Walkersville Students Stage Harriet Tubman Play
Walkersville Elementary Fifth grade produced and performed Harriet Tubman Freedom Train in front of third and fourth graders. Rachel Hepburn starred as Tubman with 30 speaking parts and six solos. The program covers Tubman life from about 1820 slavery to guiding 300 slaves to freedom.
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Walkersville
Rachel Hepburn
Harriet Tubman
Underground Railroad
Rachel
Freedom
Tubman
Dorchester County
Canada
Lynnea Richards
Truuke Ameigh
Maryland
Ameigh
The
Washington Post
Susan Thornton
Catherine Porter-Borden
Judy Houck
Jonathon Parker
Abolitionist Play Scenes Highlight Underground Railroad Tactics
Local audience learns how the drama portrays an abolitionist figure guiding the Underground Railroad. A performer notes a scene where a slave contemplates returning to his plantation as Tubman threatens with a revolver to protect the route’s secrets. The portrayal emphasizes peril and moral conflict in the pursuit of freedom.
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Rachel
Tubman
Farm wife roles through three centuries celebrated in Ag Week
Frederick County marked Ag Week with a historical review of farm wives across colonial to modern times. Volunteers in period costumes demonstrated 18th and 19th century duties, including cooking over a fire, spinning and soap making, with notes on herbal remedies and the enduring farm wife as backbone of the family farm.
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Frederick County
Francis Scott Key Mall
Verzwers
Susan Donoghue-Rick
Shirley Swaim
Maffay-Tuthill
America
Farm Bureau
Frederick County Farm Museum Association
Children’s Museum
Rose Hill Manor
Susan
Kim Donoghue
Rick
Shirley Swain
High Technology Council Awards Dinner Leaders to Speak
The High Technology Council of Maryland will honor top firms and individuals for contributions to product information technology and biotechnology. Bell Atlantic executive Ivan Seidenberg will deliver the keynote at the April 16 banquet at Indian Spring Country Club, with reservations urged by calling 301-258-5005.
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High Technology Council of Maryland
Rockville
Best Atlantic
Ivan Seidenberg
Bell Atlantic
Indian Spring Country Club
Council
Puca Maps District 15 Plan As Rockville Leader Faces Race
Anthony Puca, owner of an Rockville office furniture firm, launches his sixth bid for delegate in District 15 Annapolis. He positions himself as a voice for seniors youth and the developmentally disabled and pledges to work with local residents to improve schools libraries and recreation while weighing tax policy against better services.
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Rockville
Anthony Puca
Annapolis
Puca
Casper Taylor
Potomac
District 15
County changes APFO Updates in Frederick County
Frederick County Commissioners made three changes to the APFO ordinance and denied one request. They kept the escrow option for some developers, approved two extensions to APFO traffic approvals, and changed intersection fail criteria to consider average leg capacity. Additional business included Systems Reform Initiative updates and potential state funding for child welfare and service programs.
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Frederick County
Citizens Service
Mental Health Management Agency
Maryland
Obituaries: Alderton Waldron Slagle Obituaries
William Alderton 80 of Gaithersburg died February 16 at Montgomery General Hospital husband of Catherine Cashell Alderton. He farmed and later worked at a hardware store retiring 1997. Surviving children include William and Willard Alderton. many grandchildren. Services February 20 at Oakdale Emory United Methodist Church. Burials in Burtonsville Cemetery. Frances Slagle 61 of Woodbine died February 17. Wife of Donald R. Slagle, 27½ years Montgomery County bus driver. Surviving children Michael Slagle Kelsey Slagle Brenda Denney. six grandchildren. Funeral February 19 in Charles Town.
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William Frederick
Bill” Alderton
Gaithersburg
Montgomery General Hospital
Olney
Catherine Cashell Alderton
Ednor
John Franklin
Mamie Cordelia Burriss Alderton
Martin’s Dairy
L.W. White and Son Hardware
Oakdale
Emory United Methodist Church
Old Church Chapel
Emory
Alderton
Sher- Wood School
Sandy Spring
Phillip F Alderton Sr
Emory Church Road
Burtonsville Union Cemetery
Emory United Methodist Church Memorial Fund
Robert Penwell
Larry Penwell
Harpers Ferry
Janie Sowers
Rawson
Judy Barnett
Leesburg
Waldron
Ronald
Elmer
Thomas
Harold
Nelson Penwell
Thelma Penwell
Madaline Hardy
Patricia Farmer
Hazel Hardy
Frances C. Slagle
Woodbine
Gilcrest
Baltimore
Donald R. Slagle
Erwin
Tenn
Thomas and
Nora Mae Buchanan Lloyd
Slagle
Montgomery County Public Schools
Billy Graham
Michael W. Slagle
Newport, Va
Kelsey Slagle
Brenda Denney
Charles Town
Wva
Michelle Slagle
Elizabeth Slagie
Donald Walker
Liborio LaMarca
Martinsburg
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Ruby B. LaMarca
Sicily
Sebastiano and
Carnella Gaglino LaMarca
Emile’s
Washington, D.C
U.S
Philip LaMarca
Rosedale Funeral Chapel
Rosedale Cemetery Road
Albert Clipp
Rosedale Mausoleum
Funeral Home
Funeral Notices and Obituaries from Frederick County
Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth A. Jackson of 21 Howard St Thurmont and several others were held Feb 17 at Harmony Church Myersville and Hyattstown Christian Church. Interments followed in local cemeteries. The notices list bearers, floral tributes, and arranging funeral homes. Additional deaths include Mr Clarence W Binnix of Silver Spring Mr Staley V Sanner of Frederick and Mrs Louise Hagan of Jefferson with service details and memorials.
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Ruth A. Jackson
Howard St
Thurmont
Myersville
Harmony Church of the Brethren
Tracy L. Wiser
Ronald A. Beverlin
Grossnickle Church
Clarence W. Binnix
Silver Spring
Hyattstown Christian Church
WE Terry Reister
Amazing Grace
Old Rugged Cross
Frank DiMisa
Roberta Gangler
Jason Binnix
Curtis Carter
Jimmy Carter
William E. Hartnett
Franklin Johnson
Robert Michael McNeel
Robert Wesley McNeel
Staley V
Sai” Sanner
Frederick
Stauffer Funeral Home
David Oravec
Greg Wasniewski
Carmi Sayler Til
Charles Sherald
Robert Sherald
Donald Weddle
Daryl Stup
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Union Bridge mayor William Williar dies at 83
William Williar a former Union Bridge mayor for 33 years and longtime Lions Club and Maryland Municipal League leader died Tuesday February 17 at Fairney Keedy Memorial Home Boonsboro. He leaves wife Irene Bowman William 64 years and children Judy Stitely Gilman Williar six grandchildren twelve great grandchildren and other relatives. He retired from Southern States in 1979 and was active in the Union Bridge Church of the Brethren and local civic groups. Memorials may go to the church scholarship fund or Maryland Diabetes Association.
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Edward Lindsay Willian
Union Bridge
Fairney-Keedy
Boonsboro
Irene Bowman William
Mount Airy
Jacob C
Bertha Ecker Williar
Williar
Daleville Academy of
Virginia
Union Bridge Lions Club
Melvin Jones
Maryland Municipal League
West Carroll Republican Club
Economic Development Commission
Maryland Commission
National League of Cities
Union Bridge Church of the Brethren
Judy Stitely
Roy
Westminster
Gilman Williar
Pat
Elkton
Alton Williar
Frederick
Hartzler
Frederick County Events and Community Listings Digest
A compact digest listing Frederick County events and resources including weather, travel, arts centers, venues like Weinberg Center and Delaplaine, YMCA updates, school notices, and adults education. It references public services, volunteer drives, and local calendars for community engagement.
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Unislobe
MYA
UDPAC
Frederick County
Frederick Cy
YMCA
Frederick City
Ec —Gu
Frederick Arts Council
Moxie Reviews
Delaplaine Visual Art Center
Tre
Weinberg Center
Former Luftwaffe pilot recounts war years at CAF meeting
John Dengler, 77, described piloting a Heinkel 111 on more than 250 Eastern Front missions. He spoke at a Frederick Wing Confederate Air Force gathering, recalling Stalingrad, pessimism about Hitler, and sabotage of jets in 1944. Now in Gaithersburg, he remains a Civil Air Patrol member.
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John Dengler
Mr. Dengler
Luftwaffe
Frederick
Confederate Air Force
Dengler
Infantry
Russia
Stalingrad
Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Ed Dishman
Muller
United States
Gaithersburg
Civil Air Patrol
CAF
John Dengier
Seminar to teach Garrett County residents bear coexistence
Garrett County will host an April seminar at Garrett Community College on living with bears. Maryland D NR official Patty Manowa urges education for residents and rental agents to reduce nuisance bear problems, citing 300 statewide bears and rising incidents in Deep Creek Lake area.
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Living With Bears
Garret Community College
Oakland
Garrett County
Patty Manowa
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Garrett Community College
Manown
Maryland
Deep Creek Lake
Manowa
Rock Lodge Road
Deep Creek Lake State Park
Diana Hanline
Long and Foster Realty
Hanline
Department of Natural Resources
We’ve Got Frederick Written All Over Us
Local promotional item highlights a catchy slogan promising a Frederick themed service. Includes vague contact numbers and mentions of paving and free estimates with two business tags MHIC 4360S and a Seaboating reference.
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Frederick
Brederick Nefs-jdost
Henry
Free
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William Alderton
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Clarence Ward Sr
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Mr. Staley Sanner
Ohio Ave
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Gilcrest Hospice Center
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Joseph Jackson
Joseph William
Joe” Jackson
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Middletown
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Jeanette Belland Jackson
Walter A. and
Marie S. Hackley Jackson
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Pepco
District of Columbia
Us Army Map Service
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U.S. Army
Middletown Food Bank
Thomas W. Jackson
Lorri M. Eaton
Jessie Jackson
Donald B. Thompson
E. Main St
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Church of the Brethren
Middletown Volunteer Fire Co
Louise Hagan
Louise Mae Hagan
Gapland Road
Jefferson
Vindobona
Braddock Heights
Thomas Hefflebower Hagan
Broad Run
Howard M
Anna C. Schildknecht Hagan
Hagan
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JIA Gob Training Agency
Sil
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Design Motor
Feedenck County
Toons
Frederick News-Post
Ball Green
Shookstown Rd
Appalachian Tree Soc
Alan Nichols
Hampton Inn
Buckeystown
Byob Valentines
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Lemstown Vol Fire Co
Cash & Carry Frederick Produce Co
Byrons Park
Little Charlies
Urbana Vfc
Larry
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MEIC
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John K Henderson
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