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Quartermania participants hold up wooden paddles to show their interest in an item up for auction during the fundraising event Sunday afternoon at the Mount Pleasant Ruritan Club More than 200 people dressed in green showed up for the auction, which served as a fundraiser for the Ruritan club Each year, the group puts on the event to help raise money for its community service efforts

Roger Rinker, manager of The Bicycle Escape, decorates a bicycle with shamrocks Sunday afternoon in front of Brewer's Alley in Frederick, before the group's St Patrick's Day ride

Emmitsburg: 7:30 p m today, 300A-1 South Seton Ave 301-600-6300 www emmitsburg net//towngov/index htm On the agenda: water rates; Little League fence funding

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A Middletown business owner wants to honor the memory of a longtime local artist with a raffle that supports the Middletown Food Bank

Sasha Scaun's first job paid $4 25 per hour Scaun recently retired after 20 years in new home sales

What does Goodwill do? We extend the life of items that have outgrown people's homes by selling their donations in our stores The revenue generated from the sale of donated goods helps to fund our free job training programs, employment placement services and other community-based programs to people with disabilities, those who lack education or work experience, and others facing challenges to finding employment

The Frederick Police Department is asking for the public's help in identifying the driver who struck a pedestrian Sunday on Key Parkway

The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory Sunday for Frederick County and the surrounding area that was set to expire at 6 p m today

When Capt Sara Knutson graduated from West Point, she made it clear to her mother that she didn't join the Army to sit behind a desk