Brunswick Railroad Days shifts to history on rails
Brunswick hosts Railroad Days celebrating transportation heritage with the dedication of Square Corner Park and a new C&O Canal visitors center at the Brunswick Railroad Museum. U.S. Sen. Paul Sarbanes toured the museum and the renovated City Hall as plans for the exhibit and canal improvements began, boosting local efforts and funding for a mural and sign campaigns.
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Brunswick
New Square Corner
C&o Canal
Brunswick Railroad Museum
Paul Sarbanes
Mr. Sarbanes
Berlin
Potomac River
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Brunswick Potomac Foundation
Douglas Faris
C&o Canal National Historical Park
Faris
Thomas Smith
Smith
Square Corner
Walt Stull
Economic Development Commission
Frederick
Philip Aldinger
Brunswick Volunteer Fire Co
Festival highlights Mason-Dixon line creation history
Emmitsburg festival explores the Mason-Dixon line pre dating the Civil War by a century with a mock observatory and antique instruments. Visitors tour markers, learn boundary methods from 1764, and hear that Frederick County preserves all stones though road proximity risks damage.
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Emmitsburg
Bob Gauss
Charles Mason
Jeremiah Dixon
Philadelphia
Frederick County
Mer Gauss
Mason-Dixon Line Preservation Partnership
Gauss
Joseph Marsden
Festival on the Ridge marks Mount Airy street fair amid gray weather
Mount Airy hosts Festival on the Ridge formerly Fall Festival on Main Street. New committee runs it after resignation of previous chair, renaming and organizing hayrides, pumpkin painting, scarecrow making, ghost train scavenger hunt, pie eating, chili cook-off and dessert contests. Vendors note crowds early, with slower afternoon return as nearby events draw attendees.
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Mount Airy
Mount Aury
Laurie Hager
Frederick
Brunswick
Maryland Mountain Festival showcases crafts at Lynch farm
Crafters offered candles dried flower wreaths wood carvings and paintings at the first Maryland Mountain Festival hosted by Frances Lynch at the Lynch farm near Frederick. Visitors hurried through rain between tents sampling dips sauces fudge and salads as several vendors noted slow business amid local festival competition. A Sheriff Office cruiser drew attention at the entrance while a petting zoo from Catoctin Mountain Zoological Park drew families.
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Hansonylle — Craters
Maryland
Lynch Farm
Frances Lynch
Frederick Fairgrounds
Frederick County
Catoctin Mountain Zoological Park
Candlelight vigil highlights mental illness stigma relief
At All Saints Episcopal Church a candlelight vigil urged defeating stigma around mental illness. Norine Haas of Frederick County Mental Health Association urged everyone to spread the message that mental illness is treatable. Poetry winners shared personal stories, with Katie Hendrickson taking third for Sheppard Pratt Room 360 and Dana Hackey earning second for Darkness.
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All Saints Episcopal Church
Norine Haas
Frederick County
Katie Hendrickson
Sheppard Pratt
Katie
Dana Hackey
Way Station Inc
Way Station
Way Station 20th anniversary party slated for Oct 9
Way Station Inc marks its 20th anniversary during Mental Illness Awareness Week with a public 7 p.m. Friday Oct 9 celebration by reservation. The event honors those served and volunteers while offering refreshments and entertainment by the Way Station Players in The Happy Journey. Call 301-662-0099 ext 402 for reservations.
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Way Staton Inc
Way Station
Thornton Wilder
Ground breaking set for Gov Thomas Johnson Middle School
Frederick County Public Schools will break ground for the Gov Thomas Johnson Middle School at 2 30 p m Friday Oct 18 on a 25 acre site near the Schifferstadt Drive Md 455 intersection Oak Contracting Corp will manage construction The 122 372 gross square foot building will seat 900 and include a competition sized gym The house concept by Einhorn Yafee Prescott Architects divides 900 students into six learning communities Completion planned for August 2000
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Frederick County Public Schools
Thomas Johnson
Schifferstadt Drive
MD. 455
North Market Street
Oak Contracting Corp
Einhorn Yafee Prescott Architects & Engineers, PC
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Charles Reifsnider
Sam Yo Matt Lowe
Braddock Heights
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