Catoctin Mountain Park

It was the opportunity to move her classroom to an outdoor, hands-on setting that prompted North Hagerstown High School teacher Wendy Fraker to seek grants for an overnight learning experience at Catoctin Mountain Park in Thurmont, Md.  

The trail, built in the 1970s, has a new wooden carpet installed by the Harpers Ferry Job Corps, with assistance from Boy Scout Troop 270. The Catoctin Forest Alliance also offered administrative support. A ceremony Sunday marked the reopening.  

Valentine planned to move Baer up to the varsity team after the junior varsity season ended, but junior catcher Stephanie Andrew texted the coach that ... junior pitcher Katie Kinna and sophomore pitcher Rhianna Driew. Second baseman Katie ...  

DETOUR -- Nestled in the Catoctin Mountains, just across the Frederick County-Carroll County border near Thurmont, sits Catoctin Mountain Growers Inc -- a 15-acre wholesale greenhouse operation in Detour started by Robert and Denise Van Wingerden in 1985  

The Catoctin High School horticulture classes are staging their an annual plant sale at the school’s greenhouse in Thurmont. The greenhouse will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to noon starting Saturday. It will be open again May 5 and 12.  

"I really like that, I love the way he's a competitor," Cougars coach Mike Franklin said. "You work a lot with your pitchers on their demeanor and you want them to have a bulldog mentality, where they get it going, and that's Alex." Kennedy's ...  

Alice Woodruff, left, and Breanne Hartz play with a box turtle at Catoctin Creek Nature Center during Creek Chubs Club gathering for pre-schoolers. MIDDLETOWN -- Turtles and dandelions helped nature come alive for toddlers at Catoctin Creek Nature Center.  

THURMONT, Md. (AP) — Voytek Fizyta is not waiting until his grapes mature before beginning the process of turning the succulent treats into wine. While his grapes grow, Fizyta is using the oldest method to make wines at Catoctin Breeze Vineyard in Thurmont.  

King, Klosterman and Remsburg were also part of Oakdale's second-place 400 relay team. Catoctin's Hannah Stone and Tyler Silverman were winners. Stone won the girls long jump and 300 hurdles. Silverman set a school record in the boys discus (156-4).  

Planning is under way for the 56th annual Thurmont and Emmitsburg Community Show in September. The show will be Sept. 6 through 8 at Catoctin High School, 14745 Sabillasville Road, Thurmont. Sponsored by the Thurmont Grange, Catoctin FFA Chapter ...  

Catoctin High School brings 'Once Upon a Mattress' to the stageGazette.Net: Maryland Community News OnlineStudents Taylor Zentz, Maddie Weigelt, Stephanie Adams, Makayla Rexroth, Catherine Harris, Emily Little, Ashlee Leib, Heather Yeager, Emily Smallwood, Andrew Thompson, Michael Grossnickle, Trevor Bostian and Bryce Buckley complete the cast.and more »  

The team includes Kristen Myers, Taylor Clarke, Lauren Schur and Carley Smith. The milk quality and products team finished third. The team includes Shelby Hahn, Daniel Myers, Brandon Marshall and Kelsey Hurley.  

When Catoctin High School girls lacrosse coach Allie Rutland was going over her team's gameplan prior to Thursday's contest against rival Brunswick, one thing stood out: Railroaders' junior goalie Sarah Zwilsky.  

Catoctin High School held its dinner and prom at the Wyndham Hotel in Gettysburg on Friday night  

BRUNSWICK -- After back-to-back losses, one of which was a 10-inning heartbreaker to Catoctin, Brunswick needed a quick turnaround in fortune before next week's Class 1A West playoffs