This first weekend in October, Mountain View Community Church (MVCC) in Urbana took the “church outside the walls,” explained Pastor David Moreno. Inspired by the desire to demonstrate the love of Christ, the 1200-strong congregation on Fingerboard Road went out…
Savanna Branham has played many roles in the six years she has been part of the Friends Meeting School’s annual Haunted Trail, including someone who was possessed and a Voodoo nurse. “Not many people get to be on the other…
The second largest food bank in Frederick County is right in our Urbana community. Jo Ostby’s labor of love and service feeds 231 families and more than 800 people (men, women and children), including 150 students in the areas of…
Urbana resident Andrea Faris Roberts has been working for two years to turn her dream into a reality. “My long-term goal is to create a shift in the paradigm,” she said, “when parents of new babies with extra needs will…
Winning the Strongest Man Competition at Frederick’s Oktoberfest held Sept. 28 to 29 at the Frederick Fairgrounds—for holding up a hefty beer stein filled to the brim longer than the rest of the field—might not have been former 10-year National…
Voter party affiliation in Frederick County, Maryland, has shifted over the last 16 years, with Republicans showing the smallest gain. Out of 56,807 registered voters over the last 16 years, Republicans received (12,981-22.8 percent), Democrats (21,059-37.1 percent), and unaffiliated voters…
Rachel Radwinsky’s neighbors got an eyeful when the review copy of her first book arrived in her mailbox. “I ripped the package open and felt like Mufasa in ‘The Lion King’ when he held up Simba on Pride Rock,” she…
The Sept. 22 UHS Mini-THON Car Wash was the club’s third major fundraiser of the year, following Coke ring toss at the Urbana Carnival in July and Frederick’s In the Street Festival this month, and is in addition to a…
Tony Glander inspires with his infectious enthusiasm for his craft. His Arts Barn glass studio may have been dismantled, but his presence lives on as a visiting instructor while he leaps into a new endeavor at Anything in Stained Glass…
9.7.18, intersection of MD-355 and Worthington Boulevard—assault and robbery At about 1:30 a.m. on Sept. 7, an adult male called 911 to report that he had been stabbed and robbed at the intersection of MD-355 and Worthington Boulevard. The man…
