The tree which was planted in memory of Eira Bowden A TREE planted in memory of a Hartford parish councillor was snapped in two in what is believed to be an act of vandalism. The tribute was planted in Grange Park in Hartford to remember Eira Bowden who died in February 2019. A bench was also installed nearby for Eira’s family to sit and remember her. Eira had a keen interest in the village community and served as a member of Hartford Parish Council from 2009 until ill health forced her to resign in 2017. She was instrumental in the development of the play area at Grange Park, one of the many contributions she made to the village community during her time on the parish council.
tonight, there are storms bouncing around all over the area. they re generating lots of lightning. severe thunderstorm warnings have been issued. doug, this is potentially rough stuff, huh? yeah, real rough stuff, jim. i think the biggest concern right now is going to be the heavy rain, and we are looking at a lot of lightning here. a lot of reports on my facebook and twitter pages talking about a major lightning storm out there. the biggest storm right here into frederick county, we ve seen this area of storminess just sit over southeastern portions of frederick county, northwestern portions of montgomery county, but you can see a lot of storms all across the area and they do continue to form. sensitive mode on the radar showing where these storms are just to the north of barnesville. this is the strongest storm with some very heavy rain, watch out for possible flooding here, and right down 270 toward gaithersburg, then you move out to the east, savage toward laurel, maryl
time tomorrow night. now, every month, of course, it it gets very close to the earth, too. it s in elliptical orbit around the earth. rarely does it happen when we also have a full moon. it s going to be a sight to see on saturday, too. it was quite a sight this morning. the moon bigger and brighter than average. as we look at what s been happening the last 1 hours, the last of the 12 hours, the last of the storms long gone. partly cloudy to mostly clear sky now. the temperatures are down into the low to mid 60s most locations with some patchy fog in the rural areas of maryland, virginia, and west virginia. mid 60s right near washington. most areas low 60s. that includes montgomery, arlington, fairfax, and prince george s counties. and for today, by 9:00, we ll still have quite a bit of sunshine. temperatures should be reaching low to mid 70s by then. by noontime for your lunch hour, we ought to be up near 8 degrees. we ll begin to see clouds building. and then by mid to
mother, a prominent political figure in her own right told judge john bates i humbly and passionately plead for mercy for my son. thomas himself said what is wrong? i broke the law. i humiliated my family. i humiliated my mother. he said i took this money because it was a sense of entitlement. my needs ahead of everyone. thomas pleaded guilty in january to two felony counts after several years of siphoning city money intended for youth programs he championed. he also resigned the council seat his father once held before him. judge bates, who neated thomas s earlier positive work with young people agreed with prosecutors that thomas led the scam that cheated city children. this is a case of betrayal the judge said. these programs were to benefit under privileged and needy children. most of the stolen money was used for lavish personal purposes by thomas. the former council member could have received 51 months in prison. he left the courthouse again without speaking to reporter