FREDERICK — Military records are shedding new light on Agent Orange testing decades ago at Maryland military installations and raising new concerns about health hazards from the Vietnam War-era chemical defoliant. Fort Detrick released fresh details Tuesday on outdoor experiments ...

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A Frederick technology company has been awarded nearly $500,000 from its former president, who started a rival company while still an employee and defamed his employer to drum up business. Caveo Network Solutions Inc. prevailed on its counterclaim filed in ...

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FREDERICK — Hood College President Ron Volpe says he has verbally agreed to a five-year extension that will keep him at the school in Frederick through 2016. Volpe told The Frederick News-Post on Monday that he expects to end his ...

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FREDERICK — The U.S. Postal Service is considering moving some of its Frederick mail-processing and distribution operations to Baltimore. Frederick Mayor Randy McClement said Thursday he received a letter from the Postal Service seeking public comment on the possible consolidation. ...

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FREDERICK — Some Maryland opponents of a proposed multistate power line are asking state regulators to dismiss the project because they say it may not be needed. The Frederick-based Sugarloaf Conservancy filed the motion Tuesday with the Maryland Public Service ...

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FREDERICK — A Frederick man who allegedly wielded a machete during a robbery of four teenage campers is going to prison. Twenty-two-year-old Nicholas Cann was sentenced Tuesday in Frederick to 12 years behind bars for his role in the attack ...

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KEYMAR — Originally, a business wasn’t in Kasha Bomysoad and Michele Reese’s plans. But the sisters seized an opportunity that became available and are now owners of Red Caboose Vintage Goods & Furnishings store in Keymar. Red Caboose sells housewares, ...

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BOONSBORO — For Dave Myers, the tick-tock of a clock is the heartbeat of a house. Myers repairs grandfather clocks, mantel clocks, wall clocks or any type of clock that doesn’t need to be plugged in. “The electric clock killed ...

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FREDERICK — The Frederick County Commissioners are quitting the county’s employee pension plan. The all-Republican board voted Thursday to eliminate pension eligibility for themselves and future commissioners. Board President Blaine Young says the change will save $40,000 per year.

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FREDERICK — Serina Roy’s hobby turned into a business and her new location allows her to offer more to customers. Roy, a former CPA and Frederick City Police officer, always loved to roast her own coffee. She bought a two-pound ...

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