New Year,
New We by Helen Xia, CHS Student Writer When a new year rolls around, it’s a perfect time to set new goals. I’m certainly not the only one who thinks so. We have an entire tradition dedicated to...
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1944: The ‘Nazi’ Mason-Dixon Invasion
Richard D. L. Fulton (Adapted from ‘Nazis’ in Gettysburg: World War II Comes to a Civil War Battlefield by Richard D. L. Fulton, pending publication.) It seemed like just another routine and ordinary...
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Hamiltonban’s Prehistoric ‘Money Pit’
Richard D. L. Fulton Beneath the rolling hills of Hamiltonban Township, a township in Adams County, Pennsylvania, lies a land before time, a terrain that existed when even the first life upon Earth...
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Emmitsburg Filmmaker Premieres New Documentary
Film Raises Awareness About PTSD in First Responders More than 400 people filled a darkened theater in Irving, Texas on November 3, 2022, for the world premiere of PTSD911, the most recent film from...
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Mountain View Convenience Store Makes Major Changes
Blair Garrett Photos by Deb Abraham Spalding Mountain View Convenience Store in Thurmont is like a whole new place. Long-time business partners, Ashish Parikh and Gagan Rao, have poured time into...
View ArticleLove Is Like… (Teenage Edition)
by Helen Xia, CHS Student Writer Is teenage dating more common now than in the past? Not necessarily. In 1992, 15 percent of students in twelfth grade had never dated; in 2017, that number jumped to...
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A Most Unusual Set of Triplets
James Rada, Jr. Photo Courtesy of Findagrave.com The Tracey triplets (from left): Mabel, Bessie, and Edith. In 1886, Emma Catherine Tracey of Fountaindale gave birth three days in a row. Mabel Viola...
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German POWs Helped Save Adams’ Agriculture
Richard D. L. Fulton Note: Cover Photo (Never before published) Nazi medical officer poses near the High Water Mark on the Gettysburg Battlefield, 1939 (Source: National Park Service, Gettysburg). It...
View ArticleFrom the Burgess
Woodsboro Burgess Heath Barnes Happy February! We are over halfway through winter, with seven more weeks until spring. I am personally grateful for the mild winter we have had so far, and I am looking...
View ArticleFrom the Mayor
Emmitsburg Mayor Don Briggs The New Year brought some excitement with Rutter’s opening Tuesday, January 17. With town approvals in hand and most of the county approvals, too, the protracted...
View ArticleTown Hall Report
by James Rada, Jr. Thurmont For more information on the Town of Thurmont, visit www.thurmont.com or call 301-271-7313. Residents Overwhelmingly Vote Down Annexation During January’s special election,...
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When Elephants Roamed Maryland
Richard D. L. Fulton One would hardly expect to see a wild elephant wandering about the landscape in Maryland today unless it was a zoo or circus escapee, but there was a time when the sight of them...
View ArticleWhat To Watch For With Online Dating
Blair Garrett Love is in the air. February is a time of appreciating the love we do have, whether it’s for your significant other who’s always there to listen to you, your family who is always there...
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A Lasting Love
Carl and Jeanne Angleberger’s love story began when Carl’s mom suggested he take Jeanne on a date. One day, after leaving the office where Jeanne was a dental assistant (in Thurmont), she rode home...
View ArticleThurmont New Business and Development Briefs
The following are the status of new businesses and development coming to Thurmont: Subdivisions: Hobb’s Division — Two approved building lots in Mixed-Use Village 1 listed for sale. Hammaker Hills,...
View ArticleEmmitsburg New Business and Development Briefs
The following are the status of new businesses and development coming to Emmitsburg from the town planner’s report: Federal Stone — The Federal Stone company is proposing changes to its previously...
View ArticleNew Rutter’s Is Open in Emmitsburg
James Rada, Jr. The new Emmitsburg Rutter’s at 10201 Taneytown Pike opened near the end of January. It has 8,200 square feet of space, with 14 gasoline fuel pumps and 5 high-speed diesel fuel pumps...
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Thurmont Town Issues Water Notice The Town of Thurmont sent a health-advisory notice to residents on town water that the Maryland Department had detected elevated levels of PFOS/PFOA in water samples...
View ArticleFrom the Mayor
Thurmont Mayor John Kinnaird With the last two weeks of February surprising us with amazing weather, I think we are all looking forward to the warmth of the spring and summer months. Now is the time...
View ArticleMath is a Piece of Pi
by Helen Xia, CHS Student Writer Pi Day is an annual celebration of pi (π) that takes place on March 14. It’s a relatively new holiday, recognized as a national holiday in 2009. This notorious math...
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