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Families in need of free vegetables should contact the Seed of Life Community Supported Agriculture project by calling 240-344-6533.

Frederick County Charter Board public outreach meeting sponsored by Frederick County Farm Bureau and Frederick County Pomona Grange will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the New Market Grange Hall, 14 N. Alley, New Market. The meeting is open to members and the public. Refreshments will be provided. For information, call Tom Browning at 301-829-9071 or Donna Wiles at 301-829-0545.

University of Maryland Extension will sponsor a pasture management class from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday in Clarksville. The program awards two Maryland Nutrient Management Continuing Education Units for participation. For information or to register, contact Jennifer Reynolds at jenreyn@umd.edu.

The Frederick County Master Gardeners will host "Ask a Master Gardener" plant clinics from 10 a.m. to noon every Saturday through Aug. 27 at the West Frederick Farmers Market on Baughman's Lane. In addition, Master Gardeners will offer "Ask a Master Gardener" plant clinics from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 8 and Aug 5 in the Trust Conference Room. An evening plant clinic will be offered from 6 to 7:30 p.m. July 20 in the Community Room of the C. Burr Artz Public Library. Master Gardeners look at samples of ailing plants to make a diagnosis, give recommendations, answer questions and provide printed information on a variety of gardening subjects. The public is encouraged to bring in plant samples (branch, leaf or clear picture), insect samples, or lawn and garden questions to the clinic and get free advice. Email frederickplantclinic@gmail.com for information or questions.

AGsploration -- the Science of Maryland Agriculture planned for June 27-28 at the Frederick County 4-H Camp and Activity Center in Frederick, is a new program being offered by the University of Maryland Extension 4-H Program to enhance youths' science, technology, engineering and mathematics skills though interactive lessons that focus on Maryland's No. 1 industry, agriculture. The AGsploration team will offer a two-day, one-night event for youth who have completed fifth through eighth grade.

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Farm & Garden Calendar

For information and a complete fair schedule, visit www.marylandstatefair.com. Great Frederick Fair Farmers Market -- Frederick Fairgrounds, 797 E. Patrick St. 8 am to 2 pm Saturdays. Open all year. Contact Robert Fogle at 301-663-5895.



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Frederick County Homemakers are collecting children's picture books and chapter books for the Homemakers annual Head Start book giveaway at The Great Frederick Fair on Friday, Sept. 23. Donated books can be delivered to Linda Smith (301-600-1599) on



Billy Currington scheduled to perform at GFF

Country music's Billy Currington rounds out the entertainment lineup for The Great Frederick Fair in September. The GFF announced yesterday that Currington is set to perform at 7:30 pm Sept. 23. Currington has received multiple award



Ask the Editor — As Sept. 11 anniversary nears, we seek your input

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Classic 'My Fair Lady' to open Heritage Theatre Festival

"My Fair Lady" (book and lyrics by Allan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe) will be presented from June 30 to July 2 and July 5 to 9 at 7:30 pm at Culbreth Theatre. There will be a 2 pm performance on July 9. Tickets are $36 ($31 for seniors and




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Norwood Evening Garden Club: To host Frederick Rice on Feb. 22

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Great Frederick Fair - Bookshelf

The Great Frederick Fair, a history, 1747-2004

The Great Frederick Fair, a history, 1747-2004


Frederick, Local and National Crossroads

Frederick, Local and National Crossroads

Fdward Shriver for a permanent site and established what is known today as the location of the Great Frederick Fair. By the end of the 1850s, the nation's ...

Frederick County Revisited

Frederick County Revisited

Numerous articles in the local newspapers mention his Ayrshires' fine showing at the Great Frederick Fair, 4-H, and Western Maryland Ayrshire Field Day ...

The Spectator

The Spectator

CARLYLE'S FREDERICK THE GREAT* Second Noticb. The events of Frederick's reign ... No fair judge can blame the young man that he laid hold of the flaming ...

Vanity fair, a novel without a hero

Vanity fair, a novel without a hero

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