Six Catoctin High School Spanish Honor Society students and advisor/teacher Lynne Griffin spent the evening of Monday, December 1, serving as Spanish translators for a Christmas event at the Thurmont Community Closet.  The event is held annually at the start of the Christmas season. The purpose of the event is to serve families in need…

by Valerie Nusbaum It was quiet inside the toy factory. Oh, Santa insisted on calling the wood and glass facility a workshop, but everyone knew it was a factory with assembly lines, conveyor belts, and noisy machines that belched and snorted and spit out toys. The elves still did some of the work by hand,…