Ruth Heaney If there is an article and picture of interest to me, it is torn out and put in the file “of interesting people.” A story in the August 2023 Catoctin Banner (photo shown above) was in that file, and my curiosity about the man standing easily among the goats and holding onto another…

Joan Bittner Fry I particularly like this story. My Dad, Harold Bittner of Sabillasville, was a historian of sorts. He enjoyed picture taking. The photos above show his interpretation of the flag-lowering ceremony at Fort Ritchie in 1967. I can picture him walking toward the Fort Ritchie Castle, or headquarters, where the flag is usually…

Invasives Christine Schoene Maccabee For those of us who are landowners and gardeners, there are innumerable threatening creatures, and plants, lurking in the forests and fields. In the animal kingdom, there are those darn woodchucks and rabbits and deer! Tricks of the trade are shared over the fence between seasoned farmers and backyard gardeners. A…