Customs and Tradition

January traditionally is a busy time at Glendale Community College, with students returning from the holiday break for an intensive six-week winter session designed to help them earn credit and accelerate their studies. But the campus will remain mostly...

A beer bottle was lit up like a Christmas tree on one Facebook page and flanked by stuffed animals in another. Then there were the iPhone apps that allowed drinking enthusiasts to hunt for virtual trophies or monitor the weather through drink prices, and...

When should we take down our Christmas decorations? For many of us, it's simply a practical question. We might take down the decorations when we have time, perhaps the weekend after Christmas, or perhaps when the needles on the tree start to dry up...

Beaver Creek Church of the Brethren, Pastor Rachel Black will lead the 10 a.m. service on The Good News is Here! Sunday school for all ages at 9 a.m. Stan Barkdoll is the worship leader. Benevola United Methodist Church, Boonsboro, Pastor John Dean...

I have always been captivated by how humanity explains its presence in the world and how it views itself in the universe. If we go by most accepted historical facts, humanity as we know it, modern homo sapiens, began on the planet some 40,000 to 60,000...

FLANDREAU (AP) - It seems an unlikely concept: teenagers forgoing the immediacy of a McDonald's Big Mac to don an apron, grab a meat patty and learn how to cook their own lower-fat version in the kitchen. But for a group of students at the Flandreau...

Lavansville-Bakersville The Lavansville-Bakersville Lutheran Parish will be celebrating the third Sunday after Epiphany. Mt. Zion in Bakersville begins worship at 9 a.m. Mt. Calvary in Lavansville begins worship at 10:30 a.m. For more information, call...

Tomorrow marks the passing of 25 days since the 25th of December. During that time we have seen the trees recycled, the ornaments and decorations stashed away for another year, and, in the aftermath of all those holiday feasts, the diets started. That...

In 2011, large and small businesses were inundated with new, digital marketing tools. Many waded through the options and scrambled to establish a presence among traditional online websites and in social media circles, while others found participation...

Watching "Gleam" at Center Stage is like visiting a distant era that actually wasn't all that long ago. This play takes place between 1903 and 1928 in a rural Florida town. Its residents' customs and speech patterns seem closer to 19th-century...

Ask the folks in economic development what success looks like, and they are quick to tell you: Current employers hold the key to job creation. Help existing businesses succeed, they say, and we win twice over. First, the expansion of current employers...

Tax season is officially here, with the Internal Revenue Service and state of Maryland starting Tuesday to accept electronically filed returns. This is a good year for procrastinators. April 15 — the traditional due date for returns — falls...