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Mrs. Melissa Ann (Stup) Jarvis

Michael Kuster

Mrs. Melissa Ann (Stup) Jarvis, 51, a lifelong Walkersville dairy farmer, died unexpectedly on Saturday, April 23, 2016. She was the wife of Larry Gene Jarvis, Jr. They just celebrated their 33rd wedding anniversary. Born January 1, 1965 in Frederick, she was the daughter of Jim and Louise Stup of Walkersille. Melissa was a 1982 graduate of Walkersville High School. After her marriage to her high school sweetheart, Larry, on April 4, 1983, they traveled extensively as he continued his service with the military. They welcomed their daughter, Stephanie, while…

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Walkersville High Wins Startup Frederick

Michael Kuster, , ,

Walkersville High School won Startup Frederick “Shark Tank”-like student competition: Jarvis Cain, Keanu Rosa, and Rayel Wright….. Their $2,000 prize-winning project is called Ethereal. Students from every public high school in Frederick County tested their business ideas in the competition modeled on the TV show “Shark Tank.” Startup Frederick, designed through a partnership between the Frederick County Chamber of Commerce and Frederick County Public Schools, is the first competition of its kind in Frederick County. Like the television show, competitors each pitched a concept and business plan to a panel…

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FCPS Science and Engineering Fair: Walkersville Middle student Vineet Ravichandran Earns Grand Prize

Michael Kuster

Frederick County Public Schools announces winners in the 35th annual Frederick County Science and Engineering Fair, hosted at Tuscarora High last Saturday, April 2. Earning the grand prize were Middletown High School students Richard Derr and Frederika Rentzeperis for their project, “Differential Rotation As an Explanation for Saturn’s B-Field Periodicity.” They will represent Frederick County at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Phoenix, Arizona, next month. Walkersville Middle student Vineet Ravichandran earned the grand prize at the middle school level for “Accelerated Math Can Help Us Save…

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Glade Valley headline Obituaries 

Shirley Zimmerman

Michael Kuster,

Mrs. Shirley Jane Duvall Zimmerman, age 85, passed away peacefully on March 26, 2016 surrounded by her loving family and her caregivers at Homewood at Crumland Farms. Shirley was born on January 1, 1931, in Damascus, Maryland. She was the eighth of nine children of the late Morgan Oliver Duvall and Fay Huntington Watkins Duvall. Shirley graduated from Damascus High School as president of her class. She loved school and playing sports. She left Damascus to attend Towson State Teachers College. After graduating from college, she taught school in Germantown,…

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Glade Valley Government headline 

Parkside Developers Hope to Retain Existing Farm House

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At last night’s meeting of the Walkersville Planning Commission, Mr. Tom Poss asked for permission to make a change to the proposed Parkside Development along Biggs Ford Road. The property which has been a small farm with cattle and crops will be transformed into a development of more than twenty single-family homes. The change sought, however, will retain the existing farm house and an existing shed if the house can be saved without too much trouble. The new homes on either side of the existing home will face Biggs Ford…

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