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Shop with a Cop
It’s early on a Saturday morning last December when police officers and children arrive at the entrance to the …
Needed Relief
Andrea Faris Roberts knows what caregivers need most and that is rest. Roberts, whose son Reece was born with …
Q&A: Debby Neely
What is the vision of this nonprofit and what is the significance of its name? The name of our …
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 …
Where All the Food Trucks At?
I feel a little bit like Cleavon Little asking a similar, but altogether different, question in the Mel Brooks …
Mind and Soul
It’s all about connections. In personal relationships and business ventures, connecting with the right people at the right time …
A Spicy Pot of Joy
Recently, I had the worst Chinese food of my life. This is not an exaggeration and is a sentence …
Civic Champions
Each year, local Frederick residents are selected and honored with the Wertheimer Fellows for Excellence in Volunteerism award for …
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 …
Jason Turner
“It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter.” –Alfred Eisenstaedt If there ever was …
The Real Farmers Markets of Frederick
Back in the city of Atlanta, I lived in a house that has the world’s best front porch. It …
The Best Blend
Mason or Dixon? And no, I’m not talking about the names being debated after your “Crab Cakes and Robot …
Life’s a Pitch
Jack Moxley, also known as “Pops” because he’s 88 or “Hay Slinger” because he was a farmer, has a …
