Fighting Vaping in Schools
James Rada, Jr. At the beginning of the school year, staff at Thurmont Middle School noticed that the boys’ bathrooms smelled fruity, which is not a smell most people associate with boys’ bathrooms. That was when the staff realized that e-cigarettes and vaping had become a problem with middle-school students. The Thurmont Middle School PTA…
Thurmont Addiction Commission Begins 2019 Year with Busy Planning Session
The Thurmont Addiction Commission (TAC) held its first monthly commission meeting of 2019 on January 10 at the Thurmont Town Office. Discussions included a review of 2018 events hosted by TAC, as well as planning and scheduling for 2019 events as suggested by those in attendance at the meeting. All commission monthly meetings are held…
Town Hall Reports
February 2018 Emmitsburg Homes Taken Off Town’s Water System Town staff had to do an emergency fix to the town’s water lines. Four homes outside of town limits, but on the town water system, received their water through a water line that was installed in the 1930s. Over the decades, 200 feet of the 8-inch…
Thurmont Addiction Commission
As you know, the Opioid crisis in our nation has a firm grip, locally, in Northern Frederick County. We’ve lost too many of our loved ones to this epidemic. A group of local citizens has decided to organize a Commission to better serve Thurmont in its fight against addiction. The Thurmont Addiction Commission (TAC) is…
