Senior Rebounds From Injury to Bolster Defending State Champion Girls’ Track Lineup A year ago, Lydia Robling, who races everything from the 55-meter dash to the 800 run, was wrestling with doctors’ projections that she might never again be able…
Community members and leaders from the Frederick County Public School system gathered in the Urbana Fire Hall on Nov. 14 to hear from the Coalition for the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future. Washington County Board of Education members also attended. Joia…
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…
“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…
The students of the Friends Meeting School (FMS) in Ijamsville gathered on Dec. 18 for a visit from Chief Charleton Jesse Chapman Nightwalker of the aboriginal Palouse tribe. Annie Garland, director of admissions, said, “(Chief Nightwalker) joined us in Meeting…
Tom Mitchell cited “a favorite quote”—from 19th century German poet and author Berthold Auerbach—to sum up his thoughts on the importance of studying music: “Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” The Urbana Middle School orchestra…
Father-daughter duo Steven Campen and Samantha (Sami) Manganaro are Urbana attorneys with a new, “out of the box” approach to personal injury law. “We’re taking a very different approach to value cases,” Manganaro said. Instead of the multiples of medical…
As Frederick County Public Schools (FCPS) vows, “Everyone has the right to feel respected and be treated with dignity. Schools must be safe, provide an optimal environment for achievement and be free from violence.” In the digital age, that includes…
Slow Food is an organization I believe in. It envisions a world in which all people can access and enjoy food that is good for them, good for those who grow it, and good for the planet. Recently I attended…
Building on the riches of the Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve, Countryside Artisans is a group of like-minded painters, farmers, potters, stonemasons, woodworkers, textile artists, glass blowers, jewelers, yarn dyers, ceramicists, photographers and wine and beer crafters—all following their creative passions…
