July
4th weekend marks anniversary of
Jennie Wade death
In
period attire, John Wega and his wife Susan,
both with the U.S. Christian Commission Museum,
Gettysburg, discuss the Civil War and the
death of Northern war heroine, 20-year-old
Jennie Wade, with Emmitsburg Elementary students
June 9. Wade was killed by a stray bullet
during the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg on July
2 while she was baking bread at her sister’s
house where the family had become trapped
between the lines. Wade became the only Northern
civilian killed in the battle, although a
three-year old died from an accidental gunshot
wound July 5 when going through battle debris
with his brother.
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New
ambulance headquarters groundbreaking
EMMITSBURG,
Md. – Several dozen local and county officials and fire
and ambulance personnel attended the June 3 groundbreaking
ceremony for the new Emmitsburg Volunteer Ambulance Company
building to be built on Creamery Road.
Speaking on behalf
of EVAC were President Joseph Pelkey and Chief Rick Sharer.
Town commissioners attending were board President Christopher
V. Staiger and commissioners Joyce A. Rosensteel and Glenn
Blanchard.
Included
among the speakers were county commissioner Michael L. Cady,
who presented the ambulance company with a certificate of
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Town board questions hiring third deputy
EMMITSBURG, Md. – Mayor James E. Hoover has asked the
town to hire a third deputy from the county sheriff’s
office, costing the town $95,000.
However,
the board questioned at their June 12 meeting whether crime
in town had increased sufficiently to justify the hire.
All
of the board agreed that the mayor needs to provide »
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Mayor says no plans for further beaver kills
EMMITSBURG, Md. – Mayor James E. Hoover told the board
of commissioners June 5 that killing more beavers at Rainbow
Lake is “not planned to go on at this point,”
and agreed to bring any future plans before the commissioners
before taking action.
The
11.5-acre, 33-million-gallon Rainbow Lake serves as a
water reservoir for Emmitsburg. Under normal conditions,
the town is authorized to process as much as »
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This
Issue
Board
to examine
town's founding date
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$450,000
South Seton
bond for water line rehab
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Catoctin
HS graduation
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Local
History
Residents recall South
Seton Covered Bridge
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Sports:
Advice to graduates
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