Montgomery vets hopeful fever season ends soon
Maryland reports 229 Potomac Horse Fever cases with 190 in Montgomery County. Deaths total 15 locally, the lowest nationwide. Early detection, insect control, tetracycline treatment, and a new five minute test are credited with progress, while the fever’s carrier remains unknown and research continues.
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Maryland
Montgomery County
Archibald Park
Montgomery
Park
Virginia
Sandie Cafritz
Morris Animal Foundation
the Foundation
Englewood
Calo
Jean Sessions
Sessions
Maryland Department of Agriculture and Park
Walkersville seeks delay in county service station decision
Walkersville town leaders urge Frederick County Commissioners to postpone ruling on Exxon's commercial rezoning for 18 acres on Woodsboro Pike near town limits. A Oct 8 public input session is set as residents weigh annexation and zoning, with concerns over a three day full service station and potential withdrawal if demands are not met.
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Walkersville
Frederick County
Exxon Corp
Exxon
Woodsboro Pike
Cindy Nikirk
Alan August
Stern
Orley
Bourland
Isue
Glade Manor I
Clyde Berger
Carole Larsen
Counier
Major oil spill hits Delaware River near Philadelphia
A tanker spilled 150000 gallons of crude oil into the Delaware River, declared a major spill by the Coast Guard. A 10 mile sheen stretched from the Commodore John Barry Bridge in Bridgeport to the Schuylkill River mouth in Philadelphia as investigators assess environmental impact.
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Delaware River
Coast Guard
J.g. Aaron Davenport
Gloucester Daly Station
Commodore John Barry Bridge
Bridgeport
Schuylkill River
Philadelphia
Davenport
Feasting at Cawood Castle in 1485 Astonishes Historians
National Geographic notes a famous 1485 feast at Cawood Castle England where about 2,500 guests consumed 113 oxen six wild bulls 1000 sheep 2000 geese 2000 pigs 2000 chickens 12 porpoises and 4000 cold venison pasties highlighting scale and variety of medieval banquet traditions.
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Cawood Castle
England
National Geographic
Curran wins attorney general in tight Maryland race
In Maryland a close contest ends with Lt. Gov J Joseph Curran winning the attorney general seat after a late vote surge. Carey and Baker each secure about 32 percent. Governor Schaefer dominates. Goldstein cruises to an eighth term as comptroller. Mooney faces uncertain odds in November.
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Baltimore
Maryland
J. Joseph Curran
Eleanor Carey
U.S
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Tim” Baker
Carey
Baker
William Donald Schaefer
Stephen H. Sachs
Schaefer
Sachs
Frederick County
City
Montgomery
Prince George’s
Louis L. Goldstein
Melanie McElhiney
Glen Burnie
Goldstein
Frederick
McElhiney
Comptroller
Omni
Melvin A. Steinberg
Senate
Thomas H. Mooney
Prince George's
General Assembly
Mooney
GOP
Melvin Bilal
Ellicott City
Steinberg
Bob Hughes
Baltimore County
Baltimore City
LaRouche supporters fail in Montgomery County Central Committee race
LaRouche aligned candidates including John Edward Boehm fall short in Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee contests. District 19 and 20 races see other candidates prevail. several women were approached to run by LaRouche supporters, while a Rockville school board candidate Anastasia Bennett ran without active campaigning.
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Montgomery County
Rockville
Lyndon LaRouche
Democratic Central Committee
John Edward Boehm
Central Committee
Ruth BR. Engidahl
Joann Jenkins
Mary Paul Pennifield
LaRouche
Engdahl
Bethesda
Ms Jenkins
Gaithersburg
Ms. Pennifield
Takoma Park
Board of Education
Anastasia Bennett
Sally P. McGarry
Marjorie Stanley
Thomas E. Braden Jr
Constance Tonat
Edward G. Marks
Andrea Fiddleman
Mary Law Miller
John E. Bresch
Joseph D Gebhardt
Laurel Barron-Mendelsohn
A. Kenneth Ferguson
Charles Worsley
Glenda M. Marshall
Michael W. Gildea
Norman Locksley
Javier Mivares
Republican Central Committee
Patricia S. Broderick
Josephine J
Carol Courte Tancer
Maurice S. Ward
Albert E. Bullock
Janet Warren
Robert L. Clark Jr
William Eugene Wilder
W. Wiliam Whitacre
James Gordon Bennett
Frederick
James Clinton Nelson
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