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Boutique opens in Frederick after Harpers Ferry fire
FREDERICK (AP) — When Frederick native Veronica Burnside saw the ashes and charred remains of the boutique she had opened 10 months earlier in West Virginia, she considered closing the shop permanently. A three-alarm fire that ripped through the historic district of Harpers Ferry on July 23 destroyed four buildings that housed several apartments and […]
Frederick group urges Md. to regulate biolabs
FREDERICK — A watchdog group in Frederick is urging state licensing and registration of laboratories that handle certain deadly pathogens. The Frederick News-Post reports that the Containment Laboratory Community Advisory Committee filed comments last week with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The state agency is accepting public comments through Saturday on its recent […]
Md. Delegate Clagett accused of election violation
FREDERICK — The Frederick city elections board says state Del. Galen Clagett broke electioneering rules during the city’s Sept. 10 primary. The Frederick News-Post reported Thursday that the board is taking action against Clagett, a loser in the Democratic mayoral primary. Election judges told the board that Clagett entered polling places and conversed with judges […]
Producers: Goat meat a hot product
ELDERSBURG — When she began to raise goats to sell 15 years ago, Pam Adams used to get one or two calls a month. Today, she gets at least three calls a week. The demand for goat meat is strong, said Adams, president of the Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia Meat Goat Producers Association. More people […]
Md. rural counties lobbying group files report
FREDERICK — A 10-county partnership is lobbying state lawmakers on behalf of rural Maryland. The Frederick News Post reports that the Maryland Rural Counties Coalition’s first report shows the group spent $27,500 on lobbyists and $8,578 hosting events for lawmakers since its founding in 2011. Frederick County Commissioners President Blaine Young says he believes the […]
Frederick restaurant owner pays it forward
FREDERICK — Alejandro Lopez got by with a little help from his friends. Now the owner of Los Toltecos Mexican restaurant looks for ways to help others. “You cannot do anything by yourself,” he said. Lopez held a fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Frederick last month, donating 10 percent of the restaurant’s sales […]
Frederick police use environment to cut crime potential
FREDERICK — Good fences might make good neighbors, but police believe they — along with other environmental changes — can also help reduce crime. The Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) initiative is all about making simple changes in high-crime areas in hopes of making them less conducive to criminal activity. “We want to look […]
Roles widen for public information officers in Md.
FREDERICK — Local governments in Maryland will spend more than $4.1 million to pay at least 50 employees who work either full or part time as public information officers, according to a survey by The Frederick News-Post. Salaries for spokespeople across the state ranged from as much as $165,000 to nothing at all. Some agencies […]
Frederick beer company owner: Home brewing is ‘a noble pursuit’
FREDERICK — James McEver credits his uncle for introducing him to brewing beer, and at 25, he recently became the new owner of Flying Barrel — a Frederick beer-making company for more than three decades. McEver has been brewing for only a couple of years. He loved to cook and wanted to be a chef […]
Officials wait to gauge new Md. gun law effects
FREDERICK — Frederick County fingerprinting services expect new customers with the passage of a new state gun law, but officials say they are taking a wait-and-see approach before adding resources. The new law, signed into law earlier this month and scheduled to take effect Oct. 1, requires fingerprints to be submitted as part of a […]
Flying Dog releases first compilation disc
"Beer and music go hand in hand. Literally. When's the last time you drank a beer in silence?"
Scientists display work at Md. research festival
FREDERICK — Maj. Scotty Long is no historian, but his work sometimes leads him to extract DNA from century-old mosquitoes kept by the Smithsonian Institution. Long is an epidemiologist with the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps and chief of the Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit — part of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command […]
