EMMITSBURG,
Md. – On August 4, things heated up in Emmitsburg
at the Mayor’s Community Bar-b-que, and
only one man walked away the ultimate champion
as Emmitsburg’s first Grand Griller.
Alan Fitzgerald, a.k.a Al’s Flamin’
B.B.Q., is the one who owns the bragging rights
as the Grand Griller of barbeque chicken. He won
the title with an award-winning family recipe.
For several years Fitzgerald has been working
on his recipe and although the barbeque was his
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Town enacts
water restrictions
EMMITSBURG, Md. – With water being used in greater amounts
than it was last summer and nine inches less rain, the Emmitsburg
Town Commissioners have begun implementing water restrictions
in town.
The
commissioners voted 4-0 to prohibit the watering of lawns
and gardens with sprinkler systems. This means that all
outdoor watering in town needs to be done with a hand-held
hose and only flowers, trees and shrubs can be watered.
Violators will get a warning for their first offense, a
$50 fine for the second offense and a $100 fine for each
offense thereafter.
Town
Manager Dave Haller told the commissioners during a recent
town meeting that the situation had “intensified”
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Recent area rains help but don't end drought
EMMITSBURG, Md. – On August 9, Mike Hillman was like a
kid at Christmas as he watched an approaching storm. He stood
outside at a fence as the breeze picked up and whipped at the
trees. He looked west as the gathering storm clouds obscured
his view of the Catoctin Mountains and smiled.
He climbed over the wooden fence and stood in what had been
pasture but was now a growing dirt patch. He kicked at the
ground stirring up a little dust cloud.
“We
need this storm. Now if it just doesn’t miss us,”
Hillman said.
That’s
been part of the problem with the drought that the region
is experiencing. When storms do come, they have been spot
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