A visit to the serene House in the Woods Farm on the day of their organic heirloom tomato plant/seedling/you-pick flower sale in early May found the owner, Ilene Freedman, at the end of a long gravelly driveway near her greenhouse.…
My family loves today’s featured recipe. They love it so much that we’ve taken it as a carry-out and it has appeared as an appetizer here at the house on Mother’s Day and other family get-togethers. This delicacy elicits moans…
Cinco de Mayo has come to be known in the U.S. as a celebration of Mexican-American culture, and it is more popular here than in Mexico, where the holiday commemorates the Mexican army’s victory over the French at the Battle…
For its 13th season, the Urbana Library Farmers’ Market is trying something new—opening before Mother’s Day so patrons can purchase locally grown flowers, baked goods, bath and beauty products and one-of-a-kind gifts from local artists. “We keep growing and evolving,”…
Kannavis Holds 4/20 Celebration Kannavis, 8709 Fingerboard Road, celebrated 4/20 with storewide discounts, free swag bags, t-shirts and more. 4/20 is a holiday celebrating marijuana, now becoming more mainstream in states where medical marijuana is legal. Sierra Grand Opening Planned…
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…
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…
Democratic Frederick County Executive Jan Gardner’s amendment to Developer Rights and Responsibilities Agreements (DRRAs) has moved forward with Councilmember Steve McKay (R-District 2) introducing it to the County Council on March 5, 2019. During the 2010-2014 Board of County Commissioners…
The YMCA of Frederick County has requested site plan approval for the development of an 85,078-square-foot, two-story YMCA recreation facility and a 40,000-square-foot, two-story professional office and medical clinic building on the 20.22-acre site located between Urbana High School and…
Kite Pharma, a subsidiary of Gilead Sciences that develops cancer immunotherapy products, is coming to Urbana, potentially bringing around 900 jobs. The California-based company purchased 20.45 acres at 9021 Bennett Creek Boulevard in the Urbana Office Park in November 2018…
