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Amish help restore historic Catoctin Park cabins

Tags: Camp Misty Mount, Catoctin Mountain Park,

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43rd Maple Syrup Festival showcases nature's sweet side

Learn how maple syrup is made this weekend at Cunningham Falls State Park in Thurmont.

Tags: maple syrup, Maple Syrup Festival, Cunningham Falls State Park,

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Man gets decade sentence for Frederick-to-Thurmont chase

A 28-year-old Frederick man who led police on a chase from Frederick to Thurmont last summer, injuring two, was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday.

Tags: Frederick, Roy Ellsworth Summers

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Men charged with stealing 76 vases from cemetery

Two men face criminal charges after police say they stole bronze flower vases from grave sites at a county cemetery.

Tags: Resthaven Memorial Gardens

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Commercial solar project goes up at Thurmont firm

Thurmont has its first commercial solar energy project with the installation of a system at Federal Stone Industries.

Tags: Federal Stone Industries, solar energy

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Thurmont zoo fined for enclosure violations

The U.S. Agriculture Department says a zoo near Thurmont has agreed to pay $12,000 to settle allegations of numerous violations from 2007 to 2011.

Tags: Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo

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Thurmont officials approve sale of land to Md.

Thurmont town officials have approved the sale of about 400 acres of land to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.

Tags: Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Cunningham Falls State Park

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400 acres of Thurmont land sold

The sale of more than 400 acres in Thursday was approved Tuesday night by town officials.

Tags: Martin Burns

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G-8 activists prepare peaceful Maryland protests

About a dozen activists prepared banners for roadside demonstrations Friday in Thurmont, Md., under the eyes of authorities determined to keep them miles away from the Camp David presidential retreat where world leaders were gathering for a global economic summit.

Tags: Camp David, G-8 Summit,

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Frederick Co. gears up for G-8 deluge

On Thursday afternoon, a day before this town is set to be at the center of the world stage, the streets were quiet.

Tags: G-8 Summit,

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