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From the Editor

by Town Courier Admin • February 20, 2020 • 0 Comments

The Town Courier will be suspending publication to reorganize. We want to thank local business owners and especially our readers for their support.

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Education, News

Karl Kidd Receives Maryland’s Agriculture Education Award

by Town Courier Admin • January 31, 2020 • 0 Comments
Photo | Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation, Inc. Karl Kidd (center) receives the Excellence in Teaching About Agriculture Award from The Mary- land Agricultural Education Foundation, Inc. Kidd is a fifth-grade advanced academics teacher at Urbana at Sugarloaf Elementary.

Karl Kidd, a fifth-grade advanced academics teacher at Urbana at Sugarloaf Elementary, received the Excellence in Teaching About Agriculture Award from The Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation, Inc. in early January. The award recognizes a classroom teacher who demonstrates excellence in…

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News, Sports

Urbana Girls’ Track Uses Its Platform to Set an Example

by Jennifer Beekman • January 31, 2020 • 0 Comments
Photo | Urbana Athletics The Urbana High School girls’ indoor track and field team won the Central Maryland Conference Spires Division and the conference title on Jan. 24.

For two hours every Saturday morning in January, members of the Urbana High School girls’ track and field team visited with residents at Pleasant View Nursing Home in Mt. Airy, keeping them company and listening to their life stories. With…

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Business, News

Local Farmer Grows Hemp in Pilot Program

by Kari Martindale • January 31, 2020 • 0 Comments
Photo | Submitted Local farmer Dawn Gordon (L) has partnered with Jason Mecler (back) and Rob Collings (R) of THriv Nutraceuticals to bring her CBD health and wellness products to market.

Local farmer Dawn Gordon acknowledged, “Hemp growing is not for the faint of heart.” She is at the end of processing her first hemp crop. Gordon grew her crop in 2019, the first growing season following the passage of House…

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News, Sports

Assistant Coach Provides Wrestlers With Unique Opportunity

by Jennifer Beekman • January 31, 2020 • 0 Comments

Urbana High School wrestling coach Justin Krop recognized the name immediately, when it popped up in his Facebook messages. West Virginia native Ryan Diehl had been one of the most heavily recruited student-athletes out of high school and, over the…

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Education, News

WKMS ‘Critical Convos’ Program Highlights Cyber Safety

by Kari Martindale • January 31, 2020 • 0 Comments
Photo | Kari A. Martindale Joe Dugan, internet safety specialist with the Maryland State Police Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, addresses parents and older students on cyber safety at Windsor Knolls Middle School on Jan. 15.

As a part of the Windsor Knolls Middle School (WKMS) “Critical Convos” program, the PTSA hosted a “Kid & Teen Cell & Cyber Safety” presentation delivered by Joe Dugan, internet safety specialist with the Maryland State Police Internet Crimes Against…

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  • From the Editor
  • Karl Kidd Receives Maryland’s Agriculture Education Award
  • Urbana Girls’ Track Uses Its Platform to Set an Example
  • Local Farmer Grows Hemp in Pilot Program
  • Assistant Coach Provides Wrestlers With Unique Opportunity
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