Water Water Everywhere But Not a Drop to Tax
By Maggie Wolff Peterson Illustrations by Elia Filippone Consider a raindrop. As every schoolchild taking earth sciences is taught, the geologic water cycle is an elegant and uncomplicated system...
View ArticleThe Cullen Redemption
By G.M. CorriganPhotos by Casey Martin In a local take on the “never say die” theme touted in the 1994 prison-escape film, “The Shawshank Redemption,” Sabillasville’s once-heckled Victor Cullen Center...
View ArticleBlue Angel, Dare Devil
By Magin Lasov GreggPhotos by Noel Kline When the engines of his Lockheed Martin C-130 T Hercules kick into high gear and Marine Captain A.J. Harrell ascends skyward toward a culminating speed of 400...
View ArticleHeroin is the New Cocaine
By Sherry Greenfield Photos by Andrew Murdock The picture of a heroin user has long been associated with inner-city populations, the poor, the unemployed, and extreme drug addicts who shoot up at any...
View ArticleIncreasing the Minimum Wage: Doom
By Kelly Schultz Photos by Matt Sprague I am opposed to the Governor’s proposal to raise Maryland’s minimum wage to $10.10 per hour and have been fairly outspoken about my opposition mainly...
View ArticleIncreasing the Minimum Wage: Boon
By Karen Young Photos by Matt Sprague Economists and proponents of increasing the minimum wage agree that this action will decrease poverty. Raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour would...
View ArticleHabitat…For Humanity
By Matt Edens “We are never going to save the rural places or the agricultural places or the wild and scenic places (or the wild species that dwell there) unless we identify the human habitat and then...
View ArticleOur Greatest Needs
[ADVERTORIAL] Each year, The Community Foundation of Frederick County gives hundreds of thousands of dollars to strengthen and support our local community. Community Foundation grantmakers, who surely...
View ArticleRants & Raves
SKITTLES, ANYONE? No, not the candy – the GAME! After 10-year hiatus, this local tournament pits charity against charity in an NCAA-style bracketed competition. Participation requires a $50 charitable...
View ArticleSpeak Softly and Carry a Big Script
By Jennifer Dougherty Photos by Matt Sprague Say nothing. If you say anything, say it softly. If you say it softly, don’t add anything else. Stick to the script. The voters of Frederick County are in...
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