Several Frederick County education and safety officials met with parents at Urbana Middle School (UMS) on Jan. 18 to discuss improving transportation safety measures for UMS students and parents. The meeting was held due to much community discussion and following an accident outside UMS in December, when Urbana’s Christopher Pope was seriously injured while...
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Much chatter has gone on in the Urbana community in response to arrests of four, 16-year-old Urbana boys by the Frederick County Fire Investigations Task Force on Dec. 27. The four arrests were made around 11 p.m. on Dec. 27 in conjunction with fires...
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Minda Metz is in the business of making unusual goodness — edible unusual goodness, that is. Metz owns The Buzz, a cafe-and-bakery fusion that holds a comfortable, coffee-shop vibe and draws locals to Monrovia, Md., in hoards. Her cooking is dubbed here as unusual...
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Frederick County officials are beginning the permitting process for a proposed waste-to-energy (WTE) facility to be located at the McKinney Industrial Center. According to the proposal, the facility would...
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Have you ever wondered why a school in downtown Frederick is named Hood College? Or why downtown’s main park is called Baker Park? How about who the first black...
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Travis Kraft is a math specialist at Urbana High School (UHS). Among other things, Kraft teaches an intense 18-week algebra class that gives students credit for algebra one. But...
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