Dickerson News

A coroner has scheduled an inquest into the death of a Maryland man fatally shot by police at an off-campus apartment near Seton Hill University.

A man who pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the bludgeoning death of his friend will protest his conviction in a hearing five months from now.

Upcounty parents are urging school officials to find others ways to increase enrollment in the Poolesville cluster besides closing Monocacy Elementary School and consolidating it with Poolesville Elementary.

The rural upcounty community has rallied behind Dickerson's Monocacy Elementary School, which the county schools superintendant has proposed closing by August due to a projected decline in enrollment.

Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Jerry D. Weast is recommending that Monocacy Elementary School be consolidated with Poolesville Elementary School.

The makeup trailer, shown here in 2007, at Markoff's Haunted Forest in Dickerson is where actors prepare for the scariness to come.

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Upcounty residents are stepping up opposition to a proposed 31-home subdivision in the county's Agricultural Reserve.

HOMESTEAD FARM Pick your own apples, peaches, raspberries and pumpkins, all available this month.

Scot Shuck, president of Grosvenor Market, arranges Maryland produce he is showcasing at his small grocery in North Bethesda.

The following is a summary of incidents in the upcounty to which the Montgomery County Police responded recently.

The family of a Dickerson man who was last heard from more than two years ago is still searching for answers.

The family of a Dickerson man who was last heard from more than two years ago is still searching for answers.

The family of a Dickerson man who was last heard from more than two years ago is still searching for answers.

Global Mission Church leaders presented their case Thursday for building a new church on the border of Frederick and Montgomery counties, but area residents were not satisfied.

Keen on vino? Bring extra cash to the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair, which will boast its first wine-tasting exhibit, said Martin Svrcek, executive director of the nonprofit Montgomery County Agricultural Center, which hosts the annual fair.

A judge has ordered the Board of Appeals to allow a Dickerson landscape contractor facing steep opposition from its neighbors to continue to do business out of a small residential enclave within the county's Agricultural Reserve.

By CARYL VELISEK AFP Correspondent FREDERICK, Md. - Although she didn't top the sale, the first calf in the sale ring at the Maryland All-Breed Calf Sale, helped set the stage for an excellent offering and sale held at the Frederick County fairgrounds on April 21.

By CARYL VELISEK AFP Correspondent FREDERICK, Md. - Although she didn't top the sale, the first calf in the sale ring at the Maryland All-Breed Calf Sale, helped set the stage for an excellent offering and sale held at the Frederick County fairgrounds on April 21.

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