Community Difference Maker
Katie Warthen Nominated by: Phyllis Kelly At 93, Katie Warthen (pictured right) still smiles as she reminisces about her time spent rebuilding the Emmitsburg Library. Originally from Kentucky, Katie moved to Emmitsburg after high school to help her sister care for her children. In 1952, not long after her move, she met her late husband,…
CHS Class of 1985 Get-Together Planned
Members of the Catoctin High School (CHS) Class of 1985 are invited to the Ott House in Emmitsburg on Saturday, November 28, beginning at 5:30 p.m. The Ott House does require masks and social distancing. If the gathering does not work out at the Ott House, an alternative gathering place will be posted the night…
Local Subway Sub Shop Celebrates 20th Anniversary
Deb Spalding Few readers are unfamiliar with the Subway sub. Subway’s menu is easy to grasp and the process of creating each sub is custom, as each customer picks every part of the sub, from the bread to the meat, veggies, and condiments. Always yummy, Subway has improved the quality of their products one by…
Vanessa “The Gal” Niemann Takes Ott House by Storm
Vanessa (Maccabee) Niemann, professionally known as “Gal Holiday,” came to live in the Catoctin Mountains with her family when she was eleven, and made many friends throughout the county at church and at school. As fate would have it, she left here as soon as she could and began a long journey musically that finally…