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72 Students Experiencing Homelessness Graduate from Summer Academy
FREDERICK, Md., July 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On Thursday, July 24, 72 students experiencing homelessness were recognized for completion of the New Horizons Academy at Governor Thomas Johnson High School (GTJHS). The program is run by the Student Homelessness Initiative Partnership (SHIP) of Frederick County in partnership with Frederick County Public Schools. "I am so proud of these students and their dedication to reaching graduation. Every year I am inspired by the number of teenagers living in such difficult circumstances who choose to spend their summer in school with us. Every young person who completed this year's summer program is walking away one credit closer to completing high school, a few life skills closer to achieving financial independence, and $4,000 closer to a college education. To see a 100% successful completion rate for more than 70 students is a true testament to the value of this partnership between SHIP and Frederick County Public Schools." – Melissa Muntz, Executive Director, SHIP of Frederick County. The New Horizons Academy is a five-week program that provides an opportunity for youth experiencing housing instability to receive academic and life skills instruction. Students receive credit for courses required to graduate and are awarded a $600 stipend for completing the program, eliminating the need to choose between working and attending summer school. All students graduating from the program also receive a $4,000 scholarship to Hood College. This scholarship is granted to them each year they attend the New Horizons Summer Academy. The program is open to all students experiencing homelessness attending Frederick County Public High School in the fall of 2025. According to the US Department of Education, there are over 1.5 million public school students nationwide who experience homelessness each year. As of July 2025, there were over 1,000 youth experiencing homelessness enrolled in Frederick County Public Schools. SHIP works to improve the lives of Frederick County's most vulnerable youth who are experiencing homelessness, helping them to achieve stability before entering adulthood. Those who do not graduate from high school are 3.5 times more likely to experience homelessness as adults. Providing students with the tools and resources needed to reach high school graduation is key to ending adult homelessness in the Frederick community. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE SHIP of Frederick County
Associated Press
23-07-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Orases Hosts Ribbon-Cutting to Celebrate 25 Years Building Custom Software Innovations
FREDERICK, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 23, 2025-- Orases, an AI-first custom software development firm and a five-time honoree on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies, has marked its 25th year of business. The company celebrated the milestone with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its Frederick headquarters. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: Orases 25 Year Anniversary Ribbon-Cutting The event commemorated a quarter-century of growth and highlighted the company's long-standing commitment to both technology innovation and community development. 'To mark this 25-year milestone surrounded by our dedicated team, valued partners, and leaders from the community was the perfect testament to our journey,' said Nick Damoulakis, CEO of Orases. 'It has always been our belief that true success isn't just about growth or technological innovation, but about building lasting relationships and sharing that success with the community that helped build you.' During the ceremony, Orases was presented with four proclamations from Maryland state and Frederick County officials, recognizing the company's contributions to the regional economy and technology sector. 'Orases has been a driving force in Frederick's technology sector, creating jobs and attracting talent to our region,' stated Rick Weldon, President and CEO of the Frederick County Chamber of Commerce. 'Their success story demonstrates what's possible when innovative companies choose to plant their roots in Frederick and grow with our community.' Orases is a co-founder of TechFrederick, an organization supporting the area's technology ecosystem, and maintains a decade-long partnership with the LYNX program to prepare high school students for careers in technology. Through these programs, Orases actively invests in the long-term vitality of its local technology community. About Orases Established in 2000, Orases is a custom software development and AI consulting company that helps organizations solve complex challenges and unlock new growth opportunities. We blend deep industry expertise, decades of hands-on tech experience, and AI-enabled development practices to deliver solutions that are technically sound and strategically built to solve unique business problems. Orases has partnered with leading brands, including the NFL, NPR, and Kimberly-Clark, to define strategic visions, rapidly prototype solutions, and bring features to market faster. Visit us at View source version on CONTACT: Media Contact: Julie Cimbalista 410.871.8335 [email protected] KEYWORD: UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA MARYLAND INDUSTRY KEYWORD: CONSULTING EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PHILANTHROPY BUSINESS OTHER PHILANTHROPY OTHER TECHNOLOGY SOFTWARE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OTHER EDUCATION SOURCE: Orases Copyright Business Wire 2025. PUB: 07/23/2025 10:10 AM/DISC: 07/23/2025 10:10 AM
Yahoo
14-07-2025
- Automotive
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Here's how this year's high wheel bike race turned out
The high-wheel bike, or penny farthings, has a large front wheel and a much smaller rear wheel. It was a popular design of the 1800s. The race, in Downtown Frederick, is the only one of its kind in the United States. The race is .4-mile square course through downtown, starting and finishing at North Market Street in front of Brewer's Alley. See more:
Yahoo
08-07-2025
- Business
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Glo Fiber Expanding High-Speed Fiber Optic Internet in Frederick County, MD
Broadband speeds up to 5 Gbps will be available in the towns of New Market and Walkersville, Maryland Glo Fiber EDINBURG, Va., July 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Glo Fiber, powered by Shenandoah Telecommunications Company ('Shentel') (Nasdaq: SHEN), announced they have reached an agreement to deploy fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband services to over 2,600 additional homes in Frederick County, Maryland in the towns of New Market and Walkersville. Glo Fiber's future-proof, reliable high-speed internet service is already available to more than 15,000 homes and businesses in the Frederick market, and construction is scheduled to be completed in 2026. This expansion is a testament to Glo Fiber's mission to bring state-of-the-art fiber broadband service and internet choice to smaller cities and towns. 'The Town of Walkersville is looking forward to the opportunity to work with Glo Fiber to provide our citizens with superior fiber-to-the-home technology,' said Sean Williams, Town Manager of Walkersville. 'The Town of New Market is happy that through Shentel, we can provide our residents with greater choice in their internet options,' said Mayor Winslow F. Burhans, III. Glo Fiber provides super-fast, symmetrical upload and download speeds of up to 5 gigabits per second (Gbps). Fiber-to-the-home technology and Shentel's 17,200-mile regional fiber network enable Glo Fiber to deliver high speeds, low latency, and unparalleled internet reliability. The company has earned a reputation for providing superior local customer service across its markets, including the growing list of communities in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Delaware. In addition to high-speed internet, Glo Fiber offers phone service, video service, and Whole Home Wi-Fi for a seamless connection anywhere in your home or business. 'Since 2021, we have continued expanding throughout the Frederick area,' said Chris Kyle, Vice President of Industry Affairs & Regulatory at Shentel. 'Walkersville and New Market, like the other Frederick County municipalities, were enthusiastic about providing their residents and businesses with a fiber-to-the-home option. We're proud of the work we are completing in the region and are proud to continue partnering with both the County and the Towns to provide the fastest, most reliable service possible.' Glo Fiber takes great pride in several key differentiators compared to their competitors: Fiber-to-the-home technology with exceptional reliability Symmetrical download and upload speeds of up to 5 Gbps Easy, straight-forward pricing with no long-term contracts Prompt and friendly local customer service To learn more about Glo Fiber, please visit for residential service and for commercial service. About Glo FiberGlo Fiber provides next-generation fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) multi-gigabit broadband internet access, live streaming TV, and digital phone service powered by Shentel (Nasdaq: SHEN). With services now available to approximately 363,000 homes and businesses, Glo Fiber offers reliable, symmetrical broadband service using state-of-the-art technology, including XGS-PON 10 Gbps networks. About Shenandoah TelecommunicationsShenandoah Telecommunications Company (Shentel) provides broadband services through its high speed, state-of-the-art fiber optic and cable networks to residential and commercial customers in eight contiguous states in the eastern United States. Shentel's services include: broadband internet, video, voice, high-speed Ethernet, dark fiber leasing, and managed network services. The Company owns an extensive regional network with over 17,200 route miles of fiber. For more information, please visit Media Contact:Jennifer A photo accompanying this announcement is available at in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
03-07-2025
- Business
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School board to switch to new online meeting platform
The Frederick County Board of Education is shifting away from the online platform BoardDocs to share meeting agendas and documents, as well as store archived meeting recordings. Granicus Peak, the board's new online platform, also owns Swagit Productions, which is what the board already uses to record its meetings. Both the Frederick County Council and the Frederick City Council use Granicus as a meeting platform. Diligent Corp. of New York City is phasing out BoardDocs in favor of its other platform for hosting meetings, called Community. However, Community does not integrate with the system the school board uses for video of its meetings. The board uses those videos as its minutes. Eric Louérs-Phillips, a spokesperson for Frederick County Public Schools, said on Tuesday the school district was told that the public would be unable to access BoardDocs after Tuesday. As of Wednesday morning, the BoardDocs site was still live. It wasn't clear on Tuesday when Granicus Peak will go live, other than in time for the next board meeting, which is Aug. 6. School board President Rae Gallagher wrote in an email on Tuesday that Community would not have integrated the school board's archived Swagit video recordings. 'We were told that there would be no video archive if we had stayed with Diligent Community,' she wrote. 'The videos are the official minutes of the meetings and so this was cause for concern for our Board.' The Maryland Open Meetings Act, which governs how public bodies meet and keep records of meetings, requires that meeting minutes be retained for five years. A Frederick County Public Schools press release published on Tuesday said the required transition from BoardDocs shows the school board's 'commitment to strengthening communication with the community and making it easier to access key public information.' Gallagher wrote that the school board was initially told that switching to Community would cost an additional $2,000 on top of the $7,800 it paid for BoardDocs in 2024-25. The school board budgeted for $9,800 for the switch. She wrote that the initial contract offer for Community was $10,000 over budget for the subscription and would have cost $19,800. Granicus was $500 over budget, she wrote, and will cost the school board $10,300 for the year. A school board meeting was scheduled for July 9, but 'due to the transition, we made a decision to cancel that meeting and move agenda items to subsequent meetings,' Gallagher wrote. 'The additional time was needed to ensure that staff were properly trained, get the platform up and running, and ensure compliance with the Open Meetings Act,' she wrote. Gallagher wrote that the school board was informed at the end of March that Monday was the last day for FCPS to upload to BoardDocs and that the subscription ended that day. The school board met with several different platforms, and decided that 'Granicus was the best deal for the functionality we need,' Gallagher wrote. 'Granicus offers similar functionality, integrates with our Swagit video platform, and presented a lower cost proposal,' she wrote. All school boards across the state will no longer use BoardDocs, Gallagher wrote. She did not know what platforms other school boards will use.
