Town Hall Report
by James Rada, Jr. T h u r m o n t . Electric Rates Increasing Signifi cant increased costs involved in providing Thurmont residents with electricity have led the Town of Thurmont to have to increase...
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Maryland Amusement Parks
Part II Richard D. L Fulton Amusement parks and their subgenre, theme parks, trace their origins back to the 1800s, and many more modern parks continue to thrive exceedingly well today. The difference...
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A Day in Their Shoes
Mayor Davis Raises Awareness for Homelessness to Help Food Bank Alisha Yocum Here in Northern Frederick County, homelessness may not be at the forefront of many residents’ minds. In contrast, in...
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Emmitsburg New Business and Development BriefsThe following are the statuses of new businesses and developments coming to Emmitsburg from the town planner’s report: Federal Stone (Creamery Road, east...
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Businesses Past…
The Thurmont (National) Bank The Thurmont Bank was located at 4 West Main Street, Thurmont, in a three-story brick building, with a basement, and was officially known as the Thurmont Bank Building...
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Thurmont Rounds Up Local Businesses at 21st Annual Business Expo
Alisha Yocum Folks dusted off their boots and tipped their hats as they moseyed on down to the 21st Annual Thurmont Business Expo, held on April 26 at the Thurmont Event Complex. This year’s event had...
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Book of the Month
Fahrenheit 451by Ray Bradbury – published in 1953 – a dystopian novel by Michele Tester I picked the book Fahrenheit 451 for my book club when it was my turn to pick. Years ago, my youngest son was...
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Frederick and the Road to Independence
Richard D. L. Fulton During the American Revolutionary War, from 1775 to 1783, somewhere around 28,000 Marylanders had served in the Continental Army and in local militia units, a number that included...
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Maryland on Stamps
Richard D. L. Fulton The Battle of Baltimore If I took the place, I should have been the greatest man in England. If I lost, my military character was gone forever.” ~Colonel Arthur Brooke, British...
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Thurmont Mayor John KinnairdMayor John Kinnaird was unable to submit his column for this month. Emmitsburg Mayor Frank Davis This month, I want to dedicate my article to the Daughters of Charity. This...
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by James Rada, Jr. T h u r m o n t Proposed Electric Rate Increase The Thurmont Mayor and Commissioners recently proposed an increase to the town’s electric rates. The increase will happen in two...
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The Story of Our National Anthem
Silhouettes of People Holding the Flag of USA Submitted by Joan Bittner Fry Francis Scott Key—lawyer, poet, and patriot—was born near Pipe Creek in Frederick County, Maryland, on August 1, 1779. Key...
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Thurmont Little League Opens Its 74th Season with Community Celebration
Alisha Yocum There is nothing quite like the excitement of Opening Day at Thurmont Little League (TLL) when suddenly the fields that lay dormant for months are once again filled with over 200 ball...
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