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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 …
Winging It
Man does not live by bread alone. There’s a good chance chicken is also on the table. Industry insiders …
Growing Pains
It’s a summer morning and SoliderFit owner Danny Farrar is asked how he was doing on this day. “I’m …
On A Roll
It’s 7 p.m. on a Thursday and MARC Train 881 is making its way from Washington, D.C.’s Union Station …
Urban Oases
In Maryland, summer lingers. The transition of the seasons is not a quick, definitive flip of the calendar. Garden …
Classroom Elders
Mary Jones and Anne Truffer have been neighbors and friends for years. Now, in retirement, they spend Thursday mornings …
History to Housing
Kemp Hall, the three-story brick building on the southeast corner of Church and Market streets in Downtown Frederick, has …
Jason Turner
“It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter.” –Alfred Eisenstaedt If there ever was …
Labor, Love and Legacy
He’s been a part of what was formerly Pleasant Valley Studio since he was in high school, but after …
Seeing Stars
Earl Mullins always had a bit of fear of the water, probably the residue of having almost drowned twice …
The Pride of Lions
First-time filmmaker Ingrid Palmquist trained her Nikon camera on the oldest members of Frederick’s African American community. They ranged …
Now You See Them
The Edwards’ hairstreak is a somewhat drab brown butterfly with small patches of blue at its wingtips. Though an …
Missing History
As Frederick County embraces its historical attributes as not merely cultural charm, but also as a genuine marketing lure …
