Emmitsburg
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VHS will
ring its historic bell
EMMITSBURG,
Md. – To coincide with the grand opening of the
new museum season throughout Frederick County, Vigilant
Hose Company President Frank Davis has authorized the
ringing of the company’s historic bell (outside
on the front wall of the station) on Saturday, April 5
at 10 a.m. At the same time, two large emergency vehicles
will be pulled to the front of the station’s doorways
so that their shiny bells can be rung. These bells will
be joined by those of numerous other firehouses, civic
buildings, and churches all across the county.
Much of this year’s Bell and History Days’
activity is centered in and around Emmitsburg. The Sunday
afternoon grand finale will be held at the Basilica
of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. At
5:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 6, eight Frederick County
handbell choirs with more than 100 ringers will play
solo and mass-ring musical selections. The one-hour
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SHA says
roads can be planned even without funding
THURMONT,
Md. – Though the Frederick County Commissioners believe
unfunded road projects don’t belong on planning documents
for future road improvements, the Maryland State Highway Administration
doesn’t agree with them.
“If
everyone adopted a mindset of ‘If it’s not funded,
it’s not on a planning document,’ we wouldn’t
have a Highway Needs Inventory,” said Dave Coyne,
district engineer with the SHA. He spoke to members of Thurmont’s
Economic Development Commission on March 19.
The
Highway Needs Inventory is the state’s long-range
unfunded road improvement plan. It contains many projects
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"Old
Glory's Journey of Remembrance"
Stops at Gettysburg April 14
GETTYSBURG,
Pa. – Gettysburg National Military Park, as one of 25
patriotic and historic sites participating in “Old Glory’s
Journey of Remembrance” to honor the service and sacrifice
of America’s fallen heroes, will hold a public flag-raising
ceremony on April 14 at 11 a.m. at the flagpole in front of
the park’s new museum and visitor center, 1195 Baltimore
Pike, Gettysburg.
“Old
Glory’s Journey of Remembrance” is a nationwide
flag-raising effort that began on National Pearl Harbor
Remembrance Day, Dec. 7, 2007, and will culminate at the
U.S. Capitol on
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· EMMITSBURG
Water Committee
ending?
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· DEDUCATION
Mount goes green
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SPORTS
Mountaineers fall in
NCAA tourney
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