Backyard Composting
Sat, Sep. 09, 2017 – 5:15 pm – 6:15 pm
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John grew up on a farm in Frederick County, Maryland. He studied at Frederick Community College and University of Maryland Baltimore County. He writes as a freelance writer while raising his children in Walkersville.
New London Homes Sponsors “Free Milk for a Year!” Give Away at The Great Frederick Fair
New London Homes, a local home builder based in New Market, MD announced its Sponsorship of the Milking Parlor and its commitments for this September’s Great Frederick Fair. Owners Chris and Jordyn Beachy have used their 2017 Sponsorship to craft a Dairy Education Campaign that promotes Milk and Agriculture, focusing on making milk relevant from farm to table. Chris Beachy, the Owner, grew up on a working dairy farm in Keymar, MD and showed Jersey Cows as a 4-H’er in his youth. This year he states, “It’s like going home in a way, it’s nice…
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Geraldine Ramsburg
Geraldine “Gerry” Virginia Ramsburg, 85, of Walkersville,MD passed away Monday, August 28, 2017 at the Glade Valley Center in Walkersville. She was the beloved wife of the late James Ramsburg. Born April 6, 1932 in Walkersville, MD she was the daughter of the late Murray Monroe and Viola C. Wachter Craver. Gerry was a 1951 graduate of Walkersville High School where she captained many of the schools sports teams. Soon after graduation she worked for Price Electric of Walkersville and followed most of her life on the family farm. She…
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Walkersville High School to Offer Every Student a Chromebook
Walkersville High School announced today that it will offer Chromebooks to every student beginning in October of this year. Over the next week a sequence of information will be sent out through Find Out First, The Parent Pipeline, First Day take home paperwork, and on the WHS Website. Administration will share overall procedures and information with students on the first day of school and each class assembly. The administration was informed over the summer of participation in the one-to-one project. Over the next month, staff and community will have time to…
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Eddie Mercer Agri-Services Vintage Art Contest at The Great Frederick Fair
Every year, the Eddie Mercer Agri-Services Vintage Art contest brings together local artisans who are partnered with a local business sponsor and then the artwork is displayed in Downtown Frederick merchant storefronts for the month leading up to the Fair. The artwork will then return to the Fair to be auctioned off to the highest bidder and proceeds will help support Agricultural Education programs. Artist’s designs, placed on Tin Stars (this year’s medium) incorporate the 2017 Great Frederick Fair theme, Fair of Dreams and the sponsor’s logos. Go to The…
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