Silver Fancy Garden Club Presents Books and Blooms at the Thurmont Library
Members from the Silver Fancy Garden Club are sharing displays of books and related floral arrangements/vignettes at Thurmont Regional Library beginning Wednesday, April 12, and running through April 30. The garden club is comprised of members from the Emmitsburg and Taneytown areas. In previous years, they have shared their work with their local libraries. They…
Washington Revels Jubilee Voices Performs at Harriet Chapel
The Washington Revels Jubilee Voices performed at Harriet Chapel as part of the Iron Festival which is presented through the dedication of volunteers from The Catoctin Furnace Historical Society, Catoctin State Park, Harriet Chapel, The Thurmont Library, and numerous other community organizations. The performance was generously sponsored by PNC Bank and centered around the lives…
Thurmont Addiction Commission (TAC) Events
The Thurmont Addiction Commission (TAC) has kicked into high gear this summer in its effort to educate the public about the dangers of addiction and to sponsor activities that promote awareness and healthy living. At the end of May, a showing of the documentary Heroin’s Grip was held at Catoctin High School to a large…
Thurmont Main Street Center Opens in October
The Main Street Center will open Saturday, October 10, 2015, from 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. It will then be open during October and November on Saturdays from 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. and Sundays from 12:00-4:00 p.m. The new center is located on Water Street in Thurmont in the former Thurmont Library space. Volunteers have been stepping forward…
Burglary Prevention and Your Business
Allison Rostad Imagine locking up your business at the end of the day—closing out the register, shutting off the lights, locking up until the next day. Now imagine that the next day you find your business had been broken into. It is now part of a crime scene. According to the Thurmont Police Department, the…
Catoctin’s War On Drugs
Ashley McGlaughlin More and more families are experiencing the loss of a loved one to drug abuse. The drugs being abused could be street drugs, or even prescribed narcotics from doctors. There is a wide range of reasons why people hurt themselves by doing this. Some intend to experiment ‘just once’, but end up becoming…
