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Bigger,
better Business Expo highlights Thurmont
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The 2nd annual
Thurmont Business Expo on March 31 filled both gyms
at Catoctin High School with 95 exhibitors and between
1,400 and 1,600 people. Attendance was up from 650 visitors
last year.
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THURMONT,
Md. – Between 1,400 and 1,600 people attended the second
annual Thurmont Business Expo at Catoctin High on Friday, March
31. The three-hour event was created by Thurmont’s Economic
Development Commission to highlight the area’s businesses
and services.
Last year, 74 exhibitors hosted about 650
visitors at the first expo. This year, 95 exhibitors filled
both gyms at the high school and the hallway between
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Thurmont
Police lowest paid in region
THURMONT, Md. – A new police officer with no experience
in Brunswick can make $27,664 a year starting out while the same
police officer in Thurmont, a town 15 percent larger than Brunswick,
makes 5 percent less. “Our
salaries are not competitive with local jurisdictions like Brunswick,”
said Thurmont Police Chief Greg Eyler.
The Thurmont
Police Commission agrees with Eyler. The commission conducted
a study last year among regional police agencies and found that
salaries were about 26 percent less in Thurmont at all levels.
“The
salaries that were offered did nothing to keep »
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Hundreds
attend Gettysburg casino hearing
GETTYSBURG, Pa. –- Hundreds of area residents, elected
officials and representatives of Crossroads Casino & Spa
filled the ballroom of Gettysburg College’s student union
building April 5 to participate in or observe the Pennsylvania
Gaming Control Board’s (PGCB) hearing on the casino proposal.
People
on both sides of the issue claimed to represent the majority
opinion. PGCB held the hearing in conjunction with Crossroads’
application for an operating license for a gambling facility
to be located in Straban Township on Route 30 near the U.S.
15 interchange.
The plans
call for an initial 3,000 slots in the controversial casino,
with a future expansion to 5,000. The facility’s proximity
to the notable Civil War battlefield has »
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