FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — A statue of the U.S. Supreme Court justice who wrote the 1857 Dred Scott decision affirming slavery will be removed from a City Hall courtyard in western Maryland this weekend. Frederick officials announced Thursday that busts ...

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FREDERICK — The owners of The Frederick News-Post have reached an agreement in principle to explore selling the newspaper to Ogden Newspapers Inc. in West Virginia. The News-Post reports that Will Randall, chief executive officer of Randall Family LLC, and ...

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The mother of a child killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and a Connecticut State Police trooper who investigated the incident are leading a safety training session for school workers in Frederick. The daylong event Wednesday is the ...

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FREDERICK — Frederick officials are moving to finalize a sale of 31 acres of city land to Flying Dog Brewery that would enable the company to vastly increase its output. The agenda for Thursday’s meeting of the Mayor and Board ...

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FREDERICK — A court battle is brewing over the city of Frederick’s plan to rid City Hall of a statue of the man who wrote the 1857 Dred Scott decision affirming slavery. Three people have filed a petition for judicial ...

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FREDERICK — Frederick officials are moving to finalize a sale of 31 acres of city land to Flying Dog Brewery that will enable the company to vastly increase its output. The agenda for Monday’s meeting of the Mayor and Board ...

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FREDERICK — The city of Frederick is advising residents that actors will be using fake guns during a downtown filming project. Spokeswoman Patti Mullins says in a statement that a crew from the Silver Spring-based production company Sirens Media is ...

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FREDERICK — The National Museum of Civil War Medicine is highlighting some cringe-inducing practices at its annual conference in Frederick. The event begins Friday and runs through Sunday. It opens with a presentation on medical uses of mercury, now known ...

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FREDERICK — Celebrity chef Bryan Voltaggio says he’s closing four of five Family Meal restaurants in two states. Voltaggio told The Frederick News-Post Tuesday that the Hagerstown, Maryland, location will close this fall. The Baltimore Sun reported Monday that Voltaggio’s ...

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CROWNSVILLE — A state panel is postponing its review of a plan to remove from the grounds of Frederick City Hall a statue of the Supreme Court chief justice who wrote the 1857 Dred Scott decision affirming slavery. Spokesman John Coleman ...

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