Flooding halts DC area commutes into Virginia
Potomac River crest near Point of Rocks as floodwaters close multiple roads in Frederick County and Virginia. U.S. 15 bridge near Point of Rocks opens while rail service from Martinsburg and Harpers Ferry is suspended. Bus service provided for Amtrak and B&O riders. George Washington Memorial Parkway closed and traffic jams block routes into Washington National Airport.
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Washington
Frederick County
Virginia
Potomac
Ed Sears
Della Road
Greenfield Road
New Design Road
Water Plant
Chick Road
Monocacy Bottom
Rock Hail Road
Oland Road
U.S. 15
Chessie
Amtrak
Martinsburg
W.va
Dickerson
B&o
Harpers Ferry
Brunswick
Point of Rocks Mare
U.S. Park
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Washington National Airport
U.S. 1
David Hess
Rock Creek Parkway
Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts
Johnson
Health Department
Commerce Street
Weather outlook for Western Maryland into weekend
A weak cold front moves through tonight, followed by fair cooler conditions Friday through the weekend. Western Maryland counties will see partly cloudy skies tonight with a shower risk, lows 34 to 44, then sunny and breezy Friday with highs 54 to 58. Weekend sunshine returns, with weekend highs in the 50s to near 60. Maryland mountains stay partly sunny with highs in the 40s on Friday. Travel weather shows mostly sunny conditions in Salisbury and Richmond, with cool, breezy, partly sunny conditions elsewhere. Yesterday temps ranged Frederick 54 to 51, Cumberland 55 to 48, Hagerstown 58 to 50, Oakland 49 to 30, Westminster 59 to 49.
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Carroll
Frederick
Howard
Montgomery
Washington
New York
Salisbury
Richmond
Roanoke
Charleston
Sea
Scranton
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Oakland
Westminster
Weekend Snow Flurries Expected North Friday
The National Weather Service forecasts snow flurries Friday from the Northwest into the northern Plains with most of the country remaining clear. An AP Laserphoto caption accompanies the report.
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National Weather Service
Aldermen race yields two women on new city board
In a Tuesday election result, Floyd and Phillips win seats, giving the city its first two elected women on the aldermanic board. Kreissig tops the GOP field with 2,713 votes, Lee wins 2,653, and about 200 absentee ballots remain to be counted.
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Phillips
Artie R. Esworthy Jr
Floyd
Kreissig
Lee
Beechwood Drive
Kefauver Realty
Frederick County
Mondale
GOP
Young
Montgomery College
Frederick
University of Maryland
Millstream Drive
Amber Meadows
West Frederick
Ballot Victories And Rejections Across Nine States
Voters approved measures on gun control abortion rights and smoke free workplaces while rejecting fluoridation in San Antonio Westfield Leominster and similar limits on high rise construction in San Francisco. New England towns Bristol Dover and Derry rejected abortion overturn referendums. Oak Park banned handgun repeal proposals failed. Tucson approved smoking limits and billboard restrictions. DC Morton Grove and Evanston retain handgun bans.
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Bristol
Conn
Dover
N.B
Derry
N.H
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
Oak Park
Ill
U.S
Los Angeles
Westfield
Leominster
Massachusetts
Carroll County approves funding for water projects and historic house
Several farmers will revert unused funds for water quality projects including Edgar Delauter and Daniel Poole. The Board of Public Works will lease a parking space for 22 dollars monthly. In Carroll County the Maertens receive nearly 50 000 to restore Stem Ruppert House as resident curators. A national AP survey shows corporate executives favor a flat income tax by 51 percent.
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Susan Pare
Center For Health Action
Springfield
Mass
San Franciscans
Edgar Delauter
David Gdither
Daniel Poole
Raymond Warner
Richard Grossnickle
John Denham Crum
William Pottenbarger
James Garrity
Jack Light
Board of Public Works Action
Herbert D. Morrison
West Patrick Street
Carroll County
Duane J. Maerten
Westminster
Stem. Ruppert
Morgan Run
Maertens
Management Recruiters International
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Edward F. Mull
Gayle Pryor
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William H. Main Jr
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Burall
News-Post
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US Dept of
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Reno
District of Columbia
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Nassau
FSK Mall
U.S. Hoegh Lines
U.S. Customs Intry
S.S. Robert E. Lee
Frederick Fair
Patrick Street
Fidelity Union Trust Co
Robbie's Billiard Sales & Service
Leitersburg Pike
Tri-State
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Armess Lavaseat
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