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Friday, May 16th is the Principal Financial Group Family Fun Fest at Harry Grove Stadium. This is a free event that starts three hours before game time. That night the game starts at 7PM.
Come early to Harry Grove Stadium for the Principal Financial Group Family Fun Fest. The FREE event opens 3 hours [...]

This Sunday, May 11th is Mother’s Day.  Here’s a few things I’ve been able to find:
Mother’s Day High Tea and Wine Tasting at Elk Run Vineyards.

May 10-11, 12-4PM  (two seating’s) 12-1:30 or 2:30-4:00
Mother’s Day High Tea and Wine Tasting
$15.00 per adult Children 4 and over $8.00 (tickets required)
Seated [...]

I volunteered at the Frederick Marathon today. A friend of mine and I were at mile 8 with a very nice group of Boy Scouts (sorry that I forgot their troop number) handing out loads of water to the brave souls who took to the streets for the run.
I took some pictures of our station. [...]

Restaurant posts are kind of hard to write because most restaurants don’t seem to post new information for each new event on their websites. That being said, I decided it’s easier for me to just post a list of Mexican restaurants that may be holding specials for Cinco de Mayo (I’m running into [...]

I find this news very exciting because I spent many hours playing disc golf (we called it Frisbee golf) in the mid-80’s in upstate New York.  From the Gazette:
The park is located west of Md. Route 194 and adjacent to the Copper Oaks subdivision.
Disc golf is a sport in which players throw Frisbees at elevated [...]

Frederick Maryland Online reader, Josh wanted to share a cool online map he created:
I just created a Google MyMap with things to do around Frederick for families with young kids. I’ve got two little girls, and I sometimes read tidbits on your blog or in the FNP about things to do for young kids. I [...]

I just came across a publication from The Daily Record called the Frederick County Progress Report 2008.
In it there is a mention of th Frederick Wine Trail. Since we spent a while discussing Frederick wine at the coffee shop the other night, I was glad to see there is an organization following wine made [...]

April seems to have flown right by and here we are, almost in May. While walking around town, I’ve seen a burst of color from all the flowering trees and there’s a definite smell of spring in the air. Which brings me to make this incomplete list of things to do while you [...]

I never knew that someone could actually “play” the clock tower in Baker Park …
John Widmann can play ‘‘The Star-Spangled Banner” with his feet.
When you next hear the sound of the national anthem pouring out of the Joseph Dill Baker carillon tower in Baker Park on a quiet Sunday afternoon, you’ll know it’s him, using [...]

Since we’re on a theme, I found it timely that I received an email asking to promote an event in the area in May: The American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. We have all lost loved ones to the terrible, crippling class of diseases collectively called Cancer.
I received this note from an [...]