys
Mount St Marys College students join four Frederick County elementary schools under the Professional Development School Network. Interns pair with mentor teachers and are observed by college supervisors, gaining extended classroom experience from spring of junior year through senior year.
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Mount St Mary’s College
Frederick County
Jen Dowd
Mount
Waverley
PDS
Steve Martin
Orchard Grove Elementary
Jerry DeGrange
Orchard Grove
Hulcrest
Ballenger Creek
Maryland State Department of Education
Mary Kayler
Kaylor
DeGrange
Calvin Wachter 100 Dies at VA Medical Center
Calvin W Wachter 100 formerly of Ford Road Frederick dies Monday Nov 4 at the VA Medical Center Martinsburg WV He was born June 8 1896 in Frederick County son of Millard R Wachter and Mary E Belle Wachter He retired from Price Electric Co Frederick repaired clocks and watches He was a WWI US Army veteran wounded at Verdun France life member of Francis Scott Key Post 11 American Legion Frederick Tuscarora Grange Knights of Pythias Lodge member Faith United Church of Christ Charlesville Surviving are sisters Louise Clapley Jeannie Dodson brothers Thomas E Wachter Edward B Wachter Charles Wachter and many grandchildren great grandchildren He was predeceased by son Calvin F Wachter 1988 and daughters Beverly Tyergar 1971. continued on Page A 4
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Calvin Wesley Wachter
Ford Road
Frederick
VA Medical Center
Martinsburg
W V
Naom F Wachter
Frederick County
Millard R Wachter
Mary E Belle Wachter
Price Electric Co
Verdun
France
Francis
Scott Key
American Legion
Tuscarora Grange
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Faith United Church of Christ
Charlesville
Louise Clapley
Jeannie Dodson
Thomas E Wachter
Edward B Wachter
Charles Wachter
Calvin F Wachter
Beverly Tyergar
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Julia Robb
News-Post
Sam Yu
Wilcom
Matthew Barakat
Erista Brick
Uesday
Bill Green
Bob Mills
Inside the News
Frederick News A& Post
Calvin W. Wachter
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