Log House Restoration: Front Royal man restores 18th century home
Dick Richardson, Browntown artist, undertakes a detailed revival of a 1785 log house in Front Royal’s Historical District. He plans a new shingled roof, exposed original logs, stone chimney, wide pine floors, and an attic room while preserving 200-year-old architecture under Architectural Review Board protection. Two sons assist. he aims to finish in a year and rent the upper level as office or studio space.
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Chester St
Front Royal
Second
Dick Richardson
Richardson
Browntown
Marvin Berlin
Satso
Burglar Steals Gum Storage Garage Break-In
Winchester police report a weekend break in at 404 Gray Ave a garage used by Wrigley’s Chewing Gum Co owned by Norma Timble 104 Bruce Ave with about 3500 in chewing gum taken entry gained by prying door. Another theft at 317 S Loudoun St involved stereo equipment worth about 1000 during midnight to 730 am Monday.
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Gray Ave
Winchester Police
Norma Timble
Bruce Ave
Wrigley’s Chewing Gum Co
Holliday
Lawrence Groves
S. Loudoun St
Winchester Mall site plan under reconsideration by Frederick County planners
The Frederick County Planning Commission will again review the Winchester Mall site plan off Route 7 east of Winchester. The panel tabled the plan previously due to concerns about one of three proposed entrance routes. If built the 105 acre tract at Route 7 and I 81 would host 62 stores. The commission will also weigh a 7.2 acre rezoning request for property on Route 277 by Dennis and Betty Ridings and hold a public hearing and work session on zoning amendments and appeals. The meeting starts at 2 p.m. in the County Board Room.
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Winchester
Rt. 7
Frederick County
Frederick County Planning Commission
Commission
I-81
Planning Commission
Frederick County Board
Dennis and
Betty Ridings
Rt. 277
Counp
Berg
Frederick County Board Room
Stead Murder Case Highlights Bureaucratic Delays
The Stead murder case in Winchester centers on delays in positive identification of Sheila Stead. Sheriff Mauck cites standard morgue policy while investigators face access limits. Dental confirmation finally identifies the girl four days after the body was found, with county and city jurisdictions looming over prosecution.
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Star
Paper Mill Road
James Stead
Sheila
Stead
Winchester
Sheriff's Department
Robert Edmondson
Donald Mayle
Sheila Stead
Edmondson
Carroll Mauck
Mauck
Fairfax
The
County Commonwealth
Lawrence Ambrogi
Nuclear Refugees Shelter In Winchester After TMI Crisis
Several dozen Pennsylvania families fled the Three Mile Island incident seeking safety in Winchester motel rooms. Most arrivals were women and children, with 8 9 families checking in Sunday at local hotels. Some planned to move farther away while others prepared to shift relatives to safer locations.
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Star
Pennsylvania
Three Mile Island
Winchester
Harrisburg
Howard Thompson
Mencen
Thompson
Howard Johnson
I-81
Route 11
Carol Jones
Howard Johnson's
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Peggy May
George Child
Wilson Miserson
Bessie Sumption
Bruce Hatfield
Grant
Bryan
Hatfield
Scott Mason
Susan Burke
Ening
Frederick
By Sue Steward
George M.stoddart
Holiday Inn
Thelma Turner
Janice Tribble
Hagerstown
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