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Glenn Blanchard, president of the Emmitsburg Board of Commissioners, resigned Wednesday from the board for health reasons

Matthew Dusablon enjoyed eating at Firehouse Subs as a college student, but he never believed he would one day operate one of the franchise restaurants

Army contractor Arcadis wants to continue its investigation of groundwater contamination in and around Area B by digging deeper wells in and around the site and east of Carroll Creek, representatives said Wednesday

Discussion about limiting mail delivery to five days a week has been in the news so often that Wednesday's announcement came as no surprise to some local business owners and residents --

Thousands of dollars continue to pour in for the Lillard family, which has been left devastated by the deaths of two young sisters in a house fire near Myersville

A Virginia man is in police custody after being arrested in connection with an armed robbery at Colonial Jewelers in downtown Frederick

ANNAPOLIS -- Frederick County's chief law enforcement officer on Wednesday lambasted the governor's gun-control plan, traveling to the state capital with hundreds of others to oppose proposed handgun licensing requirements and an assault weapons ban

A Virginia man has been arrested in connection with Tuesday's armed robbery at Colonial Jewelers in downtown Frederick Alonzo Meadows of Fairfax is currently in the custody of Metropolitan police in Washington He was arrested on a fugitive warrant this morning while driving the black pickup believed to be the getaway vehicle, according to a Frederick Police Department news release

Bryan Axline, of the Frederick city building and
maintenance department, works Tuesday on replacing the brick sidewalk at the entrance to Carroll Creek Park as part of the redesign of the entrance Working in the background, from left, are co-workers Wayne Smith, Howard Edwards and Dustin Nusbaum The brickwork should be completed in about three day

The Tuscarora Titans took first place in the varsity division of the Frederick County Winter Cheerleading Competition on Monday at Urbana High School Linganore placed second and Oakdale was third In the junior varsity division, Linganore was first, Oakdale second and Frederick third Members on the Tuscarora varsity squad are Heather Wilson, Sara Conway, Lisa Pickens, Susana Diaz, Meagan Noffsinger, Emily Bigelow, Greysen Lingg, Lexi Cappolella, Kelly Cardenas, Briah Gray, Samantha Maguire, Rachel Thompson, Casey Jones, Joanna Beitzel, Courtney Posch, Megan
Favilla, April Shanz, Jackie Tad