Do you have a love of horses and some time to give? Then the Frederick County 4-H Therapeutic Riding Program may be a good fit for you. The program is seeking new faces before hosting its annual Spring Volunteer Training…
The athletic field at Urbana High School’s (UHS) Hawks Nest Stadium is no longer safe in inclement weather or a reliable location for team sporting events, according to UHS coaches. What would be much safer is an artificial turf field…
“I feel like I’ve been working toward this moment my whole life,” said Mara Nicastro, the new head of Friends Meeting School in Ijamsville. Nicastro, who replaces outgoing Head of School Wil Graham, started her new job in the beginning…
Last year’s Hawk Fest, hosted by Urbana High School (UHS), was a rousing success — hundreds of students, parents and community members poured onto the campus for an afternoon of games, club events and good food. This year, event organizer…
French students were thrilled last month to visit Urbana and other cities in the region, where they stayed with host families, improved their English and went sightseeing. The educational tour, organized by Open World Tours, offered visiting students “direct experience…
If you notice a blue glow from your neighbor’s front porch this month, it is likely in support of April’s Autism Awareness month. Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a devastating neurological and biological disorder that is usually diagnosed in children…