MT. AIRY, Md. — A section of eastbound Interstate 70 in Frederick County was closed Tuesday morning (Oct. 13) due to a multivehicle accident that took place at 4:03 a.m. in the area of Bill Moxley Road, Maryland State Police said in a news release. No one was injured in the crash, which involved two [...]
Drivers who speed through the City of Frederick could find themselves caught on camera. The Frederick Board of Aldermen is looking into bringing speed cameras to the city now that a new statewide law has taken effect, allowing the cameras in highway work areas and school zones. Read full story via NewsChannel 8.
Frederick County native Michael Voltaggio made it through the seventh episode of “Top Chef: Las Vegas” even though he ended the round in the “least favorite” group. Michael and his brother Bryan are both competing in this seasons “Top Chef”. Bryan Voltaggio hails from Urbana, Md. and is chef and partner of Volt Restaurant in [...]
Officials say a fire that raced through the second story and attic of a Frederick duplex has left three families homeless. United Fire Chief Jerry Dorsey says no one was injured in the blaze that broke out on Hamilton Avenue on Sunday evening. Read full story via San Francisco Examiner.
Thousands of gallons of honey-based mead, forerunner of today’s beer, are transported each year to the metal coffers of people who look like cast members from “The Private Life of Henry VIII.” The anachronistic image stems from the partnership between Linganore Winecellars in Mount Airy and the Maryland Renaissance Festival in Crownsville. Read full story [...]
A Walkersville man died Friday from injuries in a single-vehicle accident in the 9100 block of Stauffer Road in Frederick County, according to a press release from Maryland State Police. Roger Dale Robinette died at Frederick Memorial Hospital, the release stated. Read full story via Herald-Mail
Two people from Frederick, Md., were killed Wednesday night in the crash of a pickup truck on Md. 17 near Brunswick, Maryland State Police said in a news release. Preston Eugene Mossburg Jr., 78, and Evelyn Virginia Mossburg, 73, were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, which took place at about 10:43 p.m., [...]
Just two weeks before bids are due on a central computer to monitor up to 15,000 slot machines across the state, the Maryland State Lottery Agency changed the proposed contract to allow manufacturers to bid on both the computer and the machines at the slots parlors. Such an arrangement raised security concerns in 2005, when [...]
A home-improvement worker and school janitor who apparently was struggling to survive the recession killed his sleeping wife and two children before turning the 12-gauge shotgun on himself, Maryland State Police said Saturday. Charles L. Dalton, 38, left no suicide note and police haven’t clearly identified a motive for the murders, spokesman Greg Shipley said. [...]
If you are like most of my friends and neighbors you have seen an increasing amount of stink bugs inside and out. The brown marmorated stink bug, the species of stink bug spreading across the mid-Atlantic states of late, has a shield-shaped body with a triangle on the back. These small insects have a tremendous [...]
