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Deer season starts with a bang for local hunters
Note: With the exception of the author, this will be a turkey-free column. Tens of thousands of deer hunters took to the field yesterday under the skies we wish for when the Orioles first take the field. The opening day of firearms season started frosty...Tags: Patapsco, Glen Burnie, Diseases, Dundalk, Hunting
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Frederick County sheriff denies withholding data
The Frederick County sheriff's office is denying that it illegally withheld public information about its participation in a federal immigration enforcement program. Sheriff Charles Jenkins says his office gave the advocacy group CASA de Maryland all the...Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Demographics, Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama), Montgomery County (Maryland), Immigration
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY
1765: Frederick County, Md., became the first colonial entity to repudiate the British Stamp Act. 1804: The 14th president of the United States, Franklin Pierce, was born in Hillsboro, N.H. 1889: The first jukebox made its debut in San Francisco, at the...Tags: Theater, Enrico Caruso, Music Theater, Government, Lyndon B. Johnson
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Frederick Co. considers lifting park alcohol ban
The Associated PressA 2-year-old ban on alcohol consumption in Frederick County parks hasn't worked, so the Board of County Commissioners is considering ending the prohibition. The board will consider an ordinance next Tuesday that would create a $25 permit fee for groups... -
1 of 2 bodies found in Thurmont house fire identified
The Associated PressThe Maryland chief medical examiner's office has identified one of the two bodies found inside a burning house near Thurmont on Halloween. Frederick County Sheriff's Corporal Jennifer Bailey said Eric Forrest, 39, was one of the men who lived in the...Tags: Maryland, Halloween
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Man found shot along C & O Canal in Frederick Co.
The Associated PressThe Frederick County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting along the C & O Canal. The shooting was reported about 10:30 p.m. yesterday. Deputies found 37-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds. The man was flown to Shock Trauma in Baltimore....Tags: Police, Assault, Injuries, Murder, Police Investigations
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Maryland high schools showing improvement
Nine Maryland high schools have been removed from the state's watch list after performing well enough to leave a required improvement process, officials said yesterday. Three other schools - in Baltimore City and Frederick and Montgomery counties -...Tags: Charter Schools, Glen Burnie, Dundalk, Dorchester County, Imperial and Royal Matters
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Celebrating a fresh activist spirit
When Columbia residents Jonathan and Delma Branch volunteered to help other Howard residents campaign for Barack Obama, they had no idea what to expect. "This was our first time ever doing anything like this," Jonathan Branch, 53, told about 40 people...Tags: Republican Party, Local Elections, Barack Obama, Ellicott City, Government
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Deputies arrest five in cocaine bust in W. Md.
The Associated PressFrederick County sheriff's deputies have seized 2 1/4 pounds of cocaine and charged five men with drug offenses. The sheriff's office said it made the bust Friday night after getting a tip about a cocaine distribution ring. The tip led deputies to a...Tags: Glen Burnie, Illegal Immigrants, Demographics, McDonald's, Vehicles
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ALMANAC
There are 38 days left in the year. Today's Highlight In History In 1765, Frederick County, Md., became the first colonial entity to repudiate the British Stamp Act. On This Date • In 1903, singer Enrico Caruso made his American debut at the...Tags: Theater, Enrico Caruso, Music Theater, Rock and Roll, Montana
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A safe haven for whom?
Nebraska was among the last states to pass a law letting parents abandon their children without the threat of criminal prosecution. And once the state did, children began appearing at local hospitals. But they weren't infants. And they weren't toddlers....Tags: University of Maryland, Charles Village, Social Services, Fires, Nebraska
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Police get warrant to charge shooting suspect
The Frederick County Sheriff's Office has obtained a warrant for a suspect in a shooting along the C&O Canal. Investigators announced Saturday that they have a warrant charging James Naylor Jr., 21, of Frederick with attempted first-degree murder. They...Tags: Assault, Injuries, Murder, Crimes
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