City urged on demolition law at Frederick workshop
Hagerstown Mayor Steven Sager outlined how his city uses condemnation and acquisition to force blighted properties toward rehabilitation. He cited Urban Renewal powers and amendments to the maintenance code as tools for mandatory repainting and upholding livability standards, while noting penalties and a $25,000 legal push for Frederick officials.
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Hagerstown
Steven Sager
Frederick
Sager
Jim Grimes
James Schmersahl
General Assembly
Emmitsburg Fire Company Opens House Tonight
Vigilant Hose Company hosts an open house on West Main Street from 6 30 to 8 30 pm as part of National Fire Prevention Week. Attendees can ride the fire truck watch a hazardous materials unit demonstration meet the state fire marshal bomb squad and greet Hoser the fire company dalmatian.
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Emmitsburg
West Main Street
Hoser
Fire prevention queen contest at Walkersville Fire Co
The annual fire prevention queen contest will be at 7 p.m. Sunday at Walkersville Volunteer Fire Company, sponsored by the ladies auxiliary and the fire prevention committee. The local winner will represent Frederick County at the Maryland State Firemen's Association convention in Ocean City in June. Miss Fire Prevention Amy Arnold of Adamstown attends an open house 1 to 6 p.m. at the fire company, with practice sessions for stop drop and roll and crawl low in smoke. Angel the state police bloodhound, Capt. Smoke Detector and Flashy the Fire Dog will appear.
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Walkersville Volunteer Fire Company
Frederick County
Amy Arnold
Adamstown
Angel
Woman Recovers After Lehigh Cement Plant Fall
Tammy Bartgis, injured at the Lehigh Portland Cement plant near Woodsboro on Oct 2, lies recovering at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore after 13 hours of surgery. Her mother Blanche Naugle reports the surgery went well and that Bartgis hopes to return home to visit her three daughters, aged 9, 10, and 13, as she heals from a shattered hip and pelvic injuries.
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Woodsboro
R Adams Cowley
Baltimore
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Blanche Naugle
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Germantown Oktoberfest Kicks Off With Balloon Race
Germantown hosts a Saturday Oktoberfest starting at 7 30 a.m with a balloon race on a field off Middlebrook Road near the 1270 exit. A 5K race at 9 a.m. a 1K fun run at 9 15 a tot trot at 10 a.m. fill the day. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. attendees will find clowns craft vendors business exhibits German food bingo games a petting zoo and more.
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Germantown
Middlebrook Road
Officer hurt in two vehicle crash near Gaithersburg
A Montgomery County K-9 officer, 35, was injured in a Wednesday night crash on Md 124 near Exodous Drive when a northbound car crossed the center line and struck the cruiser. The other driver, 52, was flown to a hospital in critical condition.
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Neport
Gaithersburg
Montgomery County
Here
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Exodus Drive
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