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(Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series examining methamphetamine use in the Petaluma area.) Late one night in 1996, 16-year-old Anthony Soper was stopped by the Petaluma police for speeding.

Motorcycle deaths, injuries up but most say helmet law not solely to blame
Naples resident Chuck Aylsworth said he credits a motorcycle helmet for saving his life back in 1986. At the time, he was stationed in North Carolina as a member of the U.S. Marine Corps. While pulling out of a parking lot, he was struck by a car and flung onto a four-lane highway.

Turning tragedy into lessons Farm safety camp teaches children using others errors
Outside the main lodge of the Frederick County 4-H Camp and Activities Center, retired Thurmont farmer Merhl Ramsburg stood next to a shiny green tractor and pointed with his lone remaining arm to the take-off shaft protruding from the back of the machine.

Snakebite brings excitement to GBMC
If it was a snake, it would a bit ya. Well it was. And it did. And that's why 15-year-old Alexander Doccolo was running through his front yard in Hampton June 20.