Young at Heart James Rada, Jr. If only we could all be so active and energetic. At 97 years old, Sylvia Bloom, of Monterey Pass, plays golf three times a week, bowls twice a week, and plays bridge, just to name a few of her activities. She also shows no signs of letting up. Besides…

Cover Photo:  Carrie Wivell Wolf and Jonathan Wolf’s son, Jackson, grandson of Phil and Shelly Wivell, celebrates his first Halloween!

Cover Photo: Jason and Addelynn Green with their Ayrshire dairy heifers. Jason received 3rd place in the March Calf Class, and Addelyn won Overall Reserved Champion Dairy Heifer. 2024 Thurmont & Emmitsburg Community Show Winners of the 68th Annual Thurmont & Emmitsburg Community Show, held September 6-8, 2024, at Catoctin High School in Thurmont, are…

A Family Tradition Burrier Becomes FFA State Officer Alisha Yocum For Ella Burrier, agriculture has always been a way of life. From the age of eight, she was actively involved in 4-H, where she raised rabbits and turkeys and took part in various craft projects. So, when she began her freshman year at Catoctin High…

2024 Emmitsburg Community Heritage Day Winners Submitted by the Emmitsburg Community Heritage Day Committee All Emmitsburg residents and visitors who attended this year’s Community Heritage Day on Saturday, June 29, were the real winners, from the delicious breakfast at the Vigilant Hose Activities Building on Creamery Way to the last fireworks as they lit up…

Everly Zecher experiences her first snowfall! Her mom, Sam Zecher said, “From inside the house looking out, Everly definitely loved watching the first snowfall of the season. Yet, once she was in it…definitely not a fan! Like most of us with 2020 as a whole.” We saw our first significant snowfall of the season on…

The namesake of our local ‘Cunningham’ Falls has been a mystery for years. Before the reference to the falls as ‘Cunningham’ Falls, around the 1920s, the falls were known as McAfee Falls, Harman Falls, the Cascades, and Hunting Creek Falls. Recently, a potential answer to the ‘Cunningham’ mystery has been uncovered via the release of…

Article by Jane Savage, Administrative Secretary, Sabillasville Elementary Many parents currently serving on the Sabillasville Elementary School (SES) Parent Group, Inc. are SES Alumni. They started chatting about all the great memories they had of the spring bazaar that was held years ago when they were students, and they wanted to give current students and…

The first annual Maryland Iron Festival was held the weekend of May 18 and 19, 2019 in historic Catoctin Furnace, in Thurmont, Maryland, to celebrate the state as a center for the craft of ironmaking. Activities were held within the historic village, as well as Catoctin Mountain Park, and Cunningham Falls State Park. The festival…