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More Than Antlers
How Hunting Sustains Tradition, Nature, and FamiliesAlisha Yocum When I took over the newspaper a year ago, one of the most common questions I heard was, “Are you bringing back the deer hunting photos?” For years, this was a regular feature in The Catoctin Banner. Why is it so important? Hunting has been a time-honored…
Town Hall Reports
by James Rada, Jr. Thurmont Simmers Property Annexation Proposal Cross & Company, LLC recently reintroduced a new annexation plan for the Simmers Property at 304 Apples Church Road. Nearly 8 acres of the 24.5-acre property is already within the town property. The property was previously presented for annexation in 2022 and was denied at a…
From the Mayor
Thurmont Mayor John Kinnaird Wow, here we are in 2025—it seems time goes by faster every year! Karen and I hope everyone had an amazing Christmas. Spending time with friends and family makes for very special times and memories. We also want to wish everyone a Happy New Year! We both hope the new year…
Maryland on Stamps…
Maryland’s State Bird & Flower Richard D. L. Fulton The United States Postal Service (USPS) issued a 20-cent stamp, featuring the Maryland state bird; the Baltimore Oriole; and the Maryland state flower, the Black-Eyed Susan, on April 14, 1982. The stamp was one of 50 stamps issued featuring state birds and flowers. The 1982 Maryland…
Strange Beasts of the Mason-Dixon Line
Richard D. L. Fulton For hundreds of millions of years, the parade of life that existed beneath the oceans that covered the Mason-Dixon Line to the mountain ranges that rose from beneath them, often seemed like something out of an Edgard Rice Burroughs’ novel with a little Dr. Seuss thrown in from time to time.…
