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  • Volunteer Calendar

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    Posted: December 24th, 2002

    Christmas in April Prince George's County, to be held April 26, is seeking homeowners to apply for the program. Greenbelt Mentors Inc. is looking for dependable adults to spend five hours a month providing a motivated high school student with...


  • Fire Museum Train Garden Will Be Displayed This Week

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    Posted: December 24th, 2002

    The Fire Museum of Maryland will present a holiday train garden from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. Admission is $6; $5 for seniors and firefighters; $4 for children ages 3 and older; and free for younger than age 3. The museum is at 1301 York...


  • Propane Tank Ruptures Outside Unoccupied Sudlersville Building

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    Easton Star Democrat
    Posted: December 23rd, 2002

    The state fire marshal's office said firefighters from the Sudlersville and Millington volunteer fire companies responded to a reported explosion at 11:26 p.m. and found a propane cylinder had ruptured


  • Annapolis-area Fire Destroys Power Boat

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    THE CAPITAL
    Posted: December 23rd, 2002

    A fire destroyed an Annapolis-area man's 37-foot twin engine power boat in Harness Creek yesterday, causing $50,000 in damage, county Fire Department officials said.


  • Ellicott City Man Arrested in Arson of His Warehouse

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    The Baltimore Sun
    Posted: December 19th, 2002

    Baltimore--Federal agents arrested the owner of a Southwest Baltimore industrial park yesterday on charges that he tried to solve his growing financial troubles early last year by torching his property and filing a bogus $3 million insurance claim.


  • On Thin Ice

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    The Daily Journal
    Posted: December 19th, 2002

    Greenwood, Maryland--A 13-year-old Indianapolis boy was rescued Sunday after falling through ice on a retention pond. A similar incident Saturday in Maryland ended tragically in the deaths of an 11-year-old boy and three friends who tried to rescue him


  • Elderly Man Dies in Rowhouse Fire

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    The Baltimore Sun
    Posted: December 19th, 2002

    West Baltimore--A three-alarm fire ripped through several rowhouses early yesterday, killing one man, despite the heroic efforts of his brother who was unable to carry him from the burning building