Braddock Heights News

The limited number of stores and slow pace of Frederick Towne Mall may be sore spots for some shoppers, but for others, including Boscov's manager Alan Pototsky and consignment shop owner Anna Corbin, the shopping spot is just fine.

Local resident and professional photographer Ira Wexlera s photo was chosen for the U.S. Postal Servicea s 2009 Hanukkah stamp.

The rural reaches of Braddock Heights would stay that way under a new comprehensive plan being considered by the Frederick County Commissioners.

Where to donate: Twenty-one companies have drop off boxes for the Toys for Tots program: Independent Hose; Junior; United Steam and their Westview and Spring Ridge substations; Middletown; Myersville; Braddock Heights; Carroll Manor and its Point of Rocks substation; New Market and its Green Valley substation; Woodsboro; Libertytown; Brunswick ...

Carl Snyder, left, and his father, Cliff Snyder, won a Maryland Court of Appeals case that changed election procedures in Maryland to allow 17-year-olds to vote in primary elections if they will be 18 for the general election.

From left, Marine Sgt. William Wolbert, Marine Sgt. William Burwell, Career Firefighters Association of Frederick County President John Neary, Frederick Police Officer First Class Jason Essel, Frederick County Fire and Rescue emergency medical technician Ryan Conrad, and Frederick County Fire and Rescue assistant chief Doug Brown take part Tuesday ...

The Commissioners downzoned a number of properties on Tuesday night. In a meeting which lasted nearly four hours Tuesday night, the Frederick County Commissioners tentatively voted on a number of rezoning requests from property owners, and several of those parcels were downzoned.

A basement fire trapped the father of Frederick County's chief fire marshal in his house Sunday afternoon.

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A man was trapped inside his house Sunday afternoon as fire burned in the basement beneath him.

Gallery 322 is now open at 322 N. Market St. in Frederick. Five artists use the gallery for display and as a studio.

The Vens band performed at the Blue Elephant recently for their CD release show.

An SUV hit a Verizon telephone pole and came to rest in a ditch on the eastbound side of Alternate U.S. 40 near Braddock Heights this evening, authorities said.

Joanne Baum, top right, commitee chairwoman of the Frederick chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and fellow member Barbara Shealer remove the U.S. flag from the Braddock Monument, unveiling the recently moved marker during a dedication ceremony.

About five months ago, sheriff's deputies investigating gunshots found Carrie Maddox shaken after an argument with her fiance, Assistant State's Attorney Lindell K. Angel said Wednesday.

Henry Sabetti, rector of The Church of the Transfiguration, was surprised to learn that a summer parishioner, Marybell Everhart, bequeathed $3 million to the church.

For Edie Hemingway, setting and detail make a story worthy of a novel. Hemingway's novel, "Road to Tater Hill," is being published by Delacorte Press, the division of Random House devoted to children ages 9 to 12.

Who knows if the once-thriving hotel business in downtown Frederick will return, but if it does, it could be staffed and run by students benefitting from the generosity of a former hotel owner.

Crash shuts down I-70 An overturned tractor-trailer and fuel spill closed I-70 Friday around the 47-mile marker near Braddock Heights, according to Maryland State Police.

An overturned tractor trailer and fuel spill closed I-70 today around the 47 mile marker near Braddock Heights, according to the Maryland State Police.