FCPS’ BOE Hires Superintendent Search Firm Frederick County Public Schools’ (FCPS) Board of Education (BOE) has selected Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates (HYA) to assist in the national search for a new superintendent to replace the departing and award-winning Dr. Linda Burgee. The BOE approved a contract for $25,000 plus expenses with HYA. “Hazard,...
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For nearly 40 years, staff members at the Maryland Sheriffs’ Youth Ranch, which sits on 204 acres of rolling farmland on Fingerboard Road, have worked to make certain that young residents will become productive members of society. Mark Grover is at the helm of the Ranch, working with 35 other employees. He began his...
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Go Out and About this February to help cure cabin fever or romance your favorite cupid. There’s plenty of shopping, dining and the opportunity for a couple’s massage to break residents out of their winter doldrums during the year’s shortest month on the calendar. Valentine’s Day in Urbana This February, City Magnolia is offering...
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The motto of “Excellence In All We Do” is ringing true for Urbana High School (UHS) during the 2010-2011 school year. With a student body and administration still on “cloud nine,” as school leaders phrase it, following an undefeated season capped off by a 6-0 shutout victory over Henry A. Wise High School to...
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With a strong core of experienced players returning to the lineup, the Urbana Hawks’ girls’ basketball team will settle for nothing less than building on the success of last year’s season, which saw the team cruise into the state semifinals. “It has been our goal to win a state championship since the school opened,...
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Before customers at a packed Buffalo Wild Wings could finish eating the wings they were served or witness the victor of a state title game that turned out to be a nail biter, power was lost to 4,600 Urbana customers. Buffalo Wild Wings General Manager Bill Chapman said the failure couldn’t have happened at...
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I made a New Year’s resolution a year ago and even shared it in The Urbana Town Courier’s January 2010 issue. And I kept every word of that promise in 2010. After raising two children, the pressure was on to finally give my house back to both my husband and me. Those children, who...
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Case closed. That’s according to the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office after a two-week long investigation of a stranger danger encounter between a male Windsor Knolls Middle School (WKMS) student and a female SUV passenger as the student waited for his bus ride to school. The incident, occurring in the vicinity of Hardrock Circle and...
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Here He Is, Mr. Urbana! Could it have been dressing up in drag as a lunch lady, or his Evel Knievel suit, or maybe it was the whoopee cushion costume that pushed Urbana High School (UHS) senior Michael Constantine ahead of the pack in his quest this year for the title of “Mr. Urbana.”...
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Natelli to Speak at UCA Annual Meeting The Urbana Civic Association (UCA) will hold its 2011 Annual Meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 26 at 7 p.m. at the Urbana Volunteer Fire Department. The featured speaker is Natelli Communities’ President and CEO Tom Natelli, who will discuss the Villages of Urbana with UCA members and attendees....
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