Tamela Baker

The Washington County Teachers Association and the Washington County Educational Support Personnel Association have endorsed three of the four incumbents running for the four open school board seats in the upcoming election.

As final drafts are being prepared for Washington County's Fiscal Year 2025 budgets, the proposed capital budget has reduced a bit.

While it might seem Washington County has been one big construction project, historic preservation and farming occupied county officials this week.

I had arranged to be back in the town where I grew up in time for her arrival back in May 2002, but she was in a hurry. My mother called hours before I could get away, and as soon as I answered I could hear Abby wailing in the background.

As all of Maryland votes in the primaries May 14, voters in Boonsboro also will be voting for mayor and two open council seats.

A public hearing on new water and sewer rates for Washington County customers is set for next week, and the proposed rates are a little higher.

It's taken longer than anticipated, but renovations to the historic Updegraff building downtown are nearly complete, and tenants are moving in.

In all the years I lived near City Park, I can't begin to estimate the number of times I watched our graceful swans glide serenely across the park lake, their long necks tilted upward and their feathers spreading like tutus on the water. Watching them made me feel a little serene, too.

Water and sewer rates and the city's new budget are on the agenda for hearings Tuesday, and city officials propose a three-year series of increases.

Every day, local nonprofits quietly go about the business of trying to help where help is needed.