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Chickens fall prey to unknown predator [video]
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Chickens fall prey to unknown predator [video]
Roger "Tom" Mills woke up to a gruesome scene Tuesday morning in his barnyard in the 2500 block of New Design Road in Adamstown.

  • VIDEO: Local farmer's chickens fall prey to unknown predator

    Story by Pam Rigaux/Photo by Sam Yu
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  • Adamstown boy plays Fritz in 'The Nutcracker'
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  • House fire on Doubs Road
  • Buckeystown maestro combines passion for humanitarianism and music
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  • County pays $250,000 to parents of motorcyclist killed in hit-run
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  • OxyContin ambush leads to charges
  • It's August
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  • State to make decision on incinerator approval process
  • History, sense of place draw residents to Buckeystown
  • 100 evacuated, gas line struck
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  • Tuscarora performing duo reaches for the stars
  • Paddlers learn about threats to Monocacy
  • South County Region's future contemplated in commission's draft county plan
  • Tearing down Essroc smokestack could be part of incinerator project
  • Cannon fire explodes at Monocacy battlefield
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  •   DID YOU KNOW
  • Median price of recent home sales: From July-Sept '09 - Adamstown, $473,310; Buckeystown, $180,000 (Source: trulia.com)
  • In the late 18th century and into the 19th century, Buckeystown was a center of industrial activity in Frederick County with a tannery, mills, and the close proximity to the agricultural production of Carrollton Manor. (Source: www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net)
  • Adamstown was named after Adam Kohlenburg, a B&O railway agent and the town's first merchant.
  • The Carroll Manor Fire Company Carnival takes place in June.
  •   ADAMSTOWN/BUCKEYSTOWN SCHOOLS
  • Elementary: Carroll Manor, Tuscarora, Ballenger Creek
  • Middle: Ballenger Creek, Crestwood
  • High: Tuscarora, Urbana
  • Private: Saint Thomas More Academy
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