Chief Eyler Retires After 44 Years In Law Enforcement
James Rada, Jr. Inflation rising. The Middle East in turmoil. Sections of the U.S. witnessed a solar eclipse. Paul McCartney played in groups that had one of the top songs of the year. And so it was when a 23-year-old Greg Eyler became a police officer with Thurmont in 1979, and so it is as…
Looking Back
An Unusual Visit to Thurmont by James Rada, Jr. On June 20, 1923, a young Prince Georges County man had a visit to Thurmont that he didn’t enjoy. W. E. Trego was a salesman for the Isaac A. Sheppard Co. in Baltimore, but he lived in Thurmont. While traveling from Roanoke, Virginia, to Washington, D.C.,…
Majo is on the Job with Thurmont Police
James Rada, Jr. Watching Majo jump around, waiting for Tim Duhan to throw a lacrosse ball, it’s hard to imagine that the nineteen-month-old German shepherd-Belgian Malinois mix is a trained law enforcement officer. On the job, Majo is all business, as he tests the air for the scent of hidden narcotics. “He’s 100 percent a…
Frederick Optimist Club’s Fish with a Cop
The Optimist Club of Frederick held it’s ninth annual Fish with a Cop program on Saturday, June 9, 2018, at the Camp Airy pond in Thurmont. There were twenty-seven boys and girls from across Frederick County that took part in the program. There were twenty-eight officers from the Sheriff’s Department, Maryland State Police, Frederick City…
