By Lauren Laker, Contributor Each year, 2,000 visitors stop in the Carroll County Visitor Center, wondering what to do in the little town of Westminster. For Barbara Beverungen, manager of Carroll County’s tourism center, the answer is simple. “Stroll down Main Street, window shopping (or buying), getting sidetracked, stopping in Ain’t That a Frame to ...
FeaturesDon’t underestimate the strength of cell phone photos By Roxanne Fleischer Earlier this fall I was playing a casual game of tennis at McDaniel when I heard an unusual sound coming from the bleachers; a squirrel was trying to rip open a Duncan Donut’s box. I finally got its paws on a huge chocolate covered ...
FeaturesMark Rust believes ASL is pathway for being an ally to the deaf community By Rachel Hooper If you hear laughter in the halls of McDaniel College’s Academic Hall, you’ll probably find an unlikely source, a professor who often teaches in silence using American Sign Language. The man with a great sense of humor is ...
FeaturesBy Katelynn McGinley If you find yourself tiring of going ten rounds with the GLAR toaster oven, or doing rock, paper, scissors with someone to see who gets the last cinnamon raisin bagel – you’ve got options. The Free Press took on the oh-so grueling task of breaking down the best places in Westminster to ...
OpinionBy Eleanor Nagle The First Amendment is a tricky thing. It gives us freedoms once unheard of and unique to America. Freedoms that make America what it is and should be. One would hope that those freedoms would be used to make America a better place but that doesn’t always happen. What is to be ...
OpinionInternational events affect us all. It shouldn’t take a disaster to raise awareness By Dave Robertson November certainly began on a high note in the World: Pakistan continues to endure a raging political conflict; the European Union reaffirmed a two-track approach to curbing Iran’s nuclear weapons ambitions; Venezuela has cracked down on press freedom; prices ...
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