“5 Guys and a Pi” Contest Raises Funds for Charity
Mountain Gate Family Restaurant in Thurmont hosted the 5 Guys and a Pi Contest on Pi Day, March 14, to benefit a non-profit of the winner’s choice. In the running were several well-known faces around Thurmont: Thurmont Police Chief Dave Armstrong – Supporting Tunnels to Towers Foundation. Commissioner Bill Blakeslee – Supporting Thurmont Food Bank.…
Thurmont Honors Black with Special Day
Alisha Yocum The Town of Thurmont proclaimed Friday, March 21, as Robert Black Day. Black and his family are the owners of Catoctin Mountain Orchard in Thurmont. The proclamation was made for Black for following the principles set forth by his father, Harry Black, when he opened Catoctin Mountain Orchard in 1948, his “community stewardship”…
Community Show Honors the Late Mearl McCleaf with Recognition Plaque
One of the greatest supporters of the annual baked goods auctions at area community shows, Mearl McCleaf of Mountain Gate Family Restaurant, passed away in October 2021. For many years, Mearl McCleaf purchased Champion and Reserve Champion cakes and baked goods at Community Shows in Frederick County. At this year’s Frederick County Community Show’s Baked…
Seton Center’s Superhero Volunteers Honored
On Tuesday, April 17, 2018, the Seton Center in Emmitsburg hosted its annual appreciation event at Mountain Gate Family Restaurant in Thurmont. With sixty volunteers and staff in attendance, they celebrated how their volunteers’ “super powers” help to change lives every day. From April of 2017 through March of 2018, Seton Center volunteers donated over…
Tremendous Turnout for Community Dinner
Theresa Dardanell Food, families, friendship, fun…and all for free! That’s what brought more than two hundred people together on December 4, 2017, at Catoctin High School. Everyone in the community was invited to enjoy a free meal, donated by Mountain Gate Family Restaurant. They were treated to fried chicken, ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, green…
