A Man Called Thomas
Joan Bittner Fry Thomas was born near St. Leonard’s Creek in Calvert County, Maryland. He was an American Revolutionary War leader and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. He studied...
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The Great Academy Fire of 1885
Richard D. L. Fulton “The home of the Sisters of Charity… came very near being destroyed by fire today.” – The Baltimore Sun, issue of March 21, 1885 (the story was actually filed the day before)....
View ArticleWhere the Rides are Happening
James Rada, Jr. With the weather warming up, people are looking to get outside more and have fun in the summer sun. This means that local carnivals are starting to visit the area with their mix of...
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The Ice Cream Excuse at the Root of the Sanders
Deb Abraham Spalding In Lantz, Maryland, in the 1920s, three Bumbaugh daughters married three Buhrman brothers. One of those couples gave birth to Dollie Buhrman. One day, teen-aged Dollie spotted a...
View ArticleThurmont New Business and Development Briefs
The statuses of new businesses and development coming to Thurmont: Subdivisions Hammaker Hills, Phase 1 (Woodland Ave.) — 19 permits issued. Hammaker Hills, Phase 2 (Westview Drive) — Preliminary plat...
View ArticleEmmitsburg New Business and Development Briefs
The following are the statuses of new businesses and development coming to Emmitsburg from the town planner’s report: Federal Stone (Creamery Road, east side of U.S. 15) — Awaiting the submission of...
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Play a New Round of Golf at the Maple Run Golf Club in Thurmont
Deb Abraham Spalding Thurmont’s Jeff Barber enjoys playing. After all, he owns Playground Specialists, Inc., a playground design and installation company in Thurmont. But did you know that he also...
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Health Revival with Dr. Lo
Deb Abraham Spalding Part 2: Consistency Is Key As you may have read in last month’s edition, I wrote that I have found my path to healing with Dr. Lo’s Nutritional Response Testing at The Nutritional...
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Walking Your Talk
Terry Pryor Have you ever noticed how easy it is to advise others on what to do? I don’t know about you, but I excel at this. In my Live Like You Mean It Playshops, I am expected to teach; however,...
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Incident at Toms Creek
The Birth of the Interstate Richard D. L. Fulton Military convoys carrying troops and war supplies were not a rare sight in Frederick County and elsewhere during World War I but were certainly nothing...
View ArticleFrom the Mayor
Thurmont Mayor John Kinnaird I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day and had the opportunity to spend time with your family. The Thurmont Main Street Farmers Market is now open on Saturday mornings...
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by James Rada, Jr. Thurmont Police Join LEOPS Pension Program The Thurmont Mayor and Commissioners recently voted to move the Thurmont Police Department to the Law Enforcement Officers Pension System....
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The “Canvas White House”
President Harding’s 1922 Visit to Gettysburg Richard D. L. Fulton Based in part on The Last to Fall: The 1922 March, Battles, & Deaths of U.S. Marines at Gettysburg by Richard D. L. Fulton and...
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Con-grad-ulations!
Helen Xia On May 24th, the Catoctin Class of 2023 had their graduation ceremony at Emmitsburg’s Knott Arena. While it’s one of the most exciting times at Catoctin High School, it’s also one of the...
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Create Your Fashionable Lifestyle at Studio 24E in Thurmont
Deb Abraham Spalding While traveling through Thurmont to look at real estate, Greg Elliott and Nina Tate-Elliott noticed the commercial space for sale at 21 East Main Street. Their search for their...
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Health Revival with Dr. Lo
Deb Abraham Spalding Part 3: It’s All In What You Believe As I fumbled along my healing path under the direction of Dr. Lo, I experienced massive improvements in digestion and relief of pain, as well...
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Emmitsburg Mayor Don Briggs As planned, the community pool opened without a hitch for the Memorial Day weekend, just in time to accommodate lots of us on some of those hot days. However, the...
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by James Rada, Jr. Thurmont Town Joins Mass Tort Action The Thurmont Mayor and Commissioners voted to participate in a mass tort complaint against manufacturers of the PFAS chemicals that Thurmont and...
View ArticleMount St. Mary’s Announces Brad Davis as Director of Athletics
Mount St. Mary’s University announced Monday the hiring of Brad Davis as the school’s new Director of Athletics. Davis begins his tenure at the Mount on August 1, 2023. “We enthusiastically welcome...
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Day Trippin’
Take A Dip! The boat house operated by Eastern Watersports is open for business, renting out canoes, kayaks and paddle boards. James Rada, Jr. With the warm summer weather upon us, sometimes it is...
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