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Driver's insurance could cover Va parade injuries

Damascus Mayor Jack McCrady says he expects the insurer of a man whose car hit dozens of hikers during a parade to cover the victims' medical costs.

Tags: Deward Blevins, parade, crash

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Police chief: No charges likely in Va. parade crash

Authorities say an elderly driver is not likely to face charges for plowing into dozens of hikers marching in a Virginia mountain town's parade.

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Official: Va. driver likely had medical condition

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Community celebrates freedom after drug dealers ousted

Police and residents of a Montgomery County apartment complex held hostage for more than a decade by drug dealers and related violence, celebrated the success of a two-year-old program to end the open-air drug sales.

Tags: police, crime, drugs, thomas warren

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Last dry town in Md. readies for life with alcohol

Damascus, the vintage dairy town on the northernmost edge of Montgomery County, is a place where people still talk in four-digit phone numbers. The Jimmie Cone still draws lines of ice cream lovers each summer. Judges still pin blue ribbons on goats, roses and rhubarb pies at the town fair each fall.

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Woman shot in head with arrow in Damascus

A woman accidentally was shot in the head with an arrow Tuesday evening in Damascus.

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Bill passage could dampen Damascus

As one of the few dry communities in Maryland, Damascus may be known for its farms and its football team, but not for its night life. That could change, however; a bill passed Thursday in the House of Delegates would allow sit-down restaurants in Damascus to serve wine and beer.

Tags: alcohol, House Bill 690, wine, beer

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Damascus, Md.'s last dry town, may get a drink

A bill passed by the House of Delegates could allow currently dry Damascus to start selling alcohol, but the bill isn't met without opposition.

Tags: Tom and Rays Restaurant, alcohol, Maryland General Assembly, Cedar Grove, liquor sales

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Former ‘Soul Train' dancer reflects on time with Cornelius

Sheila Zeigler-Arnold first saw 'Soul Train' when she was in seventh grade, and she immediately knew that was her calling

Tags: Don Cornelius, Soul Train, Damascus High School, Sheila Zeigler-Arnold

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