Christine Maccabee Everyone loves flowers, and who doesn’t love seeing young children having fun with milkweed fluff (shown right)? Fun was mixed with work in February, when members of the Green Team and their children spread wildflower seeds in the wild area along Woodside Drive. Last year, many beautiful flowers bloomed there during the spring,…

Christine Schoene Maccabee Wildflowers Along the Railraod Track Anyone who has driven or walked or jogged or biked along Woodside Drive in Thurmont this spring will have noticed the colorful flowers along the railroad track. Many of these flowers are various poppies, mallows, and cornflowers from a mix of flower seeds spread over a few…

The Green Team in Thurmont is working together to make our town a Sustainable Community. Please join them and learn of the many great projects they have planned for the new year. To learn more, email [email protected] or Christine at [email protected]., or you can call 301-271-2307.

by James Rada, Jr. Emmitsburg April 2015 Town Employees Will Soon See Bigger Paychecks The Emmitsburg Board of Commissioners approved a fifteen percent salary adjustment to employee salaries during their March 16 meeting. The increase will come in stages, with the first increase being five percent. The town had contracted with a human resources consultant…