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All 200 fifth-graders at Oakdale Middle School gathered Friday afternoon to hold a Presidents Roundtable with pupils dressing as various presidents and spending time in character to meet with other “presidents ” The event was a part of history and governmental studies Kristen Patterson, portraying George Washington, left, and Chaviva Nicholas, as William Howard Taft, take part in the roundtable discussion with other students

Around the world, pediatrician Nahid Sobhani has felt a connection with humanity, which made it less painful to abandon her native Iran 34 years ago, she said

Students at Oakdale Middle School have been overcome with a warm, fuzzy feeling in the last few weeks, but it's not from the colorful pile of fleece blankets in teacher Shelly McGaughey's classroom

When politicians or others lose their temper in meetings or elsewhere in public, it often makes the news

A utility provider has filed a lawsuit against Myersville to stop the town from blocking construction of a gas compressor station

The local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People wants to meet with the Frederick Community College board of trustees to discuss the abrupt departure of former President Frederico 'FJ' Talley

Frederick County Public Schools did not open late Friday amid a blustery morning snow shower, but some bus drivers slowed down and delivered children to school later than normal

Help was quickly organized Friday for emergency responders and classmates of two little girls who died Thursday night in a Myersville house fire

A community grieved Friday after a fast-moving house fire claimed the lives of two young sisters and destroyed their family's home on a hillside outside Myersville

The Frederick County Sheriff's Office is seeking the public's help in identifying people who were involved in an assault at a New Market bar that left a man hospitalized for four days