A new session of beginner baton-twirling classes is starting on Thursday, January 19, 2023, at the Emmitsburg Community Center Gym. The course runs for four consecutive Monday evenings and will be teaching basic twirling skills and marching. The course is taught by qualified instructors with decades of experience in twirling. Instruction is completely free. Batons […]
The Emmitsburg Lions Club was able to serve 57 families in Emmitsburg during its annual holiday food drive. The group met to put together food boxes with a ham or a turkey, with all the fixings, or a gift card, including a party at Lincoln on the Park with cocoa and delicious Carriage House cookies, […]
On Sunday, December 4, the new Rocky Ridge Youth Association went Christmas caroling in Thurmont. The Matt Lambert Family, Eric Troxell Family, and Sam and Mary Jane Roop provided the tractors and wagons for 65 of our youth and parents to sing at 10 homes in the Thurmont area. A huge thank you to Joyce […]
In mid-December, sometime during a Saturday night into Sunday morning, a bigfoot statue was stolen from the front of a house on Hemler Road in Thurmont. A sign was put up for its return, but nothing has materialized so far. If you have any information regarding this theft, please call The Catoctin Banner/E Plus Graphics […]
James Rada, Jr. Thurmont Middle School Administrative Secretary Christine Newman was going through the long-unused cabinets in the old records room of the school when she came across a time capsule of sorts. The cabinets contained books of middle school class photos from the 1969-1970 school year (its first year as Thurmont Middle School), graduation […]
Sabillasville Environmental School – A Classical Charter School (SES) will open its lottery for the 2023-2024 school year starting in January. Those wishing to enter their child’s name for grades K-12 can enter online by going to www.sesclassical.org. The lottery drawing will take place on March 22 for any open seats that are available. For […]
The Little family presented a check to Mother Seton School Principal Dr. Kilty for $30,000 from this year’s ‘Angels Above’ Alumni Golf Tournament during the school’s Christmas program on December 12. Over the years, over $240,000 has been donated for the Jack and Shirley Little Scholarship fund!
Three middle school students from Mother Seton School in Emmitsburg received the top awards in the 2022-2023 Patriot Pen Essay Contest, sponsored by Veterans of Foreign Wars Posts 6658 (Emmitsburg) and 467 (Molleville Farm Westminster). Writing on the theme of “My Pledge to Our Veterans,” Emma Simmons (grade 8, pictured on right) earned first place […]
Mother Seton School students are celebrating the completion of a task they have been working on since September. Middle school students have been working hard to fold 1,000 origami cranes. Their work is inspired by a Japanese legend that states, “A person that folds one thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish by the […]
The Catoctin High School Safe and Sane Committee is hosting a St. Patrick’s Day Dance on Saturday, March 18, 2023, at the American Legion in Thurmont, with music by the band, Vinyl Fever. Tickets are $15.00 a person. Catoctin High School Safe and Sane provides a safe and alcohol/drug-free event for the graduating class. It […]
Ryan Tokar, Thurmont Little League While there is no true offseason at Thurmont Little League (TLL), December and January are perhaps the quietest months for our families, as the winter sports season is in full gear. Despite this, our board of directors remains hard at work planning for the upcoming spring. Our Facilities Manager, Alex […]
Michael Betteridge I was standing at courtside in the Xfinity Center on Thursday, March 10, 2021, on the campus of the University of Maryland with tears in my eyes and a lump in my throat as I watched senior Emily Wivell in the middle of the court with a stunned look of utter disappointment on […]
written by James Rada, Jr. A new serial fiction story for your enjoyment 3: Lost in the 50s Thomas Hamilton couldn’t believe he had simply walked back in time by crossing the Loys Station Covered Bridge. It made no sense. How many times in his life had he driven, jogged, and walked across that bridge? […]
Change Is Coming by Valerie Nusbaum As I’m writing this column, I’m sitting in my home office, wearing my pajamas and robe, while I recover from some surgery that I had four days ago. I’m sore but not in any real pain, and I finally got some sleep last night, so I’m not nearly as […]
by James Rada, Jr. January 1923, 100 Years Ago Typewriters Stolen On Monday night thieves forced an entrance into the office of the H. M. Spahr Breeding Estate, on the State Road, a few miles south of Thurmont, and took there from three typewriters. Nothing else about the building was disturbed. The machines were No. […]
Was Elias Steinour Murdered? by James Rada, Jr. Charles Hoffman woke early in the morning of February 14, 1912. He stoked the fire in the stove to warm up his home. When he went to the window to look out into the darkness of the new day, he noticed that it wasn’t as dark as […]
Foodies You Will Meet In Life by Buck Reed You may already know that there are foodies out there. These people basically consider food as not only a staple in life but sometimes as life itself. What you may not know is there are different types of foodies out there in our world, and although […]
by Ana Morlier, The Crazy Plant Lady New Year? Meet New Zen Happy January, readers! While January may seem like a rather bleak time for us gardeners, there still come advantages and ways to keep up our green thumbs (houseplants, a gardener’s current best friend). This is also a rare opportunity for peace and […]
by Maxine Troxell No one knows exactly why this dish is called Hoppin’ John. Legends sauggest that perhaps a street vendor named Hoppin’ John was selling rice and beans in Charleston. It’s also unclear how Hoppin’ John became a New Year’s Tradition with symbolic meaning. The black-eyed peas represent coins and greens represents paper money […]
by Ava Morlier, Culinary Arts Writer Happy January! Missing the sweet flavors of Christmas? Need something to wake you up during these dark and frigid mornings? Try whipping up a Vietnamese egg coffee! Warm, strong, and delicious, this drink is surprisingly easy to make (you’ll feel like a barista!) and perfect to fight off the […]
by Richard D. L. Fulton “Step forward now you soldier, you’ve borne your burdens well, 1st Lieutenant Robert Seidel, III Walk peacefully on Heaven’s streets, you’ve done your time in Hell.” “A Soldier Reports to God,” Author Unknown (west-point.org, Tribute to 1st Lt. Robert Seidel, III) 1st Lieutenant Robert Seidel, III, was born in 1982 […]
What Is Nutritional Response Testing? by Dr. Thomas K. Lo, Advanced Chiropractic & Nutritional Healing Center Let me start by telling you when and how my journey into Nutritional Response Testing® started. It all began on December 16, 2006. The holiday season was in full swing, and my office was very hectic. I had no […]
Lisa C Cantwell On Hansonville Road, about nine miles south of Thurmont, sits a big, three-story whitewashed house with an inviting front porch that seems to personify the word “home.” And, home it will be, very soon, to a group of special young men, ages 16 to 22 years, who are transitioning out of foster […]
Richard D. L. Fulton A universe of misinformation swirls around us regarding alleged measures that homeowners and renters can take in order to conserve energy or reduce energy costs, and yet, individuals don’t generally have the time to sort out the reality from the fiction. Leading most lists is the belief that fans, including ceiling […]
Richard D. L. Fulton There are, on the average, some 200,000 “unwanted” horses in the United States, according to the National Institute of Health (NIH), many of whom are slaughtered and sold for their meat, are saved by rescue facilities, or are given sanctuary on federal lands. So how do these horses end up “unwanted?” […]