Fire log reports multiple alarms and responses
Fire log covers 24 hours ending 8 p m with alarms at 12 56 a m 8 37 a m 9 58 p m and 6 20 a m plus automatic alarms at 1 03 a m and 2 07 a m brush and trash fires reported at various locations including Mount Airy Thurmont New Market and Brunswick with multiple departments assisting and ambulances called.
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Hyattstown
Middle Creek Bible School
Emmitsburg
National Fire Academy
Pikes Crossing
Mount Airy
W. Potomac ST
Brunswick
Lavellsville
National Tire Academy
Thrumont
Thurmont
Main Street
Caldwell Drive
Mount Atry
Weather outlook for Western Maryland and mountains
Tonight rain or wet snow likely with lows in the low to mid 30s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph and a 60 percent precipitation chance. Wednesday brings variable clouds and highs around 40s with north winds 15 to 20 mph. Maryland mountains see flurries tonight and highs in the mid to upper 30s with similar northerly winds. Extended forecast through Saturday shows fair to partly cloudy skies with highs in the 40s to 50s and cooler mountain temperatures.
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Frederick
Howard
Montgomery
Washington
Westminster
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Maryland Mountains
Veterans Day Holiday Closures In Montgomery County
County offices courts libraries and liquor stores close on Wednesday for Veterans Day. Ride-On buses run weekday schedule while Metrobus and Metrorail run Saturday service. Public garages meters free. Trash newspaper and aluminum collections proceed. Landfill stays open. News-Post mail subscribers will not receive a paper.
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Metrorail
News-Post
Maryland ticket vendor eyes Virginia lottery profits
Maryland lottery ticket seller Banks Prevatt, operating Reno Pier tavern in Colonial Beach, Va., forecasts competition from Virginia’s new lottery but remains confident. He notes Maryland’s strong lottery, earns about $146000 a year in agent fees, and projects a possible Virginia terminal near Maryland machines to benefit both states.
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Virginia Lottery
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Colonial Beach
Prevatt
Reno
Potomac River
Charles County
Virginia
Carroll Hynson
Lottery results from Baltimore Harrisburg and Washington
AP reports Monday night drawings across Maryland Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia. Maryland Daily Lottery produced 3-0-6 in Daily Lottery and Pick Four 1-2-0-2 while Harrisburg Pennsylvania Daily Number came 7-0-9 with Lotto 24 33 05 41 06 17 and alternate 14. DC Lucky Numbers 9-3-6 DC Four 0-4-9 1C Daily Double 40.
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Maryland
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Washington
District of Columbia
D.C
1.C
Walkersville man charged with fraud in drug prescriptions
The Frederick County Sheriff's Department arrested 23 year old Michael Lynn Park of 8380 Revelation Ave Walkersville on fraud related to obtaining controlled substances. He allegedly visited seven dentists since November 3 1987 complaining of a toothache and secured Percocet prescriptions. Park was arrested by Sgt. Kirby Maybush on Monday November 9 and is held at the Frederick County Detention Center.
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Frederick County
Nature may help Southern firefighters
Scattered light rain moved across drought stricken South as forest fires raged in several states. Officials warned one rain event won’t end the fire season, with more than 10,000 fires burning about 224,900 acres since Oct. 27 across 13 states in the Forest Service Southern Region.
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Virginia
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Maine
New Hampshire
National Weather Service
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New Jersey
Arkansas
Florida
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
The
Forest Service
Mingo County
Weather Service
Tuscaloosa
Anniston
Richard Cumby
Alabama Forestry Commission
Local man admits role in cocaine trafficking
Frederick resident Dean Leroy Thomas 46 of Monroe Avenue admitted involvement in a cocaine distribution scheme. He used a girlfriend’s Buick and a co conspirator’s vehicle as a common nuisance. He faces a five year cap under a binding plea with potential 20 years plus fines.
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Dean Leroy Thomas
Monroe Avenue
Thomas
G. Edward Dwyer Jr
Dwyer
Roads and land aid battle against fire in South
Atlanta cited Forest Service official Doug Williams says more than 10,000 fires have struck the South recently. The regional average fire size is 22 acres, aided by extensive road access and higher precipitation. Prescribed burns reduce fuel, with winter timing, as urban areas expand toward rural lands.
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U.S. Forest Service
Oregon
Doug Williams
The
Forest Service
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