Mount Airy News

Quinn Chapel AME, 106 E. Third St., Frederick , theme is Women of Faith -- Increasing Our Power Through Prayer, as part of its Women's Day service Sunday.

Schools locked down and barricaded their driveways. Merchants shut stores early.

Wine is now being produced in all 50 states, even in Alaska where some daring souls in Homer, Kodiak and Anchorage are using fruit and purchased grape concentrate to create them.

Karl started a career in law enforcement with a major metropolitan police department where he was a police cadet, patrol officer and detective.

Richard Eubanks of Monrovia receives a flu shot Tuesday at the Rite Aid in Frederick.

County police Capt. Thomas C. Didone urges passage of the Safe Teen and Novice Driver Uniform Protection Act of 2009, or the STANDUP Act, which would encourage states to adopt uniform graduated license laws to help prevent teen driving crashes like the one that killed his 15-year-old son, Ryan.

The '65 Mustang you see on these pages has certainly come a long way. While it didn't hap-pen overnight , Rick Lane's idea to build a drag car with some street manners he could enjoy at the local dragstrip started with a solid plan.

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Regional wine week is coming to a close. Have you had some regional wine? Those living in Central Maryland can visit Black Ankle Vineyards in Mt.

Thursday night was strange. It was almost like an episode of "The Twilight Zone," which is appropriate since Halloween will be here soon.

This satellite view of the intersection in front of the Mount Airy Post Office, from the county Tax Department, illustrates the illegal turn city police are trying to curtail.

MT. AIRY, Md. - A section of eastbound Interstate 70 in Frederick County was closed Tuesday morning due to a multivehicle accident in the area of Bill Moxley Road, Maryland State Police said in a news release.

Crews spent Tuesday morning cleaning up the mess left behind from a jackknifed tractor-trailer along Interstate 70 in Mount Airy, Md.

Three sites in Virginia have been named to a national group's annual Top 10 Great Places in America list.

Congratulations go to Jimmy Full, of Mount Airy. Jimmy's heifer, Cherry Knoll Ark Pride 807, was selected as Grand Champion Angus Heifer in the 4-H and open shows at this year's Maryland State Fair, in Timonium.

Maryland Secretary of Agriculture "Buddy" Hance presents the Governor's Cup trophy to Sarah O'Herron, owner of Black Ankle Vineyards.

Rescue workers examine one of two vehicles involved in an accident on Bill Moxley Road that left one person dead and four others injured Monday night.

Submitted photo Glen Coleman, left, chief technical officer, and Florene Miller, president and certified indoor quality/mold inspector of Healthy Technologies, Inc., show one of the air quality systems that was installed at the Greater Mount Airy Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center.

Mount Airy man killed family, self: A Mount Airy cabinetmaker and maintenance worker found dead Friday evening in his home along with his wife and two children shot them in their sleep before killing himself, state police said Saturday.

Gino Jones was sentenced to 15 months in prison for failure to file income tax returns.