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Vigilant Hose
holds open house
Vigilant
Hose Company, Emmitsburg, held its annual
National Fire Prevention Week Open House for
area residents Oct. 12, much to the delight
of many children. Attending were a number
of iconic children’s characters, including
Smokey the Bear and Sparky the Fire Dog. Children
also got to meet one of the Thurmont K-9 search
and rescue dogs. The fire company also presented
future plans for the west side of the facility
under renovation, and discussed town regulations
mandating sprinklers in new home construction.
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Mount preparing
for bicentennial
EMMITSBURG, Md. – Mount Saint Mary’s
University continues to finalize plans for its proposed
$2 million celebration of the university’s 200-year
history.
Elizabeth C. Monahan, the Mount’s bicentennial director,
told The Dispatch that the celebration would begin with
an Aug. 22, campus-wide, kick-off celebration, and conclude
on Oct. 18, 2008.
In addition to numerous events planned for the two-year
long celebration, the university is also proposing a number
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Logging provides
land management funds
EMMITSBURG,
Md. – The denuded areas left behind by logging activities
on the Rainbow Lake property may look bad, but the radical
tree and undergrowth removal will ultimately help foster a
healthier forest.
Town
Manager David Haller told The Dispatch that the funds
raised through a hefty percent of the sale of the lumber have
been used, and will continue to be used, to buy land for the
town.
However,
a site visit by the newspaper raised concerns over a logging
road through apparent wetlands containing a potential critical
habitat for the state butterfly, and the absence of any
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Town bypass, easier wished for than done
EMMITSBURG, Md. – Town administrators have been discussing
the possibility of a town bypass for years. And yet, Emmitsburg
seems no closer today than when proposals where originally
debated.
Growth
in Emmitsburg has not been remarkable compared to other
areas, but in-town growth or even neighboring growth in
Frederick County, is not seen as the primary source of traffic
in the community. Most fingers point north to booming development
just over the Mason-Dixon Line in South Adams County.
Recently,
Frederick County Commissioner Michael Cady promised to push
for consideration of an Emmitsburg bypass when the state
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