FREDERICK — The elected leaders of Frederick County are listening to what citizens have to say about a disputed ordinance requiring that county business be conducted in English. A bill to repeal the ordinance gets a public hearing Tuesday night ...

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Frederick County Executive Jan Gardner is naming a new chief of fire-and-rescue services. The Frederick News-Post reported that Gardner announced on Monday the return of Tom Owens to lead the agency. Owens resigned in June 2013, shortly before the previous ...

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Frederick County Fire and Rescue Services Chief Denise Pouget (poo-ZHAY’) says she has been forced out of her job after 20 months. County Executive Jan Gardner announced Pouget’s departure in a news release Thursday evening and thanked Pouget for service. ...

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A federal judge has allowed to move forward but narrowed a $5 million wrongful death lawsuit filed by the mother of man who hanged himself in the Frederick County Adult Detention Center in June 2009.

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Gov. Larry Hogan has chosen an associate professor at Bowie State University to fill a state delegate seat representing parts of Frederick and Carroll counties.

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Convicted of second-degree assault, appellant challenges the trial court’s ruling that limited certain cross-examination of a prosecution witness.

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(AP) A Frederick County councilman who achieved instant Internet notoriety after he threatened to sue a newspaper for publishing his name now says he won’t sue after all. Councilman Kirby Delauter said in a written statement Wednesday he was wrong ...

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(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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