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Frederick County adopts faster growth plan

Frederick County is adopting a more aggressive growth plan that state planning officials consider an invitation to residential sprawl.

Tags: Anita Stup, Catherine Forrence, Maryland

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Navy Federal Credit Union expanding Va. campus

Navy Federal Credit Union is planning to expand its member service operation in Frederick County, creating 400 jobs.

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Police probe Va. news reporter's death as homicide

Authorities said Tuesday they are investigating the death of a northern Virginia newspaper reporter in a house fire as a homicide.

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Toilets may trump tech at Urbana, Md., school

Frederick County officials say some money earmarked for school technology improvements may be spent on a more urgent need: more toilets.

Tags: The Frederick News-Post,

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Frederick police warn of suspicious incident near Baker Park

The Frederick Police Department and the Frederick County Sheriff's Office are warning citizens to be on alert after high school student reported a suspicious incident near Carroll Parkway near Baker Park Tuesday afternoon.

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Urban chickens popular but few towns allow them

Jokes might have you believe that chickens are well-versed at crossing roads, but these days they are crossing entire zip codes, being mailed from chicken hatcheries and ending up in backyard coops

Tags: Gambrill Park Road., agriculture

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Student, 18, charged with assaulting teacher

The Frederick County Sheriff's Office says a student at Tuscarora High School has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a teacher. Eighteen-year-old Dale Weeks of Frederick has been charged with second-degree assault, disorderly conduct and disrupting school activities.

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Lawmakers vote to raise Md. judges' salaries $14K

Against the objections of several Frederick County delegates, state lawmakers Tuesday approved a $14,000 raise for judges in a vote that staved off a larger increase that was poised to kick in.

Tags: Maryland General Assembly, judges,

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Frederick County installs panic buttons at Winchester Hall

There is no cause for alarm, county officials say, but three panic buttons have been installed at Winchester Hall.

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Panel faults Fort Detrick, Md., groundwater study

A 2009 federal study that concluded groundwater contamination from Fort Detrick was unlikely to have harmful health effects was flawed, a national scientific panel said Monday, prompting two U.S. senators to demand a faster cleanup of the Superfund site in Frederick.

Tags: Fort Detrick, ground water, pollution, Maryland,

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