<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Frederick</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/md/frederick?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</link><description>Frederick</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Landfill Neighbors Outraged by Transfer Station Plans]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12567-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12567-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:58:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Spring has blossomed along Reichs Ford Road in Frederick County, and so has the trash. The warm breeze carries its smell. Plastic bags bloom in the trees. Flying debris dots people's newly green lawns like dandelions.]]></description><author> Fredrick Kunkle</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Yields in Anthrax Lawsuit Standoff]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10510-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10510-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:58:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A federal judge yesterday ordered the Justice Department to begin providing testimony to attorneys for Steven J. Hatfill, the former Army scientist who is suing the government for identifying him as "a person of interest" in the anthrax investigation.]]></description><author> Henri E. Cauvin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frederick Calendar]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4402-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4402-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:58:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Thursday 21 <br>   EMMITSBURG KNITTING CIRCLE,  for teenagers and adults of all experience levels; bring your yarn and needles. 4 p.m. April 21 and the third Thursday of each month, Emmitsburg Branch Library, 300A S. Seton Ave., Emmitsburg. Free. 240-629-6329.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, Frederick In the Spring]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5353-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5353-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:58:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Just  when you think you've got Frederick County pegged as the antithesis of suburban Maryland liberalism, somebody like the Green-Walled Garden Club ladies will remind you that in a community growing as quickly as this one, all is not as it sometimes seems.]]></description><author> Elizabeth Williamson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[As Coffee Brews, City's Old Guard Stirs Up Memories]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59652-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59652-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:58:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Years ago, they were the politicians and the policemen, the newspaperman and the bank examiner, the high school football coach and the school superintendent. Now they are the Frederick Coffee Club, gathering six days a week for a half-hour, a $1.10 cup of joe and the solace of collective memory.]]></description><author> Elizabeth Williamson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frederick Requests Mostly Unheeded]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49988-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49988-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:58:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Only a handful of measures requested by the Frederick Board of County Commissioners were approved by the General Assembly this year.]]></description><author> Fredrick Kunkle</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[20 Teachers Cited for Inspiring Children to Learn]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48204-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48204-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:58:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Twenty teachers from across the region were given 2005 Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Awards by The Washington Post yesterday in a ceremony that seemed like a seminar on the methods and value of good instruction.]]></description><author> Martin Weil</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor, Patience a Winning Equation]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31299-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31299-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:58:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  You can't have a conversation with Nancy Hebdon without asking about Irma.]]></description><author> Lori Aratani</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Napa Valley, Bordeaux . . . and Brookeville?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31309-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31309-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:58:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[No sniffing, no swishing, no spitting  --  this is a Linganore wine tasting. So drink up,  and don't be a snob about it.]]></description><author> Elizabeth Williamson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Standout Calvert Pitcher  Meets a Formidable Foe]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28648-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28648-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:58:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ As difficult as it was to believe, there was talk before the season that Calvert All-Met pitcher Megan Elliott might have a rival in the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference, someone who could match her dominance.]]></description><author> Alan Goldenbach</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Superintendent Right at Home in Her New Position]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22071-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22071-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:58:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Linda Burgee is, in her own words, "psyched."<br>The Frederick native has been named superintendent of the school system from which she graduated, to which she sent her three kids and where she spent three decades as an elementary school teacher, principal and administrator. No wonder she...]]></description><author> Elizabeth Williamson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Trifecta of Food, Bets and Slots]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13119-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13119-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:58:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Rain was making chocolate-colored goo of the track at Laurel Park. Same for Aqueduct in New York and Ohio's Beulah Park.]]></description><author> Fredrick Kunkle</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Hat Full of Trouble for Frederick County]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3954-2005Mar26.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3954-2005Mar26.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:58:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The hat was nothing special  --  except for the Under Armour logo, it was just one of those slate-gray knit jobbies that a skier might wear.]]></description><author> Fredrick Kunkle</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Md. Bill On 'Life Partners' Advances]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2045-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2045-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:58:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Unmarried "life partners," including gay couples, would be empowered to make health and funeral decisions for each other under legislation approved Friday by the Maryland Senate.]]></description><author> John Wagner</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Md. Disputes Need for ER In Upper Montgomery County]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64369-2005Mar24.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64369-2005Mar24.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:58:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The vast territory between Rockville and Frederick is home to 330,000 people, 75 public schools, 15 firehouses and not a single hospital emergency room.]]></description><author> Katherine Shaver</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strathmore Subcontractor Sues]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50162-2005Mar19.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50162-2005Mar19.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:58:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The company that installed decorative railings and three-story light fixtures in the Music Center at Strathmore is suing the general contractor and Montgomery County because it says it has not been fully paid for its work.]]></description><author> Tim Craig</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Md. Church Rethinks Liquor License]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42244-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42244-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:58:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The elders of Evangel Cathedral in Upper Marlboro have withdrawn an application to serve alcohol at their new banquet hall after a state lawmaker raised questions about the propriety of a church holding a liquor license.]]></description><author> Hamil R. Harris</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pentagon Eases Alert on Anthrax in Mailrooms]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35943-2005Mar15.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35943-2005Mar15.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:58:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Officials say they are confident there is no public health threat after a series of tests all come back negative for the deadly bacteria.]]></description><author> Spencer S. Hsu and Josh White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alert Locks Down Defense Mail Facilities]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33975-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33975-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:58:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Hundreds of workers were forced to remain inside the Fairfax County building just hours after the mailroom at the Pentagon was evacuated and closed.]]></description><author> Jamie Stockwell and Allan Lengel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interim Schools Chief Becomes Permanent]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22129-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22129-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_metro/md/frederick</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:58:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Frederick County Board of Education appointed the school system's acting superintendent, Linda D. Burgee, to the permanent post, agreeing on a four-year contract and ending a national search for a schools chief.]]></description><author> Elizabeth Williamson</author></item></channel></rss>