Yesterday - Items from the files of The Frederick News-Post

44 Years Ago
Tuesday
Aug. 10, 1982

The new 911 emergency number will go into effect at 8 a.m. Monday, Aug. 16, for the majority of Frederick County residents, according to John Fairchild of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company. Calls from residents who have either a 775 (Union Bridge) or 635 (New Windsor) phone exchange will not come directly to Central Alarm by dialing 911. He said residents in those areas should either dial the operator, who will switch the caller to Central Alarm, or the seven digit emergency number. In Carroll County, the 911 number is planned to go into operation sometime during 1983.