Deb Spalding Catoctin Mountain Park Superintendent, Mel Poole, will retire on August 25, 2015, having completed an adventurous thirty-seven year career with the National Park Service (NPS). When summarizing his contributions, Poole let out a chuckle. Correction, it was more of a flat-out laugh. I soon understood why as he reviewed the many roles he’s […]
Deb Spalding The 9th Annual Barnstormers Tour and Plein Air Paint-Out was held on Saturday, June 13, 2015. Local artist Rebecca Pearl was one of thirty-five artists to participate. The event was sponsored by the Frederick County Landmarks Foundation as a fundraiser to support the preservation of barns in the Frederick County area. The day’s […]
Planning Fireworks Show for Next Year’s Heritage Day Event On the heels of a successful Emmitsburg Heritage Day event by the Emmitsburg Lions Club, and kudos for pulling off a fun and complete event a day later than planned due to heavy rain, planning is actually underway for next year’s event. In cooperation with the […]
The 1st Annual Thurmont Shop Hop is being presented on August 15, 2015, by participating businesses: At Home Primitives, Catoctin Hope Chest, Emma Jean’s General Store, Eyler Stables Flea Market, Mountain Memories, and Pam’s Rusty Treasures. On August 15, from 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., participants must visit designated merchants to earn discount coupons and also can […]
James Rada, Jr. You can be forgiven if you missed the opening of the new Dollar General Store at 501 E. Main Street in Emmitsburg. The doors opened on June 28, the same day that Emmitsburg Community Heritage Day was being held. “A lot of times we have a soft opening and then have a […]
James Rada, Jr. The Cozy Country Inn and Restaurant may be gone, and the ground on which it sat smoothed over for the next business to occupy; however, it is not gone. One of the original cabins in which travelers stayed the night in the early twentieth century now sits on cinder blocks at the […]
This is the seventh in the series of the Thurmont Lions Club Christmas Ornaments. The 2015 ornament is near the end of production and will be ready for distribution early this fall. This year’s ornament will be the most historic and memorable ornament to date: the “Cozy Restaurant” ornament. The Cozy Restaurant opened in 1929 […]
Thurmont High School Class of 1965 celebrated their 50th class reunion on June 5, 2015. A dinner dance was held at the Thurmont American Legion. The seventy-first class to graduate Thurmont High School was comprised of one hundred seventeen students, of which twenty-nine are deceased. Thirty-seven classmates returned to socialize with old friends. Some classmates […]
At a recent town meeting, Mayor John Kinnaird announced that the family of former Mayor James Black had donated to the town a framed watercolor print of their family home that was created by local artist Rebecca Pearl. James Black served as Thurmont’s mayor for a period of sixteen years (1969-1977 and 1979-1987). Many may […]
The Thurmont & Emmitsburg Community Show will be held at Catoctin High School on September 11-13, 2015. On Friday night, the 2015-2016 Catoctin FFA Chapter Ambassador will be announced. The baked goods auction will begin following the program and the grand champion cake, pie, bread, gluten-free baked product, sugar-free baked product, and the Junior and […]
James Rada, Jr. It was touch and go some nights as to whether visitors would get rained on or not during this year’s Guardian Hose Company Carnival; but, by and large, anyone who wanted to enjoy fun rides and great carnival food could find a dry night to do it. Of course, visitors still needed […]
Jeff Feaga, Frederick County Community Restoration Coordinator This summer, it seems that it is either intensely raining or incredibly hot and humid. As a result of all this rain, the creeks and rivers are flowing higher than average. Much of the water is also brown and full of sediment. You don’t have to be a […]
James Rada, Jr. Joan Boyle June 4, 1913 – July 11, 2015 Emmitsburg lost its oldest citizen on July 11, 2015, when Joan Boyle passed away at St. Joseph’s Ministries in Emmitsburg. She was 102 years old. Boyle was born June 4, 1913, in Adams County, Pennsylvania, but she spent much of her life trying […]
Deb Spalding You couldn’t miss them: pink fire trucks roaming the roads in Emmitsburg and Thurmont on July 6 and 7, 2015. Seeing these trucks commanded your attention, their bright pink color inspiring feelings of support in the underlying meaning of that color, symbolizing the fight against cancer. The volunteers driving the pink fire trucks […]
Davy Wantz IV Emmitsburg hosted the Cal Ripken 12U 46/60 state tournament from July 2nd to July 7th, for the third consecutive year. Emmitsburg was coming off of back-to-back state titles entering the tournament, and was returning eight players from last year’s championship winning team. With these players and the addition of some new talent, […]
by James Rada, Jr. Emmitsburg July 2015 Election Judges Needed Emmitsburg has a town election coming up on September 29, 2015. In preparation for that election, the Mayor and Board of Commissioners are seeking people willing to serve as election judges. Interested people need to be registered voters in town and cannot hold or be […]
The Thurmont Little League 9-10 All Star Team went 8-0, outscoring their opponents 104-19, to win the Maryland District 2 and Maryland State Championships. With the State Championship, they will be moving on to represent our communities, Maryland District 2, and the State of Maryland in the 9-10 Little League Eastern Regional in Cranston, Rhode […]
The Thurmont Little League (TLL) All-Star season is still underway, but TLL is gearing up for an exciting season of fall baseball. Thurmont Little League is open to players from Thurmont, Emmitsburg, Sabillasville, Woodsboro, Rocky Ridge, Taneytown, and Union Bridge. “Thurmont Little League and Little League International thrives by building virtues of character, courage, and […]
Several Thurmont-area teens will be featured in the musical Spring Awakening, which will be performed at the Maryland Ensemble Theatre in Frederick, Maryland, in August. The show is being produced by Catoctin Mountain Players, a community theater group founded by Leslie Kelly, a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of romance fiction. Kelly, […]
A Friend, Indeed by Valerie Nusbaum “Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver, the other gold…” A long time ago, I was a Girl Scout who would sit in front of a roaring campfire, toasting marshmallows for s’mores and singing that song. Sitting beside my best friend, Carey, I was secure in […]
A Day at the Ice Cream Social and Book Sale Chris O’Connor In my endless quest for novels by David Baldacci and Lee Child, and books on a number of esoteric subjects, I decided to visit the Blue Ridge Summit Free Library’s Annual Ice Cream Social and Book Sale on July 18, 2015, in Blue […]
On May 16, 2015, Jim Bittner, Peggy Elgin, and Becky Linton attended an event at Dr. Ronald (Ron) Waynant’s home. They were invited by his wife, Priscilla, for a presentation of a citation awarded him from the President of ASLMS (American Society for Laser Medicine & Surgery, Inc.). The award, presented by President of ASLMS […]
The Gettysburg Hospital’s Cardiac Rehabilitation is for Veterans and Civilians — A New Lifestyle for the Rest of Your Life experience concerning issues with my heart. I wrote of my experience with the staff of the two hospitals—Gettysburg and York—where I was treated for my heart condition. I would now like to follow up on […]
Buck Reed Let me take a moment to put on my “El Predicto” hat and take a look into the future. With the progress being made in the minimum wage, and just the overall increase in everything, I believe that going out to eat is going to get even more expensive. Face it, even fast […]
Misunderstood but Beautiful Christine Schoenemann (Maccabee) In a very real way, flowers are a lot like people. Fragile, they are born vulnerable, and if fortunate to receive the proper care, will thrive and bear much goodness. However, many people, like flowers, are misunderstood. Some of us are late bloomers and get cut down while struggling […]