Beth Ohler & Co. Opens as a New Team of J&B Real Estate
Alisha Yocum Beth Ohler & Co. recently started as a new team of J&B Real Estate. Ohler, who has been an agent for J&B Real Estate for seven years now leads her team out of the compnay’s office in Walkersville. Ohler says opening her new company allows her to maximize the team’s reach and allows…
Annual Alice Rush McKeon Fund Tree Planting Event Held
The Federated Garden Club of Maryland (FGCMD) hosted the annual Alice Rush McKeon Fund Tree Planting event on Saturday, September 30, 2023, at Gilmore C. Trout Memorial Park in Walkersville. This year, in her memory, District V of FGCMD was awarded funds to plant trees and chose several sites in Frederick County. Gilmore C. Trout…
CHS Gets New Turf Field
Brunswick, Catoctin, Tuscarora and Walkersville high schools have new turf fields installed to start the 2023-24 school year! Now, every high school in the county has at least one turf field.
Students Show Artful Pride at Catoctin High School
Members of Catoctin High School National Art Honor Society have spent countless hours working to perfect a painting that will be hung in the FCPS Learning Leadership Center in Walkersville. Each high school was given the challenge to create a painting that represents their school community. The artwork will be displayed at the center in…
Skeeter the Goundhog, an Unlikely “Pet”
James Rada, Jr. Having a groundhog as a pet wasn’t part of Harold Long’s plan when he took up the hobby of trapping groundhogs and selling them over ten years ago while working a dairy farm. Trapping them has helped curb the damage that the groundhogs—considered rodents—can cause to farmland, crops, and farm equipment. It…