(AP) A Frederick County elected official is threatening legal action to prevent a newspaper from publishing his name without his permission. County Councilman Kirby Delauter made the threat in a Facebook post Saturday. He didn’t respond Tuesday to a telephone ...

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(AP) Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler is invalidating a political ploy that benefited the former head of the Frederick County government. He issued an opinion Tuesday that the Board of County Commissioners acted improperly last month when it appointed ...

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Gov.-elect Larry Hogan says his lieutenant governor, Boyd Rutherford, will oversee the administration's effort to reduce heroin-related crime across Maryland.

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A judge has ordered the malpractice trial of a western Maryland doctor to be moved to Frederick County.

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Appellant presents four questions for our consideration: 1. Did the circuit court err by refusing to declare a mistrial based on violations of the discovery rules? 2. Did the circuit court err in refusing to strike a potential juror for ...

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(AP) A Frederick County man is acknowledging he fatally abused a 2-year-old boy with punishments that included beating and kicking the toddler and cleaning his teeth with a wire brush. The Frederick News-Post reported that 40-year-old Raymond Matthew Brittle of ...

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(AP) The Frederick County Commissioners are scrapping plans for a waste-to-energy incinerator after more than five years of debate. The Frederick News-Post reported that the board voted 3-2 Thursday night to cancel a contract with Wheelabrator Technologies Inc. for the ...

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Frederick County Circuit Court has awarded $1.4 million in damages to the family of a woman who was killed in a six-vehicle crash in New Market.

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Three men killed in a mid-air collision between a helicopter and an airplane in Maryland will be laid to rest this week.

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(AP) The president of the Frederick County Commissioners says the county should drop its plans for a waste-to-energy trash incinerator near Frederick. Blaine Young told The Frederick News-Post Tuesday that he will suggest the county terminate its contract with Wheelabrator ...

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