Nusbaum

FireTaneytown: Firefighters from Taneytown, Union Bridge, Harney and New Windsor responded at 1: 28 a.m. Wednesday to a vacant house on fire in the 4300 block of Nusbaum Road. Units were out four hours.Pub Date: 7/10/98

A Westminster man was found guilty yesterday in Carroll County Circuit Court of his sixth drunken-driving offense since 1983.Larry S. Nusbaum, 45, of the 500 block of Hillside Court pleaded not guilty to charges of drunken driving and possession ofmarijuana but agreed not to contest the state's version of what happened when he was arrested April 21 in Finksburg after running a stop sign.Circuit Judge Luke K. Burns Jr. set sentencing for March 2, despite a request by prosecutors that Nusbaum immediately begin serving an agreed-upon 18-month jail term.

ClarificationAn article in yesterday's Business section may have left a misleading impression about which attorney at the Baltimore firm of Weinberg & Green is accused in an Anne Arundel County lawsuit of improperly siding with one alleged client in a dispute with another.The story accurately reported that then-Weinberg attorney Stanford Hess was retained in 1992 in connection with an Anne Arundel County land development deal and that the lawsuit turns in part on a dispute over Weinberg's conduct when that venture collapsed last year.

50 years ago While en route from Taneytown to his home in Union Mills, Weldon R. Nusbaum, who with his son operates a cannery at Taneytown, was attacked by two hitchhikers whom he had picked up. He was driving along the highway near the Yingling swimming pool at Union Mills when he was suddenly struck on the head by a flashlight in the hands of one, while the other started pummeling him with his fist. Realizing his danger, the driver pulled to the side of the road and jumped out of the auto, which continued to run until it struck a light.

A memorial stone listing the names of eight men killed in the Korean War was dedicated yesterday in a ceremony at Memorial Gardens behind Westminster City Hall.A ninth name is to be added. County Commissioner W. Benjamin Brown, who has been working on the memorial since 1991, pledged to have the name of Cpl. James H. Nusbaum inscribed on the stone after he learned it had been missed in the search.Westminster Mayor Kenneth A. Yowan said the ceremony was timed to be linked to dedication of a national memorial to Americans killed in the Korean War. Dedication of the national memorial is scheduled at 3 p.m. Thursday on the Mall in Washington.

FIRE* Taneytown: Taneytown, Union Bridge, New Windsor and Harney were dispatched for a chimney fire in the 4300 block of Nusbaum Road at 2:47 a.m. Friday.Units were out for one hour, 12 minutes.

The Carroll County Commission on Aging will continue to offer enthusiastic support to the county Bureau of Aging during the coming year, said the commission's new chairwoman, Vivian Nusbaum."

Food service workers in Carroll schools are asking for a 7 percent raise and more fans in school kitchens.They made the request yesterday during their first meeting to negotiate a new contract with the Board of Education.This is the second of five employee groups with which the board must bargain.The board has made no salary offers, although it has made other proposals.Board officials have said they could make an offer later this week or next week, in individual meetings with the five bargaining groups.

Carroll County firefighters passed the century mark last week, but it's an honor they may not be very happy about.Firefighters from Carroll County responded to chimney fire No. 109 early yesterday. The chimney fire season started about Dec. 1.The most recent fire was at a house on Meadow Branch Road two minutes after midnight Sunday. Firefighters from Westminster and Pleasant Valley responded to the call, and were out 36 minutes.Fire companies in Carroll responded to their 100th chimney fire of the season March 8, when they were dispatched to a house on Glenville Road in York County, Pa.Officials said 102 of the fires occurred in Carroll County and seven just outside county boundaries.