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MDE to hold hearing on Lehigh quarry expansion
The Maryland Department of the Environment is holding a public hearing Wednesday on Lehigh Cement Co.'s request to expand its quarry operations in Frederick County.
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Property taxes not likely to increase
With the decline of the housing market, property owners may have been expecting a drop in their property taxes when property assessments were sent out earlier this week.
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Carroll News Brief
Shortly after the ball dropped to ring in the New Year Thursday, Angel Powers of Union Bridge gave birth to her son, Colten Powers at the Carroll Hospital Center.
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Calendars a good buy already
Becky McClarran never has trouble figuring out what kind of calendar to buy family members for Christmas.
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Reporter's Notebook: Political Notes - Happy (political) holidays
With Christmas just past and New Year's coming up, I asked members of Frederick County's delegation of state lawmakers if there was anyone to whom they'd like to send special holiday wishes.
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Economy affecting school fundraisers
After raising $11,000 through wrapping paper and home gift sales last year, members of the Westminster West Middle School Parent-Teacher Organization had expected their biggest fundraiser to do well again this ...
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Only grocery store in Union Bridge closes
Dozens of shoppers stopped by Myers Market one last time Wednesday before the grocery store closed its doors.
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Fate of Trite brother uncovered
Thanks to many readers who replied to my Nov. 23 column about the Trite twins who died in a 1902 well accident near McKinstry's Mills, I can finish the story of their older brother, Edward.
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Commissioners discuss pay raises for next board
A pay raise for the next board is one piece of legislation the county commissioners are considering taking to the state delegation.
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Carroll on top in Rural Legacy funding
Last year Carroll County came in near the bottom of the list when the Maryland Department of Natural Resources divvied out the annual Rural Legacy agricultural preservation funds.
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Thriving despite the crisis
Doug Angell is seen between two computer monitors, working at Imagination Center Inc.
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Winds, sporadic downpours gust through Frederick
Gusty winds and sporadic downpours pelted Frederick County as a cold front moved through the region Saturday afternoon.
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FYI for Nov. 11, 2008
Dealership collects for Food Sunday Wantz Chevrolet, located at 1 Chevro Drive, Taneytown, will be collecting nonperishable food items to be donated to Carroll County Food Sunday.
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Hernandez - Stewart
Shirley Hernandez and Patty Stewart celebrated their Oct. 10 wedding with a honeymoon trip to Bodega Bay.
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Carroll News Briefs for Friday, Nov. 7
Classes on crime prevention offered The Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention is offering a day of lessons to cut down on crime in communities.
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Reports from the polls Updated
"It was great, it was fast, no lines," Kaye Shumar said. John, who wore a blue Navy veteran cap, said this election was more important than previous ones.
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Local Authors: Cowgirl camp inspired author
Pull on the cowboy boots and saddle up the horses for "Lucky in Love," a Western romance by local author Stacey Coverstone.
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School manager lives the farm life
When Courtney Ridgely graduated from Towson University in 1992 with an early childhood education degree, she never imagined she would become the district manager of 14 private schools in Maryland.
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MARYLAND: Groups want curbs on emissions at 2 businesses Posted
Three environmental groups are asking the Maryland Department of the Environment and the state Attorney General to curb mercury emissions from two Maryland businesses, including one in Carroll County.
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Westminster High Student Dead
Sunday, October 26, 2008 WBAL Radio as reported by Anne Kramer, The Frederick News-Post and Carroll County Times State Police say a 17-year-old from Carroll County was killed in an accident in Frederick County.
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