Welcome to FiND iT FREDERiCK, the magazine that fuses funky with functional! In this issue of FiND iT FREDERiCK you'll find…

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LET THEM EAT CAKE by Liza Hawkins
When you think “cupcakery,” what comes to mind? Georgetown Cupcakes, The Food Network’s “Cupcake Wars,” or maybe even our very own Frederick, MD? It’s kind of cool what can transpire in the course of a year in Frederick. Buildings downtown get a facelift, Wegmans opens, and we get three new bakeries whose focuses all center around one very important thing: cupcakes.
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LOTS OF HELPING HANDS by Jeanne Marie Ford
If you live in Frederick County, you’ve probably heard of Patty Pollatos. You’ve seen the signs around town: the Patty Pollatos Fund is holding a 5K race to benefit a community member with cancer; the Patty Pollatos Fund is raffling off a house in Thurmont; the Patty Pollatos Fund is holding a dance or sponsoring a penny drive at your child’s school.
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EN PLEIN AIR by Ty Unglebower
En plein air is a French term meaning “in the open air.” The expression is most commonly utilized to describe the act of painting while outdoors. Beginning in the mid to late 1800s as painting equipment became more portable, en plein air painting became increasingly popular with both amateur artists and the masters.
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PLEASE PRESS THE BUTTONS by Molly Fellin Spence
At the Roads & Rails Museum, one of the last things you’ll hear before you duck behind a curtain and walk up a short set of stairs into the giant room beyond is this: “Make sure to press all the buttons.”
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INSPIRED BY ART by Shuan Butcher
Have you ever wondered why the city’s seal includes church spires? Steeples in downtown areas aren’t unique in American towns, but John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem about Barbara Fritchie, penned in 1863, forever immortalized Frederick’s clustered spires. A phrase of just five words in a folklorish tale about a woman’s stand against the Confederate Army has become synonymous with the City of Frederick for the past 150 years.
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TRIP ACROSS THE SKY by Amanda Rodriguez
Check the envelope. Climb in the gondola. Crank the burner! That’s just a little hot air ballooning lingo for you, courtesy of Frederick’s own hot air balloon company, Tailwinds Over Frederick.
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A NEIGHBORLY VISIT by Erik McCabe Anderson
Hagerstown is renowned as a great place to visit for big shopping trips because of its fantastic outlets and large mall complete with food court. As great as these things are, I have recently become a fan of our neighboring city because of some key features in the downtown area that have a life all their own.
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