Adamstown News

When Bryan Hissey got out of bed Sunday morning, he looked out his window at a yard filled with debris blown in by a windstorm.

The Dec. 23 story about a new 4-H club forming in the Adamstown area failed to cause a stir.

A 27-year-old man who authorities say set another man on fire is back in Maryland after being extradited from Arkansas.

A local graphic design artist is launching an online store to promote the Frederick County Animal Control and Adoption Center.

Drifting snow is making some county roads difficult to traverse. Frederick County highways assistant superintendent Donnie Crum asked drivers to stay off the roads to help plows do their job.

An Adamstown girl is helping to make other kids' Christmases bright. Becca Nylec, 12, is organizing a toy drive for the second time this year in her neighborhood, Green Hill Manor.

Albert Luhn of Frederick drops off yard waste as Phillip Lee of Adamstown picks up mulch Tuesday at the composting facility at the Frederick County landfill on Reich's Ford Road in Frederick.

Sabillasville - At the Sabillasville Elementary School cafeteria, 16201B Sabillasville Rd.

Scott Barao sold 420 pounds of ground beef one day last week at his Frederick County farm store, up from the 100 pounds he moves most weekdays.

Convinced the Frederick County Board of Education is too "out of control" to self-regulate, Adamstown resident Jerry Jongerius has filed a complaint with the Maryland state superintendent of schools.

The Greene Turtle Sports Bar and Grille on Citizens Way was robbed Monday, according to the Frederick Police Department.

A Sheriff's Office k-9 unit assisted with a scan of the car. Two Adamstown, Md., residents were charged with possession of marijuana by the Frederick County Sheriff's Office over the weekend.

Steve Stoyke, right, of Frederick County Department of Aging, talks with seniors about the importance of flu vaccinations at the Urbana Senior Center.

A sign at the corner of Buckeystown Pike and Adamstown Road marks the spot for the future site of the Carroll Manor fire station.

In Buddhism the lotus represents purity of body, speech and mind, floating above the muddy waters of attachment and desire -- pretty heady stuff for a plant that prefers to grow in the thick mud of shallow ponds, lakes and drainage ditches throughout India and other parts of Asia.

Recommended land-use changes would not only decrease "the value of our property, but we also feel it hurts the potential economic development of the county," says Earl H. Robbins Jr., an Alcoa spokesman.

Allegheny Power was dispatched to multiple power failures Friday night, said David Neurohr, Allegheny Power spokesman.

How time flies when you're having fun. It's my turn again for our Ask the Editor column.

A large patch of trees in a wooded area between Ijamsville Road, bottom, and Mussetter Road, top, was flattened by the violent storm that passed through the area Friday afternoon.

Carol Myers surveys damage to her farm on Ball Road near Ijamsville. Winds destroyed a number of the barns and sheds on the 300-acre farm.