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Updated: School board labors over cuts to services, programs to fill $50M budget gap
The Board of Education reviewed its options Wednesday for closing a $50 million budget gap and chose to increase class sizes, but emotional appeals from students, parents and educators saved fourth grade instrumental music from the chopping block, for now. Expenditures in the proposed fiscal year 2025 operating budget total...
Local organizations receive emergency funding
Washington County was recently awarded $40,473 of federal funding from the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency through the national Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) under Phase 41. The funding is to supplement established emergency food assistance and emergency shelter programs within the county. The selection of...
Madrones offers wide variety of steaks, pasta, seafood
One of the higher-end offerings in Frederick's restaurant scene, Madrones has become a variety of things to different people. The restaurant off of Md. 26 on the north side of the city may be known for their steaks, but, “You don't need to come here just to order a steak dinner,” said kitchen manager Max Motley.
A Frederick County Asian American center transforms lives across all backgrounds
FREDERICK -- There's an organization in Frederick that has Asian American in its name, but their work helps families of all backgrounds.Inside the Asian American Center of Frederick's Family Services office, it looks like any other typical office.But, it's home to early childhood education, as well as several adult classes -- that includes a fitness class.Elizabeth Chung, the AACF's founder and executive director, said all of this started as after-school programming for immigrant families in 2004."There wasn't too much over here [at the time], so I started having classes in reading and math," she said.Their services -- most of which are...
Myersville considers personal property tax to close budget gap
Myersville’s mayor and council are considering reinstituting a personal property tax to close a budget gap created by increased law enforcement costs and other expenses. The cost of the town’s contract with the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office is increasing from the $130,000 allocated in the proposed fiscal year 2025 operating budget to $174,000, Town Manager Kristin Aleshire said during the council’s Tuesday evening meeting.
Washington County election headquarters is specific polling place; early voting is over
Several people showed up at the Washington County Board of Elections headquarters on Tuesday to vote, thinking it was still a voting place for any voter in the county. With early voting over, the Virginia Avenue headquarters in Halfway is now a polling place for a specific district, Election Director Barry Jackson said. Folks from outside that voting precinct can cast a provisional ballot at election headquarters, but those ballots will not include city of Hagerstown races for mayor and City Council, Jackson said.
Frederick County school board candidates await counting of thousands of ballots
Jaime Kiersten Brennan and Colt Morningstar Black were ahead of three Frederick County Public Schools union-endorsed candidates in the school board primary as of Wednesday, but uncounted mail-in ballots could be the deciding factor in which six candidates advance to the Nov. 5 general election. The gap between sixth place...
Boonsborough Museum of History joins The Civil War Trails
BOONSBORO — The Boonsborough Museum of History recently joined the multi-state Civil War Trails (CWT) program. The program directs travelers to more than 1,500 sites across six states. This not only will help visitors better understand the skirmish which swirled through the streets of Boonsboro in 1862, but also will promote the museum internationally.
FITCI hosts traditional cornerstone ceremony, blesses new incubator building
The Frederick Innovative Technology Center Inc. (FITCI) hosted a cornerstone ceremony Tuesday at its Enabling Development and Growth for Entrepreneurs (EDGE) building on Ballenger Center Drive, which will support and house life sciences and tech companies. The ceremony was carried out by the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted...
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