From the Mayor
Emmitsburg Mayor Don Briggs As always, May brings a lot with it, both in the expected and the unexpected. None more touching, as expected, than the many graduations: pre-K to kindergarten, middle...
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by James Rada, Jr. Emmitsburg April 2019 Meeting Town Approved Mandated Cross-Connection Control Program The Emmitsburg Commissioners approved the state-mandated cross-connection control program that...
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Lunch With Grandma
Carolyn Shields On Saturday, March 30, 2019, Helen Reaver hosted another “Granddaughter’s Day” at her house at the end of a long, dirt road. Eleven of her granddaughters traveled from across the...
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Locally Crafted Products Are Collector’s Items
James Rada, Jr. Over its history, Emmitsburg has been home to artisans and craftsmen whose pride of craftsmanship made their work collector’s items. One notorious artisan of Emmitsburg is John...
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WOODSBORO BANK CELEBRATES 120 YEARS OF SERVING FREDERICK COUNTY
James Rada, Jr. The year 1899 marks the year that aspirin was created. It is the birth year for Al Capone, Duke Ellington, and August Anheuser Busch, Jr. Henry Bliss became the first person killed in...
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Thurmont Little League Opening Day
Blair Garrett The sun may not have been shining, but the smiles and laughter of 100 Little Leaguers surely brightened a cloudy day. Opening day for Thurmont Little League (TLL) kicked off April 6,...
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Clocks Are Lasting Piece of Emmitsburg’s Heritage
Last month, I wrote about how a local Emmitsburg collector owned two Armstrong rifles, which had been crafted in town. The same collector owns an Eyster clock, and the Maryland Room at the C. Burr...
View ArticleEmmitsburg Lions Club’s Heritage Art Contest
The Emmitsburg Lions Club is once again sponsoring a Heritage Art Contest. The contest is open to school-aged children from the Emmitsburg School area in first through eighth grades. Homeschoolers are...
View ArticleFilm on Planetary Changes with Leonardo DiCaprio
You are invited to a free showing of Before The Flood, a special film documenting extreme weather changes and how they are affecting all of us, especially the poorest people and innocent creatures...
View ArticleTicks and Snakes and Bears, Oh My!
Deb Abraham Spalding Ticks Incidents of Lyme disease in people are on the rise in our area, while the incidents of Lyme disease in our dogs are on the decline. Our Blacklegged (Deer) Tick is the...
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You Are Here!
The Catoctin Banner is distributed via direct mail to approximately 8,500 households in Emmitsburg, Thurmont, Sabillasville, Cascade, Lewistown, and Rocky Ridge, Maryland. It is placed for free...
View ArticleAbout Our Cover Photo: The Maryland Iron Festival
The first annual Maryland Iron Festival was held the weekend of May 18 and 19, 2019 in historic Catoctin Furnace, in Thurmont, Maryland, to celebrate the state as a center for the craft of ironmaking....
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History of Orchards In Northern Frederick County, MD
Deb Abraham Spalding Elmer “Lee” Black was born January 31, 1923, to Willis G. and Maude Baker Black. Lee was only 14 when his father died unexpectedly. He and his siblings, older brother Harry and...
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Inspiring Aspiring anglers
BY Dan Neuland The 79th Annual Brotherhood of the Jungle Cock (BOJC) Campfire Weekend was held at Camp Airy in Thurmont on May 17-19, 2019. The camp hosted a total of 365 attendees, which included 179...
View ArticleMD 77 (Foxville Road) UPDATE
The State Highway Administration has begun overnight closings and detours on MD 77 (Foxville Road) to repair more than 40 aging culverts. MD 77, between Pryor Road and Stottlemyer Road, will be closed...
View ArticleUPDATE: Ticks, Snakes, Bears… Oh My!
Deb Abraham Spalding Ticks Incidents of Lyme disease in people are on the rise in our area, while the incidents of Lyme disease in our dogs are on the decline. Our Blacklegged (Deer) Tick is the...
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Mayor John Kinnaird I am writing from Ocean City, Maryland, this morning! The Maryland Municipal League Summer Conference is being held from June 22 through June 25 at the Convention Center in O.C....
View ArticleFrom the Mayor Emmitsburg
From the Mayor Emmitsburg Mayor Don Briggs Summer in Emmitsburg is blooming. The pool, dog park, exercise trail, multi-use trail, and ball fields are all in use and all busy. The first pool party was...
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Town Hall Report by James Rada, Jr. Emmitsburg For more information on the Town of Emmitsburg, visit www.emmitsburgmd. gov or call 301-600-6300. June 2019 Meeting New Sign Ordinance Moves Forward The...
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