County social services spared from state budget cuts
Frederick County Department of Social Services faces a high vacancy rate amid a state budget cut to the Maryland Department of Human Resources. With 17 vacancies and ongoing resignations, the agency risks slower service as clients wait hours for help. Board members plan to petition state officials and seek county support to fill positions before the situation worsens. County agencies in Carroll and St. Marys also report high vacancy levels, while Prince George’s shows large staffing gaps.
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Frederick County
Department of Social Services
Social Services Board
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Maryland Department of Human Resources
William Donald Schaefer
General Assembly
County Social Services Department
Mood
Social Service
Pat Davis
Garrett County
Howard County
Frederick
Carroll County
St. Mary’s County
Prince George’s County
State Human Resources Department
Social Services
Frederick County Commissioners
Intergenerational program connects Walkersville students with nursing home residents
Walkersville High School students visit Northampton and Citizens nursing homes once a week, pairing with 12 residents in the growing Intergenerational Program. The program, directed by Mimi Brady with Diane Jullian's help, fosters friendship, reading, letters, walks, and activities like checkers and singing, while teaching students reliability and commitment.
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Mimi Brady
Ms. Brady
Walkersville High School
Northampton Nursing Homes
Diane Jullian
Walkersville High
Brady
Laurie Johnson
Northampton
Russell Lindsay
Northampton Nursing Home
Tom King
Walkersville
Mr. Lindsay
Katherine Riner
Mandy Love
Middletown
Windobona Nursing Home
Johnson
Nursing Home
Big Brothers
Big Sisters
Suspect in store shooting. clerk recalls gun presence
Police gave cautious statements about a possible second suspect after a shooting near a neighborhood store. Witness Robert described seeing the prone suspect with a gun under the clerk Sam’s body as he ducked back. Neighbors noted no recent robbery attempts at the store.
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Ashton
Robert
Sam
Three shot at apartment complex in Frederick
Frederick City Police hunted a black male suspect after three people were shot in the courtyard of John Hanson Apartments on North Bentz Street just after 11 p.m. The victims, Arthur R. Edwards, 28, David M. Griffin, 22, and Leonard D. Prune, 23, were treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital and released. Griffin and Prune faced later arrest on court-appearance charges. A separate stabbing on West Fifth Street near 10:30 p.m. left Stephen E. Walters, 23, with a stab wound to the arm. the suspect, a black male in a leather jacket and jeans, fled in a maroon two-door Reliant.
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Frederick City
Richard Ashton
John Hanson
North Bentz Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Arthur R. Edwards
Carver Apartments
Frederick
David M. Griffin
Washington, D.C
Leonard D. Prune
Griffin
Mr. Prune
Prince George’s County
Frederick County District Court
West Fifth Street
Ashton
Stephen E. Walters
State board outlines guidelines for school bargaining law
The board states that direct communication with union employees is allowed if no attempt to bypass the union or threaten occurs. It affirms that employers may speak to employees within First Amendment limits, provided there is no direct dealing or intimidation of represented staff. A ruling against the local board could have led to an admonition for Dr. Farmer from the state superintendent.
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State School Board
Dr. Farmer
Pickup truck flips injuring Thurmont man on Md 75
David Kline, 28, of Moser Road near Thurmont, sustained a broken right leg when his 1989 Ford pickup spun off Md 75 south of Libertytown at 7:30 p.m. It swerved into an embankment, rolled onto its roof, and trapped him for 45 minutes until Libertytown Volunteer Fire Co. crews freed him. Wet roads and excessive speed were cited as factors.
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Libertytown
MD. 75
Here
Thurmont
Frederick County
Mr. Kline
Libertytown Volunteer Fire Co
Dep. Benvengi
Frederick Jaycees nominee Diane Wirth reflects on honor
Diane Wirth, a Frederick chapter nominee for 1989-90, says being nominated is a thrill and an honor. The St. Louis native and Honolulu resident, living in Frederick four years, praises the community spirit and her Jaycees work as she accepts the district award. Del. Tom Hattery, last year’s Outstanding Young Marylander, is the guest speaker at the event.
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St. Louis
Honolulu
Hawaii
Mrs. Wirth
University of Hawaii
Iowa State University
IBM
Del
Tom Hattery
D-Frederick
Glade Valley Jaycees
Walkersville
Cholesterol Screening Coming to Area Pharmacies
On November 29 at Mt. Airy Pharmacy and November 30 at Emmitsburg Pharmacy a cholesterol screening will be offered. No fasting needed. finger stick with disposable sterilized pin yields results in about five minutes. Cost is eight dollars per test with HDL cholesterol also available.
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Emmitsburg Pharmacy
Mt. Airy Pharmacy
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