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October 1, 2009
Laurel brothers charged with attempted murder A pair of teenage brothers from Laurel have been charged in the attempted murder of a Washington taxi driver, who told police they had called him to give them a ride from the Greenbelt Metro station. Jeremiah Bridges, 17, and Justin Bridges, 16, of the 9200 block of Van Fleet Court, were also charged by Howard County police in the robbery and assault of Getachew Lima on Sept. 13. Lima reported that after driving the teens to their destination, they began choking and beating him. Police found Lima in his car in the 9100 block of Bourbon Court in Laurel.
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By Arthur Hirsch | September 27, 2009
A Mount Airy cabinetmaker and maintenance worker found dead Friday evening in his home along with his wife and two children shot them in their sleep before killing himself, state police said Saturday. Charles L. Dalton Sr., 38, shot his wife, Jennifer A. Dalton, 37, their son, Charles L. Dalton Jr., 14, and daughter, Emmaline E. Dalton, 7, each once in the head Thursday night or Friday morning with a .12-gauge shotgun, said state police spokesman Greg Shipley. Police found the children lying in their beds in separate bedrooms at the front of the house on Contour Road.
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By Nicole Fuller | September 26, 2009
State police found four people dead Friday evening in what they described as a murder scene at a home in Frederick County. The bodies of a man, woman, boy and girl - all believed to be related - were discovered about 5:40 p.m. in a home in the 300 block of Contour Road in Mount Airy, said Greg Shipley, a state police spokesman. A friend who had not heard from the family in a few days went to the house to check on things Friday and saw a body through a window, then called 911, Shipley said.
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By The Washington Post | September 20, 2009
Maryland has only a fraction of the wineries that Virginia has, but there are several trails that lead to the grapes, including the Chesapeake Wine Trail along the Eastern Shore and the Patuxent Wine Trail in southern Calvert County. We took a quick peek at a cluster along the Frederick Trail in Frederick County. Here are a few stops to make: Black Ankle Vineyards, 14463 Black Ankle Road, Mount Airy. This newcomer, which opened only last year, is building buzz for its dry, sophisticated wines, such as its red Crumbling Rock blend.
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By Frederick N. Rasmussen | June 10, 2009
Francis Leo Hartman, a retired National Security Administration employee who had owned and operated a security consulting firm for the past decade, died Saturday of a heart attack at Frederick Memorial Hospital. The Mount Airy resident was 65. Mr. Hartman was born in Baltimore and raised in Brooklyn. He was a 1961 graduate of Brooklyn Park High School. He earned a bachelor's degree from what is now Towson University and held a master's degree from Central Michigan University. A physical security expert, Mr. Hartman worked at the NSA's Fort Meade headquarters for 35 years until retiring 10 years ago. At his death, Mr. Hartman was the owner and operator of Hartman Security Solutions in Mount Airy.
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By Peter Hermann | May 17, 2009
It's mid-May, and Maryland State Police Cpl. Daniel Pickett is reviewing crime stats for the first two weeks of the month in Mount Airy: eight arrests, one of them a juvenile; six stops for driving under the influence of alcohol; and six traffic accidents (two involving alcohol). His troopers responded to 346 calls, about 24 a day, eight per shift. They performed 21 criminal investigations, "everything from deaths all the way down to destruction of property." The trooper pauses, remembering he's talking to someone from Baltimore.
NEWS
March 27, 2009
Comment puts teacher on leave A Howard County high school teacher has been put on paid administrative leave after making a racially insensitive comment to an African-American student, school officials said Thursday. The teacher, a world language instructor at Reservoir High School in Fulton, has been on leave since March 5, the day the incident occurred, according to school system spokeswoman Patti Caplan. The school system also filed a hate-bias incident report with the Howard County Police Department, police spokeswoman Sherry Llewellyn said.
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By Rob Kasper | December 24, 2008
In Maryland, it is still possible to enjoy a ham made from homegrown hogs and smoked in a local meat-processing plant. Recently, I visited the Mount Airy Locker Co., run by Thomas Wagner on Main Street in Mount Airy, which transforms hogs to ham in about one week. At the beginning of the week, Wagner calls a Frederick County farmer and tells him how many of the animals to bring to the plant. After the white Yorkshire hogs, which on average are about 5 months old and weigh about 260 pounds, are processed, the meat cutters in the plant deliver the rear legs to Boe Smith.
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By Frederick N. Rasmussen | December 13, 2008
Susan M. Smith, a retired administrative assistant who enjoyed collecting antiques, died Sunday of cancer at Howard County General Hospital. The longtime Mount Airy resident was 64. Susan Marie Gordon was born in Lebanon, Pa., and later moved to Towson with her family. She was a 1962 graduate of Towson High School. Mrs. Smith had worked as an administrative assistant with the Prince George's County Board of Education and, in the early 1970s, with Auerbach and Simmons, a Silver Spring law firm.
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By Joe Burris | November 6, 2008
While millions of Americans sat before TV sets on Tuesday night watching presidential election results, Jennifer Seidel was in her kitchen with a laptop, fixated on the Carroll County Board of Elections Web site. The Mount Airy resident sought to know how she fared among three other candidates vying for two open spots on the county's school board, which meant she spent much of the evening repeatedly pressing the refresh button. Around midnight, Seidel got the news: She placed first in balloting with 37 percent of the vote.