For the team preserving the Dudderar Farmhouse and giving it new life in the 21st century, it’s all about respect—for the 1830s craftsmen who took at least 18 months to build the original masonry home and the relatively new Villages…
As Urbana Volunteer Fire Department prepares to host its annual carnival, from July 15 to 20, volunteers are coming from around Urbana to make it happen. Susie O’Brien, president of the department, estimates that 75 to 100 volunteers, which include…
This spring, Urbana High School junior Charlie Giglio earned his Eagle Scout after completing a service project for Urbana Middle School. When Giglio was thinking about what kind of service project to do, he was put in touch with Urbana…
The time seems right in the Urbana community to use the African proverb: “It takes a village” when trying to achieve critical environmental advances. Many leaders and residents believe further education and action is needed on the part of their…
Seven members of Girl Scout Troop 81265, all sixth-graders at Windsor Knolls Middle School, earned the 2019 President’s Volunteer Service Award after volunteering for more than 50 hours, individually, during the year 2018-2019. Rachel Beckman, Cheyanne Campbell, Angela De La…
Danielle McNerney, a rising junior at Urbana High School, recently spoke to attendees of her SAVE the MOMS workshop at the Walkersville Library. McNerney is Food Network’s 2017 Chopped Junior Champion and the CEO and founder of SAVE the MOMS.…
The afternoon of May 30 was warm and humid, typical of the lead up to summer. Around 3 p.m., a line of thunderstorms developed in Loudoun County, Virginia, and crossed the Potomac River without much disruption. Their east-west formation and…
VOU Residents Working to Ensure Safe Streets As the Villages of Urbana (VOU) community has grown, so have safety concerns. A group of residents formed the Safe Streets Urbana committee to improve the safety of pedestrians, bicyclists and drivers on…
How far can imagination take you? For three Windsor Knolls Middle School (WKMS) seventh graders, the answer is to Globals and back. Duncan Ways, Nicole Simmons and Skylar Robisch—the WKMS Destination Imagination (DI) Team Woah!—took third place at the Destination…
The fifth annual Urbana High School Mini-THON on April 27 brought the total raised this year to $34,624.18 for Four Diamonds at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital. A large group of 80 to 100 participants were up and moving from…
