Detrick provides bottled water after groundwater concerns
Residents near Shookstown Road and Willowdale Drive receive Fort Detrick water following concerns about groundwater contamination. Spokesman Norm Covert says past sampling found no contaminants but acknowledges reader concerns are reasonable. Fresh samples were taken Friday with results due late today or Wednesday.
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Shookstown Road
Willowdale Drive
Fort Detrick
Detrick
Norm Covert
Rocky Springs Road
Kemp Lane
Covert
Montevue Lane
Nathan Robinson
Area B
Mr. Robinson
EPA
Troubled teens get taste of prison
Seven Frederick County juveniles charged with crimes toured a dilapidated jail guided by four convicted murderers. The dayroom encounter with younger inmates unsettled the teens, who wrote about the visit after leaving the prison.
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Kate Leckie
Frederick County
Autumn
James Singletary
Law and Order
Timothy Jacobsen
Patuxent Institution
State’s Attorney's Office
Grimes reorganizes City Hall after reelection
In the wake of his second term, Mayor Jim Grimes outlines a reorganized City Hall plan with key moves. Janet Welty moves beside him in a space dubbed the war room, boosting coordination. the aldermen will sit closer, and the legal staff moves to the former alderman space. The Department of Permits and Code Management relocates to 4 W Seventh St, joining the new Department of Community Development and police community services.
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Frederick
Jim Grimes
Grimes
Janet Welty
Mrs. Welty
Department of Permits and Code Management
Seventh St
N. Market St
Department of Community Development
Police Community Services Division
Police Officer and K9 Bruno Highlighted in Frederick Book
In Frederick, Officer Jerry Morales and his K-9 Bruno are featured in A Day in the Life of a Police Officer, part of Rosen Publishing's Kids Career Library. The 24-page hardcover follows a workday with evidence searches, tracking, and occasional lighter moments, aimed at beginning readers.
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Jerry Morales
Frederick County
Bruno
Mary Bowman-Kruhm
Urbana
Claudine G. Wirths
Braddock Heights
Rosen Publishing Co
New York
Morales
Frederick City
Hungary
Dr. Bowman-Kruhm
Sarah
News-Post
Kelly Hahn
Frederick
Montgomery
Bowman-Kruhm
Brano
Bartlett Wins Ban on Pornography Sales in Military Stores
A federal Circuit Court upheld a congressional ban on pornography sales in military stores. Rep. Roscoe Bartlett led the measure, arguing the government should not distribute such material to service members. The Second Circuit said the act furthers government interests and does not violate the First Amendment.
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Bartlett
Federal
Roscoe Bartlett
R-oth
U.S
Tal
International Periodical Distributors Association
Penthouse
Circuit Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Retired sixth circuit chief judge Robert Clapp Jr dies
Judge Robert Earl Clapp Jr aged 87 of Frederick died Monday at Frederick Memorial Hospital after weeks of illness. He served as U S Army JAG captain in World War II and rose from assistant attorney general to chief judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit retiring in 1980. He remained counsel at Shoemaker Horman and Clapp and was active with Hood College and C Burr Artz Library boards.
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Robert Earl Clapp Jr
Araby Church Road
Frederick
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Sixth Judicial Circuit
Sixth Circuit
Shoemaker, Horman and Clapp
Clapp
Washington and Lee University
Harvard Law School
Mary
Frederick News-Post recycling note appears in index
The Frederick News-Post states that index portions are printed on 100 percent recycled paper and the newspaper itself is recyclable.
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Frederick
History Channel joins Frederick County cable lineup
GS Communications will add the History Channel to its lineup starting January 1, 1998. President Robert Cole notes surveys show strong demand as WBFFE TV no longer provides signal in Frederick County and Fox aims at the Washington market with WITG TV. Subscribers will be notified by letter.
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Frederick County
GS Communications
Robert Cole
Frederick Cablevision
Mr. Cole
History Channel
Wbffe-Tv
Fox
Baltimore
Washington
Witg-Tv
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