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Author Archives: The Frederick-News Post

Maryland beekeepers fight to keep honeybee colonies alive

FREDERICK — The honeybee population in the U.S. is stable, but a recent study conducted by the University of Maryland showed that beekeepers continue to lose a high percentage of bees each year. “They’re not in danger of extinction,” said ...

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Md. lice-removal specialist helps clients ban pesky critters

URBANA — Cathlyn Lynch is nitpicky when it comes to lice. While there’s no harm in smothering someone’s hair in mayonnaise, Listerine, tea tree oil or other strange lice solutions recommended online, she said the fix is in picking out ...

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Md. Christmas light decorating businesses busy for holidays

FREDERICK — ‘Tis the season for lights and décor. Ronald Layman said he drove his dad crazy when he was growing up in Walkersville, always buying more lights to decorate for Christmas. “It’s part of the fun,” he said. Layman ...

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Frederick-based tech startup looks to solve math problems

FREDERICK — Have you ever tried to count how many jelly beans are in a jar for a contest? How would you solve it? Maybe you would guess a number. Others might try to visually count the jelly beans they ...

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Groups battle over purchase of state-owned rail line in Frederick

WALKERSVILLE — It’s just 7 miles of old railroad tracks that you would think no one would want. But want it they do, and now there’s a mini-war over who should gain control of a picturesque rail line that runs ...

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Boutique opens in Frederick after Harpers Ferry fire

FREDERICK (AP) — When Frederick native Veronica Burnside saw the ashes and charred remains of the boutique she had opened 10 months earlier in West Virginia, she considered closing the shop permanently. A three-alarm fire that ripped through the historic ...

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Frederick group urges Md. to regulate biolabs

FREDERICK — A watchdog group in Frederick is urging state licensing and registration of laboratories that handle certain deadly pathogens. The Frederick News-Post reports that the Containment Laboratory Community Advisory Committee filed comments last week with the Department of Health ...

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