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When it comes to opening new beer, wine and liquor stores in the county, competition is stiff

Karen Harbaugh, owner of the Clustered Spires Pastry Shop on Montevue Lane, was busy Monday afternoon making traditional kinklings for Shrove Tuesday She anticipates selling 40 to 60 dozen kinklings today and will continue making kinklings through the end of the month

A judge ordered Alonzo Lee Meadows, the 31-year-old Fairfax, Va , man held on charges stemming from last week's armed robbery of Colonial Jewelers, held without bail Monday as an investigation continues into two other men who helped carry out the heist

The Sunoco Fountaindale Service Center in Middletown sold Saturday night's second-tier winning Powerball ticket, and is awaiting the winner to step forward and claim the million-dollar prize, as of Monday afternoon

VATICAN CITY -- With a few words in Latin, Pope Benedict XVI did Monday what no pope has done in more than half a millennium, announcing his resignation and sending the already troubled Catholic Church scrambling to replace the leader of its 1 billion followers by Easter

As the world reacts to the surprising resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, local Catholic clergy expressed excitement about what the future holds for the church

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Today: Three-month bill auction, six-month bill auction

Middletown: 7 p m Monday, 31 W Main St 301-371-6171 www middletown md us On the agenda: parking lots in residential districts

A Frederick County firefighter and another person were taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital on Sunday after a collision involving a rescue vehicle, according to Doug Brown, Emergency Services bureau chief