Thurmont Little League Invites Entire Community to Join in Celebration of 65th Season of Baseball Melissa Kinna On Saturday, April 16, 2016, over 275 little league players, from the ages of four through twelve, will take the fields for Thurmont Little League’s (TLL) 65th season of baseball. The day will begin at 9:00 a.m. with […]
The Supermarket Gourmet, Buck Reed We all have seen it on reality shows, at the movies, and even in Disney cartoons. The angry chef. It is almost cliché to say one plate of under- or over-cooked risotto might send them into a tirade—an over-cooked steak might bring you close to being stabbed, or an under-cooked […]
by Valerie Nusbaum Whenever I get an email from Randy on Friday afternoon that reads, “Pizza?” I know the weekend is here. Once or twice a month, Randy cooks dinner on Friday night, which almost always means he brings home a pizza from the grocery store. I’m fine with that. The pizza is good, and […]
by Jim Houck, Jr. Kenneth L. Jones Private U.S. Army Kenny was born in Washington, D.C. on December 11, 1962, to James and Phyllis Jones. Right after he was born, his family moved to Bowie, Maryland, and then to Laurel, Maryland, where Kenny lived until he was twenty-one years old. Kenny has one brother (James […]
Ed Gravatt, Past Commander Well, it’s here…spring! That Easter Bunny has gone and laid his eggs and left those jelly beans all over the place; now it is time to start mowing the grass. Will the work never end? Here at the American Legion, we are getting ready for some fun and exciting events. For […]
AMVETS Ladies Auxiliary Post 7 is holding a Mother’s Day Breakfast on Sunday, May 8, 2016, from 7:00-11:00 a.m. Mothers eat for free! The cost per ticket is $7.00 per adult; $3.50 for ages ten and under. Breakfast is open to the public. The menu includes: eggs, bacon, sausage, chipped beef gravy, biscuits, pancakes, fried […]
On April 23, 2016, the Sons of the American Legion Squadron 121 is holding a Crab Leg and Shrimp Dinner at Ambulance Company #26 on Creamery Road in Emmitsburg. Tickets are $20.00 per person. Doors open at 3:00 p.m.; eat dinner at 4:00 p.m.; entertainment by Jenni and Patrick, 7:00-11:00 p.m. Event is open to […]
Christine Schoene Maccabee The Mysterious Lives of Insects (Part 2) coon (size of a large lemon) attached to a twig down by the chicken coop. I feel lucky to have even seen it, as it was covered with dead leaves and looked like nothing special. However, having seen such cocoons in years past, I recognized […]
by James Rada, Jr. Early Public Education in Emmitsburg Emmitsburg has always had plenty of schools. Of the 158 one-room schools in Frederick County in 1890, more than 20 were near Emmitsburg. This doesn’t even include the private and parochial schools in town at the time. In a 1908 Emmitsburg Chronicle article, an old-timer recalled […]
Orienteering at Catoctin Mountain Park By Chris O’Connor There comes a time in everyone’s life when they choose to change course to reach their destination. But the question is which way to turn? Orienteering is a means to help one find a way through forest and field, over mountains and across deserts. Armed with the […]
A House Divided –Part 1- by “My Father’s Son” Sallie K. Harrison-Boyce-Auginbaugh-Boyce may have never figured out exactly what she wanted in a husband, but she certainly knew what she fancied from a house. In early 1902, the Catoctin Clarion and Star and Sentinel, published “A Matrimonial Mix,” an article explaining how Sallie Boyce first […]
Mike Fitzgerald’s Emmitsburg James Rada, Jr. Editor’s note: This is a reprint of a 2014 story we ran about some of Mike Fitzgerald’s early memories of Emmitsburg. It might be Rube’s Crab Shack now, but in the 1930s, the building that sat on that piece of property was a chicken house…literally. “My father got a […]
Not Just for Easter I am considered a novelty around this time of the year; Easter is when people usually want to purchase me. I am warm and fuzzy and so adorable, and it is easy for people to fall in love with my wiggly nose. Unfortunately, when the holiday is over, people […]
March 2016 Emmitsburg New Website Up and Running The town has launched its new website design. You can still view it at www.emmitsburgmd.gov, but it has a new, updated look that includes many new features, such as county alerts, streaming of old meetings, a business directory, and an online incident report. “This is light years […]
Deb Spalding The Catoctin FFA (formerly known as Future Farmers of America) Alumni sponsored an educational butchering fundraiser to raise money that will fund their annual banquet in May. The event took place on Friday, February 12, 2016, in the Catoctin High School agricultural area. It brought together an eagerness to learn the butchering process […]
Nicholas DiGregory Few topics are more shunned by today’s society than the concept of death. In a world where modern science and medicine have prolonged life to considerable lengths, the idea of death has become merely an afterthought, albeit one that inspires a rather vicious response or fear and loathing. And yet, death is an […]
by James Rada, Jr. Emmitsburg Seeking Farmer’s Market Vendors The Town of Emmitsburg is currently looking for vendors who want to offer their food items at the town’s Farmer’s Market this year. For more information, call 301-600-6303 or e-mail anaill@emmitsburgmd.gov. South Seton Sidewalk Replacement The replacement of the sidewalks on South Seton Avenue is expected […]
Selfless Volunteers Build New Playground in Mount Tabor Park A wonderful group of volunteers from Mt. Tabor Churches donated their time, labor, and tools to build a new playground in the Mount Tabor Park. Volunteers from Mt. Tabor Churches complete spreading 64 cubic yards of playground mulch and installing borders and […]
Thurmont Middle School Spirit Show Choir The Broadway Life is a busy one! The Thurmont Middle School (TMS) Spirit Show Choir continues practicing their hearts out, getting their routines down, and perfecting those smiles to prepare for competition season. They are fast approaching their first event in Martinsburg, West Virginia, on March 19, 2016. In […]
James Rada, Jr. Emmitsburg’s World War I Doughboy statue should be back on its pedestal by mid-March, according to Emmitsburg Mayor Donald Briggs. The statue, which was erected in 1927 to honor the town’s WWI Veterans, was damaged on June 17, 2015, when a car hit the pedestal. The pedestal was damaged and the statue […]
Just last month, after twenty-two years in Eldersburg, Maryland, Dr. Michael Hargadon DDS, MS consolidated his thirty-three year dental practice to only Emmitsburg. Since closing the Eldersburg office, he’s retained about thirty percent of his clients from that location who are traveling from the Eldersburg/Westminster area to see him. That says a lot about a […]
Nicholas DiGregory The record-breaking winter storm that struck the eastern United States in late January has gone by many names: , Snowpocalypse, Snowzilla, Snowmageddon. But whatever one is inclined to call it, Winter Storm Jonas, as meteorologists at the Weather Channel have officially deemed the storm, has made history across the East Coast, with record-setting […]
James Rada, Jr. Training Center,Besides helping residents before and after the fires in Emmitsburg, the American Red Cross and Vigilant Hose Company (VHC) set out to stop fires from happening again. Beginning on December 12, 2015, volunteers began going door to door to offer smoke alarm checks. “Emmitsburg’s all-volunteer fire department, the Vigilant Hose Company, […]
Nicholas DiGregory If you tuned in to Jeopardy! on December 3, 2015, you would have seen Rocky Ridge’s own Kelly Wright crowned a Jeopardy! champion. The twenty-six-year-old, who graduated from McDaniel College in 2011, earned a total of $7,700 in winnings, with a first-place victory on the December 3 show and a third-place victory on […]
Deb Spalding The Town of Thurmont formed the Thurmont Green Team in May, 2015, and is working towards certification this spring as a Maryland Certified Sustainable Community. Sustainable Maryland is a voluntary certification program for municipalities in Maryland who want to go green, save money, and take steps to sustain their quality of life. Residents […]