For the team preserving the Dudderar Farmhouse and giving it new life in the 21st century, it’s all about respect—for the 1830s craftsmen who took at least 18 months to build the original masonry home and the relatively new Villages…
Dr. Jennifer Burns is returning home to open her own practice, Urbana Pediatrics, on Monday, July 1. Many know her from her 12 years with The Pediatric Center of Frederick, where she was main provider for more than eight years…
The Green K9 has given patrons of the Urbana Library Farmers’ Market pause recently with veterinarian-approved treats, free healthy pet food samples and CBD products for pets. “I’ve gotten a lot of great feedback from people,” said owner Marni Lewis,…
VOU Residents Working to Ensure Safe Streets As the Villages of Urbana (VOU) community has grown, so have safety concerns. A group of residents formed the Safe Streets Urbana committee to improve the safety of pedestrians, bicyclists and drivers on…
Acu Massage Opens Acu Massage and Spa, 3329 Worthington Boulevard, held its grand opening on June 12. Services include a variety of massage techniques like Swedish massage, deep tissue massage, CBD pain relieve massage, as well as foot reflexology. The…
Emily Yi Becomes Miss Maryland Outstanding Teen Rising Urbana High senior Emily Yi became Miss Maryland Outstanding Teen 2019 on Saturday, June 22 night at The Historic Maryland Theater in Hagerstown. With this win, Yi earned both cash and in-kind…
How far can imagination take you? For three Windsor Knolls Middle School (WKMS) seventh graders, the answer is to Globals and back. Duncan Ways, Nicole Simmons and Skylar Robisch—the WKMS Destination Imagination (DI) Team Woah!—took third place at the Destination…
A handful of parents living in the new Stone Barn Village near Urbana Elementary at Sugarloaf were informed in early May that their secondary school students will no longer qualify for bus transportation to Urbana Middle School and Urbana High…
Through a large northwest-facing window in their office at The Goddard School, owners John and Jill Pelicano have watched vehicles speed up and down Carriage Hill Drive—and pedestrians, joggers and bicyclists cross Carriage Hill Drive at Carriage Hill Street, the…
Sage Cakery Now Open Nikkie Byrd, an Urbana High 2001 graduate, and her partner, Kurtis Esworthy, opened Sage Cakery at 3401 Urbana Pike next door to Papa John’s Pizza on May 21. The bakery offers cakes, cupcakes, mini-cupcakes, cake pops,…
