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Karl Kidd Receives Maryland’s Agriculture Education Award
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…
Shop Talk
Law Firm Opens at Turning Point Two Urbana residents, husband and wife Manuel “Manny” Machin, Esq. and Rada Machin, Esq., are opening the second and primary location of The Machin Law Firm, LLC at 8923 Fingerboard Road on Monday, Feb.…
No Shelf Required: Your Public Library
February is the month for love, and we love our library! This month I’d like to point out a couple of resources that you may enjoy. If you love movies but feel like you’ve seen everything popular out there, check…
Mr. Urbana, Crowning Charity in the Community
Contestants went head-to-head in the 17th Annual Mr. Urbana competition on Dec. 5. This male pageant raises money for the Rock Creek School, which provides special education programs for students ages 3 to 21 with cognitive disabilities, many of whom…
It’s a Sign of the Times at ShieldCo
“Sign, sign, everywhere a sign blocking out the scenery, breaking my mind.” When Les Emmerson of the Canadian rock group Five Man Electrical Band penned those words in 1971, he clearly had no idea that signage would someday evolve into…
Around Town
WKMS Band Closes Concert by iPhone Light Eighth graders in The Alto Vera Saxophone Quintet gave a solo performance of “Frosty the Snowman” during the Windsor Knolls Middle School Band 2019 Winter Concert. The audience was standing room only as…
We’re (Not) Going to Mars!
If you followed the news lately, then you’ve probably heard that humans are going back in space. According to credible sources, we’ll fly back to the Moon in 10 years or so and set foot on Mars in 20 years.…
Digging the New South County Family YMCA
The YMCA of Frederick County held a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday, Nov. 18 to commemorate construction start on the new South County Family YMCA in Urbana. The site is located between Urbana Middle and Urbana High schools on Md. 80…
Urbana Academic Team Has ‘The Winning Formula’
The Urbana High School Academic Team started off their season with a bang last month when captains Ady Weng and Jude Abijah along with MVP Trevor Weakly led their team to victory on “It’s Academic.” They won their first-round competition…