Absentee vote trend favors Glendening in close Maryland race
In Annapolis election officials aimed to finish counting absentee ballots with Democrat Parris Glendening holding a narrowing lead over Republican Ellen Sauerbrey. Absentees from 18 counties showed Sauerbrey narrowing Glendening’s initial 6,187 vote edge, though most uncounted ballots were in Baltimore city and surrounding counties.
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Annapolis
Parris Glendening
Ellen Sauerbrey
Glendening
Baltimore City
Montgomery
Prince George’s
Baltimore
City
Absentee tally narrows and shifts county races in Frederick
Frederick County finished counting 1313 absentee ballots on Thursday with Ellen Sauerbrey gaining 297 votes to close on Farris Glendening in the governor’s race. Sauerbrey led 30,985 to 17,020 after combining with Tuesday results. In county races Mark Hoke widened his lead for county commissioner to 159 votes over David Gray, while Terre Roy Rhoderick extended his margin to 379 votes for a seat on the board.
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Ellen Sauerbrey
Farris Glendening
Sauerbrey
Glendening
House of Delegates
Frederick
Mark Hoke
Hoke
David Gray
Mr. Hoke
Terre Roy Rhoderick
Linda Boyer
Mark Jeffers
Frederick County Board of Elections
Winchester Hall
Delmar Rippeon
U.S. ends arms embargo enforcement on Bosnia ally aid
The Clinton administration will stop enforcing the Bosnia arms embargo starting Saturday, shifting burden to Europe. Navy ships will not divert arms shipments to Bosnia or Croatia and heavy weapons bound for Bosnia may still be intercepted. The move risks widening Western rifts and draws reactions from Britain France Russia and Serbia amid ongoing fighting and political shifts in Bosnia.
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James P. Rubin
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Una River
Slovenia
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U S
U N
Douglas Hurd
NATO
BBC Radio
Vladimir Lukin
Foreign Affairs Committee
Masonic Lodges Reunite After 121-Year Civil War Split
Columbia Lodge 58 reunites two historic Masonic bodies after a Civil War era rift. The merged lodge formed from 24 W Church St and Lynch Lodge will operate as Columbia Lodge 58 with about 360 members after August approval by the Grand Lodge of Maryland.
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Frederick
Columbia Lodge #58
Masonic Temple
W Church St
Columbia Lodge
Union
Confederacy
Grand Lodge of
Maryland
Lynch Lodge
Church Street
County balks on $150,000 in pay hikes
Frederick County commissioners balked at awarding about 150000 in raises for 99 workers including over 75000 for 35 high earners. The 4-1 vote tabled the raises and sent them to the newly elected board, with debate over director pay and evaluations before any disbursement.
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Frederick County
Sue Ann Yingling
Ronald Sundergill
Bruce Reeder
Board of Commissioners
Worker killed by falling tree in Carroll Valley
Richard Allen Andrew, 45, of Emmitsburg, was killed when a tree fell on him while clearing a lot Wednesday afternoon in Carroll Valley. The accident occurred at about 2:20 p.m. as he helped cut trees with Andrew and Sons Construction Co. of Emmitsburg.
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Carroll Valley
Frederick County
Richard Allen Andrew
Hampton Valley Road
Emmitsburg
Pat Leinbach
Adams County
Leinbach
Andrew
Andrew and Sons Construction Co
Inside The News Family. Debbi Wiles captures local history
Debbie Wiles chronicles local history in this feature seen on Page C-1. The Frederick News Post notes its commitment to 100 percent recycled paper and recycling practices while highlighting the paper’s community role and archival perspective.
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Barry Schweid
Security Council
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Robert Robidoux
Ralph Jones
Conrado Celestial
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