Thurmont News

"I hate to say it this season of 2013 could be just like 2010. They're just a nuisance, now they're slowly emerging because of the temperatures there going to start coming out of the houses," says Robert Black, co-owner of Catoctin Mountain Orchard in Thurmont, MD.

The Frederick County Health Department received information from the Maryland State Rabies Lab that a cat near Mount Airy has tested positive for the rabies virus.

The future of Frederick County's career and volunteer fire and rescue services has dominated the county's budget process for the past eight months, along with a debate over how much money to provide for the county's public schools.

Different cicada broods emerge at different times. A University of Maryland entomology professor has predicted that Frederick County might not feel the brunt of Brood II, which is on a 17-year cycle and is scheduled to come out this year.

Joanie Freeze grew up in Thurmont and just lost her great-nephew and third cousin to heroin last month; they were both just 20 years old.

The National Association of Letter Carriers union will conduct its 21st national food drive to "Stamp Out Hunger" on Saturday, May 11, 2013 in more than 10,000 communities across America, with letter carriers collecting food donations as they deliver mail along their postal routes.

Her entry was entitled "A Song in the Front Yard," and her medium was digital photography.

A Thurmont man was arrested Tuesday on several drug charges. 18-year-old Eric Gosnell was indicted last week by the Frederick County Grand Jury for possession with intent to distribute marijuana and mushrooms with intent to distribute, along with other offenses.