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Piped In
For Alison Shafer, Sundays are spent in the wooden enclave of an organ pit. Although she sits just a …
Over Time
Historical buildings rarely match the purity of a fine wine or famous symphony, which are left mostly untouched after …
Bottling Up
Standing like a sentinel on the north end of town for 73 years, the familiar cursive script cast in …
Best of Frederick 2020 Winners
It isn’t the intent of “Best of Frederick” to memorialize businesses that no longer exist. In fact, we would …
Coatsville’s Lesson
It’s a village so tiny that its position on the Frederick County map is often overwhelmed by another small …
Social Status
It wasn’t all that long ago that consumers based many of their purchasing decisions on a few key factors: …
No Easy Answers
It was around 6:40 p.m. last Sept. 4 when attorney Tom Lynch drove down Court Street in Downtown Frederick, …
Baby Boomer Fit
It’s a weekday morning at the William R. Talley Recreation Center in Baker Park and, like most weekday mornings …
Shop with a Cop
It’s early on a Saturday morning last December when police officers and children arrive at the entrance to the …
Locally Made
When Mark and Phoebe Boheim ship their Frederick Candle Company & Apothecary products to their customers, they will often …
Promoting the Past
For those at Frederick County Landmarks Foundation, which owns and operates the Schifferstadt Architectural Museum, the headline had to …
Evie’s Purpose
Mark Vander Meer loved to drive and on one day in 2014, amid the shock of finally learning that …
Tales from the Front Seat
It’s a Friday, a little after midnight on a hot summer night, when I pull up to the light …
Six to Fix
Nicholas Redding, executive director of Preservation Maryland, has a problem with what he calls “sad lists” of endangered sites. …
Here’s the Chief
Poor William Henry Harrison. The nation’s ninth president is best known as being the nation’s briefest president, having served …
