Training drill on Fort Detrick grounds simulates hostage scenario
A staged exercise on Military Road at Fort Detrick grounds features Frederick SWAT Team members and Fort Detrick police officer Robert Stottlemyer. The drill trains responders to handle a potentially dangerous hostage situation using a chemical weapons scenario.
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Frederick
Robert Stottlemyer
Fort Detrick
Military Road
Chris Young
Don Allen
Frederick City
Mr. Allen
New county passes cat inclusion in animal control law
Commissioners approved an updated ordinance extending dog rules to cats. Cats must stay on property or face impoundment and fees of 20 dollar impoundment and 5 dollar per day service. Violations carry 500 dollar fines for vicious animals and 25 dollar second infractions. Fees for licensing remain 5 dollars for spayed or neutered and 10 dollars for unaltered pets.
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Steve Smith
Animal Contral Center
Animal Control
Smith
Animal Control Center
Jack Thomas
Frederick County
Virginia Floyd
Mr.Smith
Bruce Reeder
Gail Bowerman
Sue Ann Yingling
Glendening Wins Maryland Governor Race After Tight Vote
Democrat Parris Glendening leads Ellen Sauerbrey by 5 405 votes after 42 700 absentee ballots are counted. Unofficial totals show Glendening 706 531 to 701 126 for Sauerbrey. Sauerbrey may pursue a court challenge, but Glendening pledges to move on.
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Baltimore
Glendening
State weighing $277 million in requests for school funds
A state official told parents at New Market Elementary School that the Interagency Committee on School Construction faces a statewide shortfall. About 277 million dollars in requests from 23 counties and Baltimore compete for roughly 100 million dollars in funding for fiscal year 1996. Frederick County seeks nine million for a Summerfield elementary, relieving New Market's 130 percent capacity, with growth concentrated in Montgomery Howard Calvert and Hartford counties.
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New Market
Yale Stenzler
Interagency Committee
Frederick County
Mr. Stenzler
Stenzler
Baltimore
Summerfield
Lake Singanore
Montgomery
Howard
Calvert
Hartford
Lake Merle Dam reclassified to significant hazard
The Lake Singapore Association may spend up to 300000 to upgrade Lake Merle Dam after state officials raised its hazard classification from low to significant. The board will decide tonight which repairs to pursue to prevent potential loss of life and property downstream, including lowering the lake from 40 to 33 feet, adding a trash rack, and adding swales and a storm drain.
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Lake Singapore Association
Lake Merle Dam
Association
State Department of Natural Resources
Mulligan
Eaglehead Drive
Balmoral Village
Smelser closes career questions bureaucrats in final meeting
Sen. Charles Smelser, 74, retiring Democrat from Union Bridge, presided over his last capital budget subcommittee session in Annapolis. He questioned bureaucrats on stalled projects and funding decisions for hundreds of millions in state capital improvements from Oakland to Ocean City, seeking answers before his departure.
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Annapolis
Charles Smelser
Senate
Union Bridge
Oakland
Ocean City
Consumer prices rise 0.1 percent in October
Prices edged up modestly as energy costs fell and food prices moderated. The Labor Department index surpassed expectations, while the Fed had just boosted two key rates by three quarters of a point, signaling higher borrowing costs ahead and fueling debate over monetary policy.
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Washington
Labor Department
Federal Reserve
Fed
Bor
Frederick News-Post recycling note page segment
A brief note explains that portions of The Frederick News-Post are printed on 400 percent recycled paper and that the newspaper site is recyclable, underscoring sustainability practices.
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Frederick
Gloomy night halts Frederick mail delivery on Saturday
About 30 households on Danielle Drive off McCain Drive did not receive mail as Frederick Post Office faced staff shortages and early dusk. Postmaster Julliann Biggers cited overconfidence in one work day and a substitute carrier stopping around 4 pm due to new safety rules. Residents noted no delivery the previous Veterans Day and called for better planning.
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Frederick
Danielle Drive
McCain Drive
Julliann
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Prince George’s
Tom Johnson
Lake Singanore Association
John Mulligan
Smelser
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