Walkersville News

Three men were arrested on drug charges during a saturation patrol this week in the Discovery neighborhood and surrounding areas of Walkersville , according to the Frederick County Sheriffa s Office.

A Frederick man faces assault charges after he allegedly backed his car into his former girlfriend Wednesday, the Frederick Police Department said.

Members of the Libertytown Volunteer Fire Co. are perturbed that several hundred residents in their first-response area recently received letters from Walkersville fire and rescue companies.

Walkersville -- Two Walkersville fire companies will canvass its first-responder area beginning this weekend with a petition to lower local fire tax rates.

"A treasure that will last forever." "The two best months of life." "Thanks for a memorable experience." Those were the words written by a few of the recruits describing 10 weeks of training as part of the 32nd Frederick County Corrections Academy.

Frederick County Homemakers board of directors met Nov. 3 at the Extension Office.

The Walkersville Elementary School PTA will host a seasonal flu vaccine clinic from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday for children, their families and members of the community at Walkersville Elementary School, 83 W. Frederick St.

Should municipalities be required to limit development when there isn't enough school capacity for expected new students? It's a question the Frederick County Commissioners will discuss Monday, following a lengthy public hearing this week with several municipal officials who objected to the county's interference.

Grief and Loss through the Holidays -- 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 19 at Emmitsburg Elementary School, 300 S. Seton Ave., Emmitsburg .

A group based in Washington is urging members of the 34,000 churches it represents nationwide to get the H1N1 vaccine as it becomes available.

Terry Poole's farming lessons are a big hit with his students. Poole, principal agent emeritus of the University of Maryland Extension Service, holds a class, Beginning a Successful Small Farm Operation, each year at the Frederick County Extension Office at 330 Montevue Lane in Frederick .

The federal holiday honoring U.S. military men and women falls on Wednesday, but Walkersville will celebrate its second Veterans Day ceremony three days early.

Close to 100 middle-schoolers from Howard and Frederick countiesgathered at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel recently for the 10th annual Space Academy, which employees at the facility hope will encourage the students to pursue a career in space exploration, math and science.

Ella Fitzgerald, 6, gets acquainted with a Chesapeake Bay blue crab during a tour of the new Earth and Space Science Lab at Lincoln Elementary School on Tuesday.

Volunteer Megan Miller and Rock Creek School student Hannah Mowry set out for a day at Disney World in 2007.

Instructor Buck Reed, left, watches while Jesse Lee of Walkersville washes the grains he used for his beer during a beer brewing class at the Flying Barrell Brewery in Frederick.

Workers on one of the LeGore Bridge's arches chisel the old mortar in preparation for tuckpointing or repairing the joints between the stones with new mortar.

Jesse Johnson, a native of Walkersville, has been inducted into the Cutco Cutlery Hall of Fame.

Former state's attorney Scott Rolle takes the stage as "Ernst." What: NoDOG Theatre Company presents "Frankenstein" When: Oct.

Hundreds of cars lined Md. 80 and Md. 355 into Urbana High School on Friday morning to receive flu shots at a drive-through site provided by the Frederick County Health Department.