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Police arrest man for July killing in Dundalk
First published Friday, July 26, 2024 in the Dundalk Eagle. When police arrived at Colgate Elementary School on July 1, they found a 20-year-old dying from gunshot wounds. Baltimore County Police say Jamel Nation was shooting dice with others at the school. Around 8 p.m., two men, one with partially braided hair and a goatee…
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Police look for new clues in cold murder case
First published Thursday, July 25, 2024 in the Dundalk Eagle. July 22, 1983 was a grisly day for the neighbor who went to check on Joseph Magaskie and his wife, Helen, after not hearing from them for a few days. The front door of the couple’s home in Dundalk was cracked open, according to Baltimore…
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Free meals will be available for children in summer
First published Thursday, June 6, 2024 in the Frederick News-Post. Frederick is offering children free lunches on weekdays from June to August in seven places in Frederick and one place each in Brunswick and Walkersville. The city will not serve meals on June 19 and July 4, according to a city press release. The United…
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Business park near Ballenger Creek to replace landscaping business
First published Thursday, June 6, 2024 in the Frederick News-Post. A new business park called Jefferson Exchange may replace a landscaping business along Jefferson Pike across from Jefferson Technology Park, according to records showing all planned development in Frederick County released Wednesday. The developer proposes to tear down the sheds, trees and office that make…
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Crash injures three, including a child, on U.S. 15
First published Thursday, June 6 in the Frederick News-Post. Two adults and one child sustained serious injuries in a crash involving two vehicles Friday morning on southbound U.S. 15 between Frederick and Thurmont, according to officials. One vehicle crashed into the side of another at Powell Road, according to Sarah Campbell, spokeswoman for the Frederick…
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All Frederick County employees must undergo DEI training, Fitzwater says
First published Tuesday, June 4, 2024 in the Frederick News-Post. Frederick County Executive Jessica Fitzwater said she wants the county to encourage and nurture diversity. She announced on Monday, that starting this year, all Frederick County employees — including her — must undergo diversity, equity and inclusion training, so they can understand themselves and the…
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Restrictions on chalking implemented to ‘beautify’ campus, UMD says
First published Jan. 23, 2024 in Stories Beneath the Shell. University of Maryland President Darryll Pines announced a new policy for chalking on Nov. 27. Overnight, students at the University of Maryland were prohibited from chalking in all but two places on campus: In front of the Adele H. Stamp Student Union and at Hornbake…
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Empty chairs on McKeldin honor Israeli hostages
First published Nov. 12, 2023 in Stories Beneath the Shell. by Daryl Perry Over 200 chairs. Over 200 hostages. Each chair on the University of Maryland’s McKeldin Mall on Nov. 9 represented one person Hamas holds hostage in the Gaza Strip. Dina Bash, a senior psychology major, said she hoped that the event would remind people…
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Students demand cease-fire in Gaza at rally on Reichskristallnacht anniversary
First published Nov. 10, 2023 in Stories Beneath the Shell. by Sanya Wason “Free, Free Palestine!” The chant echoed across Hornbake Plaza at the University of Maryland on Thursday as students supporting Palestine joined a walkout to demand a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip as the conflict entered its 33rd day. Israel launched the deadly…
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FACT CHECK: Were antisemitic slogans shouted at a UMD pro-Palestine event?
First published Friday, Nov. 10, 2023 in Stories Beneath the Shell. CLAIM: Protesters at a pro-Palestine protest on Nov. 9 shouted antisemitic slogans and chalked messages calling for a second Holocaust. SBS ASSESSMENT: Partially true. Two eyewitnesses confirmed that students shouted slogans calling for revolution and event organizers confirmed that someone chalked a message reading…
