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Thurmont Grange Holds Annual Community Citizenship Award Ceremony
Grace Eyler November 23, 2015, marked the annual Community Citizenship Award ceremony held by the Thurmont Grange. This year, members joined together to share special memories and give thanks to the...
View ArticleCommunity Service Project Fundraiser by Local 4-H Member in Memory of...
Gateway Market in Thurmont helped their niece and local 4-H’er, Margo Sweeney, with her community service project fundraiser to meet her goal for scholarships. Margo decided after the passing of her...
View ArticleThe Doughboy Will Soon Be Back In Place
James Rada, Jr. The Emmitsburg Commissioners voted on a spending limit of $40,000 to make repairs to the Doughboy statue and to build a new pedestal for it during the December 8, 2015, town meeting....
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Rocky Ridge Progressive 4-H Club Celebrates Another Great Year
On November 1, 2015, the Rocky Ridge Progressive 4-H Club of Frederick County Maryland celebrated another great year of 4-H achievements at their annual club banquet. Community members and 4-H families...
View ArticleTip Me Frederick Awarded $23,000 Grant from Maryland Department of Agriculture
Support from State Spay-Neuter Grant Program Will Help Tip Me Frederick’s Lifesaving Work for Community Cats Tip Me Frederick (TMF) is pleased to have received a grant from the Maryland Department of...
View ArticleEmmitsburg Area Home Fire Safety Visits
In light of two recent area fires of significance, a Home Fire Safety Visitation effort, including Smoke Alarm awareness information, began Saturday, December 12, 2015, reaching Emmitsburg area...
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Thurmont Downtown Revitalization Project Complete
Deb Spalding A celebration for the completion of the Thurmont Downtown Revitalization Project was held on Thursday December 3, 2015, in the Thurmont Main Street Center on Water Street in Thurmont....
View ArticleAre the New “Smart” Credit Cards Just Another Dumb Idea?
Nicholas DiGregory While the holiday season is usually accompanied by extravagant announcements of better, brighter, and more meaningless high-tech toys, there is one piece of recently-released...
View ArticleCatoctin High Awards Distinguished Graduates
James Rada, Jr. One is a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice. One is a local businesswoman. One is a police chief. One is a college coach. One is a retired Catoctin High School teacher....
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AROUND town
Local Ice Bucket Challenge and All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast Last summer, sharing a video of yourself reacting to a bucket of cold water being dumped on your head was all the craze. Some went big and used...
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COMMUNITY news
Cuddles Cat Rescue Holds Unique and Successful Fundraiser Cuddles Cat Rescue (CCR) had some awesome fundraisers in 2015: a pizza night at Rocky’s New York Pizza; Cuddles Cat Rescue and Friends calendar...
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Coach & Vera Bradley Bingo Night Come out to Mother Seton School in Emmitsburg on Saturday, February 20, 2016, for their Coach & Vera Bradley Bingo Night. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., with games...
View ArticleTown Hall Reports
From the Mayor Emmitsburg by Mayor Briggs The town received several late Christmas presents. On December 26, 2015, five Troop 727 Boy Scouts were awarded the Eagle Scout designation. Keegan X. Wright,...
View ArticleFind More Than Ag History at the Thurmont Center for Agricultural History
James Rada, Jr. While the design of the Thurmont Regional Library was inspired by the Catoctin Furnace, when you walk into the Thurmont Center for Agricultural History, you’ll see a different...
View ArticleA Brief Guide to Protecting Your Property
Nicholas DiGregory in come and gone. The last-second scramblers have stopped raiding the store shelves; gridlocked traffic no longer clogs every highway; and all of the in-laws have (hopefully)...
View ArticleThe Record Making 2016 Powerball Jackpot: How Will You Remember It?
Nicholas DiGregory Despite statistical odds of 1 in 292.2 million, three superbly lucky winners picked the correct six-number combination to claim a piece of the record-smashing $1.6 billion Powerball...
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The Town of Thurmont’s Green Team
Deb Spalding The Town of Thurmont formed the Thurmont Green Team in May, 2015, and is working towards certification this spring as a Maryland Certified Sustainable Community. Sustainable Maryland is a...
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An Interview with a Jeopardy Champion
Nicholas DiGregory If you tuned in to Jeopardy! on December 3, 2015, you would have seen Rocky Ridge’s own Kelly Wright crowned a Jeopardy! champion. The twenty-six-year-old, who graduated from...
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Vigilant Efforts in Fire Prevention
James Rada, Jr. Training Center,Besides helping residents before and after the fires in Emmitsburg, the American Red Cross and Vigilant Hose Company (VHC) set out to stop fires from happening again....
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2016 Blizzard Jonas
Nicholas DiGregory The record-breaking winter storm that struck the eastern United States in late January has gone by many names: , Snowpocalypse, Snowzilla, Snowmageddon. But whatever one is inclined...
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