I am always inspired when I meet people like Joe Richardson, owner of Bar-T after-school program for kids and Mountainside Ranch in Urbana. Joe bought a farm and altered it to become a place where adults and children alike can learn environmental stewardship hands-on and see alternative energy sources in use. Some land is...
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Since my last column, several Urbana-related happenings caught my attention that I’ll share. Villages of Urbana Passes Important Measure The Villages is a “Planned Unit Development” approved for slightly greater than 3,000 homes. Until three-fourths of the number of recorded lots had homes constructed and became occupied, the developer, Natelli Communities Inc., exercised it’s...
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At election time, I am finding the harder I try to be thoughtful and educated in my choices, the harder it is to vote. As you read this (but not as I write it), Maryland’s primary elections are over. Perhaps there will be a brief respite from finding the out-sized campaign postcards loaded into...
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“Complaints are everywhere heard from our most considerate and virtuous citizens, equally the friends of public and private faith, and of public and personal liberty, that our governments are too unstable, that the public good is disregarded in the conflicts of rival parties, and that measures are too often decided, not according to the...
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Recently, a friend invited my husband and me to join her for a swing dancing lesson followed by an evening of dancing at the Black Rock Arts Center. I have never learned to dance, but I know many people can and have a good time. I was tired of being afraid. My husband was...
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“There’s nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead Armadillos” — Jim Hightower Sometimes I think our politics is broken. Everybody agrees that we have serious economic and social problems we need to solve, but almost no one seems able to offer solutions that seem credible to those on the...
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The Villages of Urbana (VOU) and Urbana Highlands are homeowner association (HOA) communities. They are not municipalities (i.e., towns or cities) and receive services from Frederick County government as do other unincorporated areas. However, both associations have boards of directors and charters that authorize them to engage in a variety of functions much like...
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