The Frederick County Board of Education voted on the Linganore-Oakdale-Urbana (LOU) redistricting recommendations Oct. 16, which established attendance areas for the new Sugarloaf and Blue Heron elementary schools and redistricted some students in the LOU feeder patterns to better balance…
Author: Pam Schipper
Ground Broken for Urbana Elementary School Replacement
The 2020-21 Urbana Elementary School community has already gotten a jump on fulfilling its mission statement, “Learning today, leading tomorrow.” At the Oct. 11 groundbreaking, Maryland State Treasurer Nancy Kopp said, “I don’t know any other community where before…
PTA Sells Pieces of the Past to Raise Funds for the Future
The Urbana Elementary School (UES) PTA is selling 300 bricks from the old UES school that educated community children from 1960 through 2018. Purchasers can select one of three plaques to turn the brick into a keepsake, perfect for home…
Miss Urbana Competition Debuts Nov. 16
A local preliminary to Miss Maryland and Miss America, the first-ever Miss Urbana Scholarship Program competition will debut Nov. 16, 4 p.m. at Frederick Community College’s JBK Theater. Four young women are vying for the title of Miss Urbana 2020…
Out & About
Trail of Jack-O-Lanterns Oct. 25-26, 6-10 p.m., Green Meadows Petting Farm Visit the trail of lights, jack-o-lanterns of all shapes and sizes, fire pits, and animals in the barn. Available for purchase are Halloween wagon rides, sweet treats, s’mores, pumpkin…
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Sweet Babe’s to Add Apple Dumplings Mark your calendars for Nov. 16. That’s the day that Sweet Babe’s Creamery, 3534B Urbana Pike in Casabella Commons, will begin serving apple dumplings. Nov. 16 is also the start of cool weather hours…
Around Town
Food Bank Gears Up for Holidays The Greater Urbana Area Food Bank is gearing up for a busy fall and holiday season. Starting the season off is the annual Scouting for Food campaign. Local Scouts will be placing bags on…
Parents Highlight Issues With Redistricting Plan
At the Linganore-Oakdale-Urbana (LOU) redistricting public hearing held on Sept. 17 at Urbana High School (UHS), residents highlighted issues that they hope the Board of Education will resolve. As one father of a Centerville Elementary student put it, “You are…
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Goddard School Second Location Site Plan Approved Urbana’s Goddard School will be expanding with a second location adjacent to Sugarloaf Elementary School. Site plan approval for the 11,063-square-foot center on the 2.1-acre site was granted by the Frederick County Planning…
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‘Dog Pawty’ Receives Two Paws Up “Dog Pawty” co-hosted by realtor Maggie Dawson and attorney Alegi Anderson on Sept. 8 at the Natelli Community Center in Urbana was a bit like the one in the beloved P.D. Eastman “Go, Dog,…