For years, horses have been used in a variety of capacities to help people who have experienced trauma, said Elizabeth Tate, chief operating officer of Platoon 22, a Frederick-based charity geared toward raising awareness in the hopes of decreasing the…
The 16th annual Mr. Urbana competition enjoyed a sellout crowd on Dec. 6 at Urbana High School. Mr. Urbana is a popular male pageant meant for laughs and to raise money for a great cause—the Rock Creek School, which provides…
Give America Hope is a Frederick-based, national nonprofit organization, founded two years ago by businessman Charlie Seymour. The “HOPE” in the organization’s name is an acronym for Heroin-Opioid Prevention Education. Give America Hope’s mission is to develop timely, free and…
I want to thank Urbana and The Town Courier for their amazing support of our inaugural Educate Girls Superhero 5K with 1K Fun Run held on November 10, 2018! There are so many great things about our town. The way…
It’s an alarming sight: an obliterated car sprawled out on the front lawn of a local high school. But the anti-drunk driving campaign tactic sure gets the point across, that drunk driving is deadly. So, given the increasing rates of…
Brad David Jacobs, age 51, of Urbana, Maryland, went to his Heavenly home after a difficult battle with pancreatitis on Dec. 8, 2018. Born in Bloomington, Minnesota, on June 23, 1967, he was a 1985 graduate of Bloomington Jefferson High…
In early October, a 5.9 magnitude earthquake shook the island nation of Haiti, leaving 14 people dead in its aftermath and injuring 152 people in the northern coastal town of Port-de-Paix. When Ijamsville residents Lydia and David Greenlees, co-founders of…
Christian Noguera, a gastroenterologist, grew up playing with his neighborhood soccer club in Cordoba, Argentina. He created the Toca Juniors Football Club in Potomac for his son 16 years ago. The family-oriented, volunteer-run club that plays at local parks has…
Mountain View Community Church’s seventh year as a Drop Off Center for Operation Christmas Child, which sends shoeboxes filled with small toys, hygiene items and school supplies to more than 160 countries, was its biggest year yet. “Our Drop Off…
Since 1999, the Live Nativity presented by Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church has been bringing the true meaning of Christmas to the Urbana community. Staged outdoors behind the Urbana Fire Hall, the 19th annual Live Nativity on Dec. 2—with shows…
