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Congress OKs $1 million for health care training center

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:56:00 -0500

Congress has approved $1 million for a new health care training center for community college students in three Maryland counties.

Mount Airy mayor quits amid staff, growth issues

Tue, 8 Dec 2009 10:59:00 -0500

The mayor of Mount Airy has resigned amid complaints from City Hall staff and Town Council members that he bullied people.

6,700 in Carroll, Baltimore counties without power

Mon, 7 Dec 2009 10:02:00 -0500

Some 6,700 in Carroll, Baltimore counties lost service for about 3 hours

Prettyboy Elementary School was closed Monday due to a power outage, according to Baltimore County school officials.

11 injured in two-vehicle crash in Carroll County

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500

A two-vehicle accident in Carroll County left 11 people injured Friday evening. The 5:42 p.m. crash involving a van and another vehicle occurred in the 2900 block of Hampstead-Mexico Road, Route 482. Two adults were transported to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center and a child was flown to Johns Hopkins Hospital. Others were treated at the Carroll Hospital Center for injuries considered not life-threatening.

Carroll Co. looks at laying off 18 to save $3 million

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Carroll County is looking to save $3 million with layoffs that could affect as many as 18 employees. Commissioner Dean L. Minnich of Westminster said Wednesday night that while the county's budget staff recommended laying off 18, half of those will have the opportunity of being reassigned to other jobs. "It was the drop in income from the state that caused this," Minnich said. The Carroll County work force has been reduced by 12 percent since the summer. The layoffs go into effect Feb. 3.

Westminster man charged with faking credentials as engineer

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Electrician was used as troubleshooter, expert witness on fires

A 51-year-old Westminster man has been charged with using fake credentials to get hired as a professional engineer by at least three firms in Maryland, the state Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation said Tuesday.

Dwight O. Dingle, 63, former educator

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Former schoolteacher and award-winning WTTR-AM radio-show host was known as the 'Voice of Carroll County'

D wight O. Dingle, a former educator turned broadcaster who was known for decades as the radio "Voice of Carroll County," died Thursday of heart disease at his Reisterstown home. He was 63.

McDaniel to educate aspiring teachers from India

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Math, science graduates would take version of education course

A new McDaniel College partnership aims to give aspiring teachers in India a chance to earn a master's in education, as well as their teaching certification, on the Westminster campus.

Soldier accused of deserting Army unit is en route to U.S.

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Pfc. Christopher Pfeiffer, 20, a Westminster soldier accused of deserting his Army unit, is slowly making his way home after paperwork problems threatened to strand him in Kuwait a second time. Pfeiffer's superiors notified him last week that he might be discharged from the Army. They said he failed to return to his unit after coming home over the summer on authorized leave to take care of his sick wife and newborn daughter. Pfeiffer's family said he did everything he could to contact his chain of command and either further extend his leave or make travel arrangements back to Afghanistan. Early this week, Army officials arranged to send Pfeiffer back to Fort Richardson, Alaska, where his fate will be decided. Pfeiffer left Bagram, Afghanistan, to fly to Kuwait, then Germany, and then on to Alaska, said his mother-in-law, Theresa Mwimbwa. But when he tried to board a plane Tuesday morning to Germany, he was told he couldn't go any farther. He was cleared Wednesday to leave Kuwait. Mwimbwa said she was unsure when he would arrive in Alaska. Pfeiffer was stuck at the Kuwait airport from Sept. 14 until Nov. 3, attempting to board a plane to Afghanistan.

Two men seriously burned from flash fire at pit in Carroll

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Two men were seriously burned Friday in a blaze at a recreational fire pit in Keymar in Carroll County. According to the Maryland fire marshal, about 20 members of the Taneytown Volunteer Fire Company responded to a call in the 7500 block of Middleburg Road shortly after 8 p.m. Friday. They found three people suffering from burns from a flash fire that is believed to have been caused by poured gasoline. Police and fire officials said that five people had been sitting around the backyard fire pit. Two men were seriously burned and flown by Maryland State Police to the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. A 14-year-old girl was treated for minor burns at the Carroll Hospital Center. According to state police spokesman Greg Shipley, a quantity of suspected narcotics was also found. The incident remains under investigation.