It was a crucial factor in the country’s economic takeoff well beyond what’s commonly assumed.

Sometimes, the success of a community is determined by the character of the people who live there. Such was the case with New Hagerstown, a tiny community in the southwest corner of Carroll County.

Music experts say we don’t need more “manly songs,” but we do need to help lower voices find their place. The 1910 edition of the YMCA songbook, Manly Songs for Christian Men, has no foreword or ...