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- Plan would create pedestrian crossing under Md. 355
- New Md. task force to evaluate best practices for handling juvenile offenders
- Union official encouraged as Prince George's looks for schools chief
- American shad coming back in Potomac River
- 1 dead in Veirs Mill accident
- 'Dead zones' predicted for Gulf, Chesapeake Bay
Carroll County seeks alternatives to incinerator
Carroll County officials are seeking alternatives to participating in a waste-to-energy incinerator in neighboring Frederick County.
$1M market: How pricey properties find buyers
Real estate professionals say it's a buyer's market. But it's how they market pricey properties that makes the sale.
Maryland Ensemble Theatre celebrates 15th birthday
When Tad Janes and Gené Fouché were working together with the Contemporary American Theater Festival in the '90s, they started talking about the kind of theater company they envisioned themselves being part of.
Celebrating with suds: Frederick's newest brewery holds inaugural festival
While major breweries may still dominate the American beer market, the craft beer movement has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years, changing the focus from quantity to quality and offering consumers a seemingly endless variety of beer styles
Can the lottery be a win-win?
Rows of bottles and six-packs of beer cram Hillcrest Beer, Wine & Spirits, which sits along the Golden Mile commercial strip Owner Archana Gupta, a small, well-dressed woman with a tiny stud in her nose, stood behind the shop's orderly countertop flanked by 99-cent airplane bottles of liquor, lighters and other trinkets
Frederick police officer pleads guilty to DWI
A Frederick police officer has pleaded guilty to driving while impaired by alcohol.
John Hanson statue dedication in Frederick
You may not know his name but there's a statue in Frederick recognizing an American Revolutionary leader who some regard as the nation's first president.
Blog: Frederick to host nation's only penny-farthing race
The race Aug. 18 will promote bicycling.
Frederick Co. approves $100 rebates checks
Frederick County homeowners will get back $100 of their property tax payments this year.
Frederick County fined $9,600 in wastewater flap
The Maryland Department of the Environment says Frederick County has agreed to pay a $9,600 penalty for allowing excessive levels of contaminants in wastewater released into the Potomac River in 2010 and 2011.
Myersville doesn't want natural gas facility
The Frederick County town of Myersville is saying no to Dominion Resources' plan for a natural gas compressor station near the intersection of Interstate 70 and state Route 17.
Frederick could grow with 550-acre annexation
The mayor and Board of Aldermen had their first public chance Wednesday to see what the city might gain or lose by annexing 550 acres.
Md. towing company owner charged with assault
A Frederick towing company owner and former mayoral candidate has been charged with assault following a dispute with a man.
Lee's 'lost orders' star in Md. Civil War exhibit
The "lost orders"" of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee are the latest attraction at the Monocacy (mah-NAH'-kah-see) National Battlefield near Frederick.
Frederick mayor to give update on his goals
Frederick Mayor Randy McClement is preparing to highlight his achievements and discuss his goals for the remainder of his first term.
Md. boy, church settle big splinter injury suit
A Thurmont boy who was injured by a giant splinter on a big wooden slide has reached a $60,000 settlement with the Rocky Ridge church that owns the attraction.
US vets mix regret, detachment on Iraq violence
Just months after the U.S. military departed, violence in Iraq is increasing. Hundreds of people have died in recent weeks in bombings and drive-by shootings, some claimed by al-Qaida insurgents.
Homes in Frederick built with geothermal heat
Geothermal energy, which helps cool homes in the summer and heat in the winter, has been around for many years but people are becoming more aware of the technology thanks to federal and state tax credits designed to make the renewable energy more affordable, said Jim Aaron, president of Total Comfort Heating and Air Conditioning in Smithsburg. Some power companies also offer grants.
Family of Robyn Gardner breaks silence
The siblings of Robyn Gardner, the 35-year-old Frederick woman who went missing in Aruba last August, say they have faith that their sister is alive and they are speaking publicly for the first time in a bid to renew coverage of Gardner's disappearance.
Voltaggio hopes to serve aces at chef challenge
Celebrity chef Bryan Voltaggio is not known for his tennis skills, but he will look to serve a couple of aces Monday.
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