A 125-room hotel and nearly 31,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space just moved another step closer toward reality. The Frederick County Planning Commission gave site plan approval during a mid-March meeting to Natelli Communities to build the Urbana…
In a ceremony held before the Maryland Student Hockey League state championship on March 1—Montgomery County’s Winston Churchill High School defeated crosstown rival Thomas S. Wootton—ninth-year Urbana ice hockey coach Toby Heusser was honored as the league’s statewide Coach of…
Frederick County Public Schools and consultant Matthew Cropper, president of Cropper GIS, rolled out three proposed scenarios for Linganore-Oakdale-Urbana redistricting at a community meeting held March 19 at Urbana High School. The school system is asking the community to review…
Eric Soter, former Frederick County planning director who is principal, director of Research & Analytics with Rodgers Consulting, Inc., gave a presentation March 12 to the Frederick County Building Industry Association (FCBIA). He called for Frederick County to gather and…
At the top of an exceedingly long and winding dirt road in Monrovia is a secluded artist’s retreat where Susan Delaney practices the sophisticated ancient technique of lost-wax casting. Also termed glass casting, cire perdue (lost wax in French) and…
In their final mainstage show of the 2018- 2019 school year, Urbana High School (UHS) Drama will delight audiences once again April 4, 5 and 6 with their production of the musical comedy, “How to Succeed in Business Without Really…
President Daniel Melendez Jourdan, Vice President Gabriella Pinto and Treasurer Jayden Sharper were inducted Feb. 25 into the first Centerville Elementary School (CES) Student Government Association (SGA). Also inducted but not able to attend the ceremony was Elise Faulkner, CES…
In early March, Windsor Knolls Middle School treated the community to a wonderful production of “Mary Poppins Jr.” directed by Ulyssa Martinez with Assistant Director/Crew Manager Kelsey Clark, Choreographer Brenda Puderbaugh and Musical Director Audrey Lynch. The snow did not…
With the tagline “Rise Up. Dance On.” Urbana High School’s 5th annual Mini-THON will bring seven hours of music and movement, all to raise funds for pediatric cancer research and to support the families battling the disease. On Saturday, April…
There are times when, within the first 10-15 minutes of training, Hawks senior wrestler Kevin Makosy feels physically exhausted. But, diagnosed with Type I diabetes in sixth grade, the University of Maryland recruit has become adept at navigating challenges and…
