Cigarette tax hike drives bootlegging surge in Maryland
ANNAPOLIS AP The 30 cent per pack tax rise on cigarettes, effective July 1, has spurred bootlegging in Maryland. State comptroller reports four arrests and 15 000 unstamped packs seized worth over 40 000, including 9 410 packs worth nearly 27 000 in Prince George s County from a Brooklyn man. Authorities link the operation to a multi state enterprise with origin in Virginia.
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Annapolis
Maryland
State Comptroller's Office
Comptroller's Office
Prince George's County
Brooklyn
N.Y
New York City
Virginia
Thomas E. Gue
Comptroller’s
Maryland Lottery Draws Friday Night and Afternoon Results
Baltimore AP reports Friday night draws for Pick 3 2 7 0 and Pick 4 8 38 plus Cash in Hand 3 7 18 19 21 23 26. Friday afternoon results show Pick 3 40 4 and Pick 4 1 9 4 1.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Homemade foods fuel Frederick Fair tents and causes
The Frederick Fair showcases homemade foods from church and fire company tents that fund local units. Volunteers like Jean Wetzel note steady sales despite rain, with groups such as Carroll Manor fire auxiliary contributing tens of thousands to gear purchases. Tents run long hours daily, featuring soups, seafood, chicken, fries, country ham sandwiches, Bubba Dogs, and homemade pies.
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Frederick Fair
Lewistown
Carrie Young
Carroll Manor Fire Company
Ladies Auxiliary
Ms Young
Dot Murray
Fred Carlin
Ms. Young
Braddock Heights Volunteer Fire Co
Beth Cassell
Cassell
Libertytown-Unionville
Lions Club
Regina Gibson
Tootie Lenhart
Thurmont United Methodist Church
Ms. Lenhart
Frederick County and Maryland Beaches Weather Summary
The forecast calls for clear nights with lows in the 50s, sunny with highs near 80, and extended periods of partly cloudy to mostly sunny days. Inland areas set to reach about 80, coastal Maryland mid to upper 70s to 80, with gradual clearing and brief cloudy spells later in the period.
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Frederick County
Maryland
Weather pattern brings showers to East and rain to Plains
Dry to cloudy conditions prevail across much of the nation with light showers in the East. A cold front will bring rain to parts of the Tennessee Valley later today while the Midwest Great Lakes and central Rockies and Four Corners face chances of showers. Temperatures vary from 98 in Palm Springs to 27 in Rhinelander as heavy downpours hit western New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
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Plains
Great Lakes
Central Rockies
Wyoming
Four Corners
Pacific Northwest
Ohio Valley
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Mid-Atlantic
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Southern Plains
West Coast
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Palm Springs
Calif
Rhinelander
Wis
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
FBI probes jail death in Prince George’s County
The FBI opened a criminal rights investigation into the death of Kilmer Clayton Newman in a Prince George’s County holding cell after a confrontation with officers at his home. Agents will review evidence and may forward findings to the Justice Department to consider charges. Newman allegedly attacked police who responded to a break in. Pepper spray failed to subdue him and he banged his head against a concrete wall.
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Upper Marlboro
FBI
Suitland
Prince George's
Kilmer
Clayton Newman
Newman
Weekend Weather Forecaster
The weekend promises sun with temperatures in the low to mid 80s and no rain through the next seven days. Friday’s high reached 77 degrees after a low of 48, boosting turnout for the final day of The Great Frederick Fair and the last New Market Days.
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Frederick Fair
Frederick
Fire log summary from 24 hour period ends Friday
A sequence of fire calls across multiple towns including Brunswick Lovettsville Thurmont and Urbana. Incidents include building, vehicle and house fires at addresses such as 31 E Potomac St Ace Hardware 215 N Church St Fourth St 1 70 at 43 mile marker 13117 Royalty Road and Monocacy River area. Ambulatory services by Jefferson Citizens Brunswick Harpers Ferry and United Ambulance reported emergencies with no routine calls.
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Uncle Willie's
Potomac St
Carroll Manor
Brunswick
Jefferson
Citizens
Harpers Ferry
Lovettsville
Ace Hardware
N. Church St
Thurmont
Fourth St
Junior
Myersville
Royalty Road
Monocacy River
Urbana
United
Glendening orders probe into Floyd power outages in Maryland
Maryland Governor Parris Glendening ordered an inquiry into massive outages caused by Hurricane Floyd. He faulted Baltimore Gas and Electric and PEPCO for slow, uncoordinated responses and questioned staffing cuts that may have worsened the disruption.
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Baltimore
Parris Glendening
Glendening
Electric
BGE
PEPCO
RGE
Baltimore County
Anne Arundel County
Maryland Public Service Commission
Jessica Brown
Two Frederick men charged with crack cocaine possession
From Staff Reports two Frederick residents were charged with possession of crack cocaine after police found two men using crack cocaine in the 400 block of North Market Street. Robert Shelby Hughes Jr, 40, and Vernon Lee Wright, 29, both of the same block, were charged by the Frederick Police Department.
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Frederick
North Market Street
Robert Shelby Hughes Jr
Vernon Lee Wright
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