Dickerson News

Is Frederick County's Great Incinerator Debate really over? Commissioner Kai Hagen believes the incinerator will probably not get built, and he makes a good point.

Jake Hoffpauir didn't ask for cool stuff for his eighth birthday on June 15. He asked his friends to help make a difference.

U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte sentenced Thomas Patrick Moriarty, age 40, of Dickerson, Maryland, today to 27 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud an insurance company by setting fire to an insured residence, announced United States Attorney for the District of ...

Gresham, Smith and Partners, an architecture, engineering, interior design and planning firm, announced that the following people have become U.S. Green Building Council LEED accredited professionals: Mike Hunkler is a P.E. and division vice president.

Enjoying the sun too much and not being safe is what one medical professional witnesses this time of year.

A Massachusetts-based incinerator operator, Covanta Energy of Braintree, has been charged by the National Labor Relations Board with violating labor laws at 46 locations across the U. S., including its Dickerson subsidiary in western Montgomery County.

DeEtte Gorrie of Montgomery Village stands with Evening Eclipse, one of the starving horses rescued from a farm in Dickerson, who was recovering at Days End Horse Rescue in Woodbine.

Spraying for gypsy moths began Tuesday on Sugarloaf Mountain in the Dickerson area.

It was more than talent that led John Dickerson to join CBS News this week. It was genetic destiny.

Click here to receive mediabistro.com's Daily Media Newsfeed via email. Monday, Apr 20 Slate magazine's chief political correspondent John Dickerson has been named a CBS News political analyst and contributor.

The following is a summary of incidents in the upcounty to which the Montgomery County Police responded recently.

A state bill to prohibit trash incinerators near national parks is unlikely to affect the Resource Recovery Facility in Dickerson, according to sponsors of the legislation.

Senator Alexander X. Mooney's bill prohibits the state from granting permits for incinerators within 1 mile of a national park.

The U.S. Forest Service says 3.8 billion board feet of good timber–felled from storms, construction, disease, or every-day tree removal–is trashed each year.

A couple of farm fields separate Jane Hunter and her husband from the Montgomery County Resource Recovery Facility near Dickerson.

The following stories have been hand-selected by the Assignment Desk at News4: VIRGINIA BUDGET SHORTFALL The state's budget shortfall increased an additional $821.5 million according to the latest economic ...

A Seton Hill University student was fatally shot by police after a standoff at an off-campus apartment early Sunday, authorities said.

The Montgomery County Planning Board unanimously approved $750,000 in improvements to Woodstock Equestrian Park in Beallsville to help the growing facility achieve the goals outlined in its master plan.

Barbara Strawson of Poolesville will compete in Florida's elite show circuit against riders from North America and Europe in February.

A wind generator placed near the entrance of Washington County Technical High School wouldn't produce much energy, but officials say it would provide an alternate education source for students.