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Sat, November 21, 2009

Zwinak-led Lancers win
GAITHERSBURG -- At practice, Linganore running back Zach Zwinak is used to running the length of the football field.

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Senior Calendar Area Religion News Shops will focus on holiday sneak preview Mount Airy council rejects annexation request Local Roundup: Lancers boys advance in playoffs Linganore girls hope they're peaking for playoffs West Virginia staff advises dismissing PATH application Compass Area Religion News Town amends 2009 budget to pay for wastewater building improvements Commissioners assert authority over substation location Town officials working to maintain abandoned properties Gathered to grieve One dead, four injured in crash An unprecedented win Dalton son remembered at memorial Lancers crush Westminster Mount Airy man faces charges after house fire Schools respond to the death of Dalton family Funeral for Dalton family to be held Saturday in Lisbon Saturday funeral set for Dalton family Neighbors, friends dumbfounded to explain Mount Airy murder-suicide Eckard ties record in blowout victory 87-year-old man injured in house fire Council approves hiring freeze, cuts to meet budget shortfalls

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QUICK FACTS

Town Hall: 110 S. Main St., Mt. Airy, MD 21771 Mayor: David W. Pyatt Town Council: Peter Ramsey Helt, Gary Nelson, Wendi Peters, David W. Pyatt, Chris Everich Population: 8,761 (est. pop. 2008; Source: Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau) Year founded: 1894 Town meetings are held in the town hall on the first Monday of the month at 7 p.m. Number to Know: Town Hall: 301-829-1424 On the web: www.mountairymd.org Landmarks: Mt. Airy museum, Berrywine Plantations/Linganore Winecellars, Elk Run Winecellars, Loew Vineyards Discuss MOUNT AIRY in our forums

DID YOU KNOW

Elected officials, a mayor and a five-member Town Council, serve four-year terms and are elected at-large. Median sales price of recent home sales: From July-Sept '09 - $385,000 (Source: trulia.com) Home to one of the longest railroad tunnels east of the Rockies. (Source: carr.org)

MOUNT AIRY SCHOOLS

Elementary: Twin Ridge, Green Valley, Kemptown Middle: New Market, Windsor Knolls High: Linganore, Urbana Private: Mt. Airy Christian Academy

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