Sabillasville News

Shelby Hahn already wakes up at 4:30 a.m. to help her dad milk cows on their Sabillasville farm, but her days are about to get a bit busier.

Natalie Alger, left, and Will Ballantine, both 10 months old, pose on a tractor for their proud fathers, A.J. Ballantine, foreground right, and Brett Alger.

Bestselling Author and Maine Warden Service Chaplain Kate Braestrup will take the stage of The Camden Opera House on April 27 for the 4th annual Dancing with Local Stars! Braestrup spent her childhood in Algiers, New York City, Paris, Bangkok, Washington, DC and Sabillasville, Maryland.

The apricot trees are blooming at Catoctin Orchards in Thurmont, and if temperatures drop 20 degrees, orchardists such as Robert Black could lose an entire year of fruits.

One Mountain Foundation has established a scholarship program to recognize outstanding and deserving students from schools serving the mountaintop communities and areas of Cascade, Pen Mar and Sabillasville in Maryland and Blue Ridge Summit, Fairfield and Fountaindale in Pennsylvania.