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Happy Place
Historic Church Building Hosts Variety of Art Genres By Gina Gallucci-White and Photography by Turner Photography Studio On the first and third Wednesdays of every month you will find Joe Keyes hosting an improv jazz jam session in the converted church building that...
Stitches in Time
by Jody Brumage, Archivist, Heritage Frederick The Lincoln Tailoring Association operated from 1945 until the late 1950s, during the peak of Frederick County’s garment industry. Despite its brief existence, Lincoln Tailoring is significant to the history of...
Artfully Restored
Home Team Tackles Projects With Eye on ‘Before’ and ‘After’ Jeanne Blackburn and photography by Turner Photography Studio Cristy Stup knows houses. To her, they all have a story, and she listens. “I have had a love of buildings my whole life,” she says. She and her...
Burger with Your Beer
John Thompson started with a food truck in 2021 and recalls having it parked across the street from Olde Mother Brewing Co., 526 N. Market St., on an 8-degree winter day when one of the owners came out. “I said, ‘I heard you were thinking of opening a kitchen.’” That...
Rock Solid
by Jody Brumage, Archivist, Heritage Frederick James William LeGore was born in 1854 to John and Eliza LeGore near New Oxford, Pa. In 1861, the family relocated to a farm near Woodsboro. James’ father and elder brother, John H. LeGore, established a lime kiln where...
Home Delivery
Giving Shipping Containers Repurposed Life as Homes By Gina Gallucci-White, Photography by Turner Photography Studio When people look at a shipping container, they usually just see a large metal box for hauling goods across an ocean or interstate highway. Mount Airy...
Forged for Function
Bladesmithing Academy and Museum Honors Braddock Heights Craftsman By Gina Gallucci-White and Photography by Turner Photography Studio A lover of fine blades, William ‘Bill’ Moran Jr. was fascinated by Damascus steel, Ia layered-metals technique that creates intricate...
Flat Lettie
By Amy L. Metzger Hunt, Curator, Heritage Frederick After 113 years, the faint pencil writing of a precocious 11-year-old girl can still be read on the outside of a tattered paper envelope: “If this doll should get lost please bring it to 210 East Church Street,...
Magic Moms
How Lessons Learned in Jail Inspired Lois Jarman to Help by Karen Gardner photography by Turner Photography Studio Jail is certain to change the lives of those doing time, but for Lois Jarman, a college professor and former member of the Frederick County Board of...
Shining Example
Virgin Mary Statue Gleams After Extensive Restoration By Gina Gallucci-White and Photography by Turner Photography Studio In late July, Big Hook Crane & Rigging “was tasked with returning the gold-leafed statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary to its home at the...
