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Poet Robert Pinsky delights crowd at Weinberg Center

While many were thinking of football, pizza and snacks Sunday, the audience at the Weinberg Center for the Arts got food for thought

 

Lights out: Ravens upend 49ers

Although it was mostly a sea of purple Sunday night at two Super Bowl parties, there was burgundy, blue and red as well

 

Photo from Around Town — Groundhog Day

Frederick Mayor Randy McClement holds 'Frederick Town Phil,' a stuffed animal, early Saturday morning in front of City Hall The mayor said the weather-predicting groundhog did not see his shadow, indicating an early spring The first-year event was sponsored by the Bicycle Escape shop and began with a ride from the shop to City Hall for the ceremony

 

Photo from Around Town — Fire and Ice

Ira Dixon uses an electric drill to carve details into a dragon ice sculpture Saturday in front of Brewer's Alley during the 'Fire and Ice' First Saturday celebration in downtown Frederick Dixon had 45 other ice sculptures on display throughout the downtown area

 

Photo from Around Town — Mathcounts

Gunnar Eklund, a sixth-grader at Windsor Knolls Middle School, works on a math equation Saturday during the Mathcounts regional competition at Gov Thomas Johnson Middle School The top 20 individuals and three winning teams will advance to the state championship The event included 90 sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade middle school students The first-place winner in the team competition was Urbana Middle School In the individual competition, first place went to Keshav Ramanthan, of Urbana Middle School; in second place was Victor Lin, of Gov Thomas Johnson Middle School; and third place we

 

Fire and Police Blotter: Officers arrest man on assault charges, resisting arrest

Police said they arrested Ricky Darnell Bowie, of Frederick, on Saturday night after he began kicking them and trying to run away after a traffic stop

 

Wheelchair can’t slow down veterinarian

Dr Nancy Little used a wheelchair during the build out on her veterinary business

 

FCC board meets to discuss Talley in closed-door session

The Frederick Community College Board of Trustees met for more than three hours in a closed session Saturday to discuss ongoing negotiations with former President Frederico 'FJ' Talley but took no action

 

County’s finest young musicians take stage

Not every young musician gets the chance to play in front of 500 or 600 people, but students at the Frederick County High School All-County Concert did exactly that Saturday night

 

Fathers, daughters share a dance

Big and little toes tapped to Michael Jackson and more as girls swayed in their best party dresses at the Daddy Daughter Dance on Saturday

 

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