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In Full Bloom
by Valerie Nusbaum I originally intended this column to be about our garden project, but I decided to put that story on hold until later in the summer when I’ll know whether or not our new garden is a...
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Buck Reed The Supermarket Gourmet As a chef, I get into a lot of interesting conversations with people I meet. Mostly, it involves questions about what my favorite thing to cook is or what my specialty...
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SPORTS news
Thurmont Little League Opening Day Grace Eyler On April 16, 2016, the community gathered to celebrate its love for baseball and the Opening Day of the 65th season of the Thurmont Little League. At the...
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COMMUNITY news
Community Shred Event The Thurmont Police Department and the Thurmont Police Commission will be hosting a Community Shred Event on Saturday, April 30, 2016, from 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., at the Thurmont...
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BUSINESS news
Stavros Pizza Returns Grace Eyler The community was devastated in July 2015 with the passing of Bev Koontz, owner of Stavros Pizza in Emmitsburg. When the local pizzeria had abruptly closed, customers...
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Creagerstown Community Dinner Come out to the Creagerstown Community Dinner on Saturday, May 7, 2016, from noon-5:00 p.m. Dinner features chicken pot pie and ham pot pie, fried chicken, country ham,...
View ArticleNational Park Service Sites
An Overview of the NPS sites in Frederick County, Maryland Appalachian National Scenic Trail (www.nps.gov/appa/index.htm) This...
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100 Years of National Parks
James Rada, Jr. You don’t have to travel out west to visit a national park; you can find five National Park Service sites in Frederick County, Maryland (described below), plus the Gettysburg National...
View ArticleThe Lost Arts of Cooking
The Supermarket Gourmet, by Buck Reed Last month, I wrote about baking and what it takes to become a baker. In a sense, I was talking about turning a discipline within the culinary world into a hobby....
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Outstanding Catoctin Feeder Area Teachers Recognized The Thurmont Lions Club honored thirty-two teachers at their “Teacher of the Year” reception, held on April 21, 2016, at Emmitsburg Elementary...
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COMMUNITY news
Thurmont Historical Society Receives Preservation Award James Rada, Jr. The Thurmont Historical Society received a Best of Maryland Preservation Award on May 12, 2016, at a ceremony in Annapolis. The...
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BUSINESS news
Gladhill Goodies Officially Opens James Rada, Jr. Anna and Austin Gladhill made their dream come true opening their own store. What began as a small operation selling furniture at the end of their...
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Emmitsburg Community Heritage Day Come out to Emmitsburg Community Heritage Day on Saturday, June 25, 2016 (rain date: June 26). The festival begins as early as 6:30 a.m. with the Vigilant Hose...
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Skeeter the Goundhog, an Unlikely “Pet”
James Rada, Jr. Having a groundhog as a pet wasn’t part of Harold Long’s plan when he took up the hobby of trapping groundhogs and selling them over ten years ago while working a dairy farm. Trapping...
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Franklin Recognized for Distinguished Teaching
Mike Franklin, a health and physical education teacher at Catoctin High School (CHS), was formally presented the 2016 Charles E. Tressler Distinguished Teaching Award by Hood College during its...
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Catoctin High School’s Talented Artists Make Regional Shoe Competition
James Rada, Jr. Catoctin High School was chosen as one of the Top 50 schools for Vans Custom Culture Contest, a nationwide art competition where students design Vans shoes in four themes Catoctin High...
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Catoctin Mountain Park Gets New Superintendent
James Rada, Jr. Rick Slade was born and raised in Kansas and was accustomed to seeing far and wide across the prairie. Nowadays, when he looks out his office window, he has to crane his neck to look up...
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Mount St. Mary’s Rugby Team Takes National Championship
Nicholas DiGregory The men of the Mount St. Mary’s Rugby Football Club became national champions on May 1, 2016, with a 26-19 victory over the Claremont Colleges at the National Small College Rugby...
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