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IJAMSVILLE -- Annette Breiling wanted to teach from the time she was a child Now, at 72, retired after founding two Quaker schools, she can look back on a life of accomplishments in education

Holding a bouquet of roses, Taylor Lokey simultaneously wept and beamed broadly Saturday as she received a standing ovation from the audience at J B Kussmaul Theater at Frederick Community College

Hood College was chartered in 1893 -- originally as the Woman's College of Frederick -- and has yielded more than 20,000 graduates

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Editor's note: To mark Black History Month, The Frederick News-Post is exploring the contributions of African-Americans during the Civil War

Three local governments have spent almost $200,000 to defend their land-use plans against challenges from Friends of Frederick County

With less than a week to go before major across-the-board spending cuts are triggered under sequestration, local officials worry that the indiscriminate cuts could have a deep, lasting effect

Ask John Healey how the future looks five months after a $1 million renovation to the Weinberg Center for the Arts in downtown Frederick was completed, and he'll point to the numbers

Judging by the traffic to our website, News-Post readers really like to read about crime

Wood chips fly before a packed crowd Friday night at Francis Scott Key Mall for the Ag Week Roy Porter Memorial log sawing contest The boys contest was won by Tyler Hipkins, left, and partner Bill Scott, not shown, of the Tuscarora High School FFA team, who beat the Catoctin High School FFA team of Phil Kolb, left, and Wyatt Farmer, in the background The girls contest was won by the Paddock Pals 4-H Club team of Kaylen Grofe and Amber Murphy