State charges Woodsboro plant operator with discharge falsification
Richard Priddey, operator at Woodsboro Wastewater Treatment Plant, faces seven misdemeanor counts for failing to monitor wastewater discharge and eight counts for falsifying monthly operating reports plus three counts for falsifying discharge monitoring reports. The case, investigated by Maryland Attorney General Environmental Crimes Unit, carries fines of 10,000 to 25,000 per count and potential jail time. Priddey also operates facilities in Smithsburg and Hagerstown and works for Frederick County.
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Woodsboro
Richard Priddey
Buoging Oe
Priddey
Maryland Department of the Environment
Environmental Crimes Unit
Attorney General's Office
Charles Crum
Crum
Tag 3 & Chaos
Mr. Crum
Elizabeth Volz
Volz
MDE
Crimes Unit
Ted Levin
Smithsburg
Brock Lane Psychiatric Center
Hagerstown
Frederick County
John C. O'Neal
Middle East session stirs terse drama at palace address
At Spain's Royal Palace a tense meeting closed with shouts over withdrawal debate. Jordanian foreign minister Kamel Abu Jaber pressed for focus while Israeli and Palestinian figures drew mixed reactions as Yasser Arafat’s quoted line drew sustained applause.
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Kamel Abu Jaber
Spain
Mr. Shamir
Shamir
Facaume Nancatiie Gagann
Yasser Arafat
Middletown Hears Bypass Options For Growing Area
Middletown residents heard Wednesday that the state is studying several bypass alternatives around the town with eight years or more before any road could open. Cost estimates run from 20 to 55 million, influenced by length rights of way and wetlands impact. Neil Pedersen of the State Highway Administration outlined eight options to ease overcrowding on Alternate U.S. 40 and over Braddock Mountain. Dave Ramsey, Pedersen’s assistant, noted widening to two lanes in each direction over Braddock Mountain is a short term step but not a full solution to the traffic surge.
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Middletown
Neil Pedersen
State Highway Administration
U.S. 40
Braddock Mountain
Dave Ramsey
Pedersen
Aldermen weigh bargaining law for city police talks
Frederick aldermen consider a draft collective bargaining ordinance to limit city control over departments and salaries while outlining negotiable items such as wages and vacations. Key officials and the FOP spar over management rights and procedural steps as a public hearing looms.
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Frederick
Frances Baker
John Kreissig
William 0. Lee Jr
N. Lynn Tillery
Paul Gordes
FOP
Wiliam W. Thompson II
FDP Atterney
Gordon
Grimes
Maryland Redistricting Plans Shift Delegates and Districts
The assembly considers a revised map moving Howard County precincts to District 4B now dominated by Carroll County and led by Republican Del. Donald Elliott. Derr would lose Boonsboro and Sharpsburg but gain Ballenger and parts of Frederick city. The plan, guided by Gov. Schaefer's Redistricting Advisory Committee, awaits a December recommendation with a January legislative session set for 45 days to act.
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Howard County
Carroll County
Del
Donald Elliott
Union Bridge
Derr
Boonsboro
Sharpsburg
Ballenger
Frederick City
William Donald Schaefer
General Assembly
Poole
Stup
McClellan
Frederick
School Board Salaries Stand Firm Amid Budget Memo Debate
The board backed keeping salaries intact after a memo limited consideration to non salary items. Members deMoll and Gough echoed that county employees’ pay is unlikely to be cut, while Quist pressed for clarity and distribution of copies to voters. The FCTA contract talks followed as the school budget fell about $800,000 short of the $3.5 million target.
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Harry deMoll
Anthony Gough
deMoll
Board of Education
FCTA
Quist
Sam
Funerals Held for Mrs Dorothy Zimmerman and Mrs Rebecca Sheets
Attended services for Dorothy C. Zimmerman of Walkersville held at Stauffer Funeral Home with Rev. Mark Foucart officiating. Interment at Union Chapel Cemetery Libertytown. Also funeral services for Rebecca Virginia Sheets of Damascus at Barber Funeral Home Laytonsville with bearers Phil Bentley and others. Interment Laytonsville Cemetery. Mrs Sheets was the wife of the late Andrew Jackson Sheets.
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Dorothy C. Zimmerman
Walkersville
Stauffer
Fulton Ave
Mark Foucart
Kathryn Nicodemus
Glade Valley Lions Club
Paul S. Stull
W. Robert Rippeon
Paul D. Rems
Rebecca Virginia Sheets
Damascus
Montgomery General Hospital
Olney
Barber Funeral Home
Laytonsville
The
Key
John Mason Omeriten
Phil Bentley
B. J. Bentley
John Sheets
Jack Shepard
Bobby Bentley
Eddie Sheets
Laytonsville Cemetery
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U.S
Mydro- Hire, Inc
Kreissig
James Grimes
Sally Murphy
Assembly
Allegany
Garrett
School Board
Frederick News-Post
Wytard
Dorothy
Mrs. R. Virginia Sheets
Everedy
East Street
Everedy Squaw
Adnan McCremsberg
Treasu
Lennox
Wilachter & Norwood, Inc
CBS
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