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Frederick City Hall To Remain Closed Until Further Notice
Officials say this is due to continued work to repair damage from recent flooding. Frederick, Md (KM) Officials with the City of Frederick say City Hall will remain closed to the public until further notice. But the finance window will remain open. That’s due to the continued work to repair the recent flood damage.
Rules for parkland slightly shift plan for training facility in Frederick park
Rules regulating the use of parkland will require a slight change to plans for a federal facility planned for Frederick’s Westside Regional Park. The city and the National Park Service had long planned to build a new site for the park service’s Historic Preservation Training Center to move from its site in downtown Frederick to a new expanded location in the park.
Buddhist monks stop in Frederick along 2,000-mile peace journey
About a dozen Thai Buddhist monks sat with their eyes closed and hands folded to their chests in prayer around a table in Bloom Asian Haus in Frederick, chanting before they ate their meal on Tuesday. The stop at the Asian fusion restaurant on Market Street marked mile 1,523 of...
School board rejects Twin Ridge Elementary design proposals due to lack of funds
The Frederick County Board of Education on Wednesday rejected all proposals for designing the limited renovation of Twin Ridge Elementary School due to a lack of funding for the project from either the county or the state. Twin Ridge Elementary in Mount Airy was originally built in 1992 and has had no renovations or additions since. The school currently has a state-rated capacity of 681 students and serves grades pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. In 2023, a facility and program assessment was conducted on the school, according to a fact sheet on the project. Design and permitting for a limited renovation were anticipated to start this July based on available funding. Eight companies had submitted design build services proposals. However, FCPS wasn’t allocated any funding for fiscal year 2025 from Frederick County or the state and cannot move forward with the project now, according to FCPS Assistant Purchasing Manager Kim Miskell. “Hopefully, next year, we’ll get funding, and we can go back out to rebid,” she said to the school board during its meeting on Wednesday.
PHOTOS: Car hits auto repair shop in Montgomery County
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — A car hit an auto repair shop Wednesday afternoon, officials said. The crash happened at around 3:30 p.m. at the Precision Auto Care shop, located in the 19300 block of Montgomery Village Ave. Crews from the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue System responded to the crash. They said […]
McKay introduces long-awaited bill to establish criteria for growth moratorium
Nearly a year after Frederick County Councilmember Steve McKay floated the idea of a pause on residential development, a bill establishing criteria for a temporary growth moratorium has come before Frederick County lawmakers. The moratorium bill, which has been in the works since September 2023, was introduced to the council...
First trans Miss Maryland USA is from Montgomery County
Bailey Anne Kennedy says she did not expect to make history when she entered her first-ever beauty pageant–seeking the crown of Miss Maryland USA. But on June 1 at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel, the Montgomery County resident became the first transgender winner of the title in the pageant’s history.
County to turn former Middletown library into senior citizen hub
Frederick County will convert a former library building in Middletown into a center for active adults and seniors. County Executive Jessica Fitzwater announced the plans for the Middletown Active Adult Community Center at a press conference Tuesday.
Buddhist monks walk for peace along Maryland countryside
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — A group of Buddhist monks are waking along the Maryland countryside for a mission: To promote world peace. For local resident Lucinda Stauffer it was just another sleepy weekday afternoon in her quiet rural community when she spotted them across from her front yard. “I just noticed they […]
Program cut after Montgomery County Public Schools’ Board of Education approves budget
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) – The Montgomery County Public Schools’ (MCPS) Board of Education voted to approve next school year’s operating budget on Tuesday. It’s a budget that is more than $30 million less than the school system requested, and because of this, programs like the Montgomery Virtual Academy (MVA) will not be […]
‘American history that's been lost': 246 Years Project documents lives of enslaved people in Loudoun County
A new project in Loudoun County, Virginia, is honoring the lives of enslaved workers and allowing future generations to trace their ancestors. "So much of African-American history has been lost. I think we really need to realize it’s really American history that’s been lost," said Carla Davis, who teaches African American history at Stone Bridge High School.
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