THURMONT, Md. – Superintendents from Catoctin Mountain Park and Cunningham Falls State Park plan to add their voices to those of Thurmont officials who are trying to get state and federal grants to help repair the town’s sewer system.

The commissioners discussed options concerning the town sewer system with Catoctin Mountain Park Superintendent Mel Poole and Cunningham Falls Superintendent Cindy Ecker. Though the parks aren’t within Thurmont’s town limits, both are connected to the town’s sewer system and use about 600,000 gallons of sewer capacity a quarter.

Terminating the sewer contract with the parks has » full story

THURMONT, Md. – When opponents argued that developing the Myers Farm north of Thurmont would grow the town too fast and overburden the area’s infrastructure, developer Tom Hudson submitted a proposal to develop the land without the homes, only the commercial aspect. Then opponents complained that the town wouldn’t get the millions of dollars in fees and financial incentives associated with the house construction.

On June 19, Hudson told the commissioners that he would be bringing back the original proposal that included 228 single-family houses and 112 townhouses along with about 400,000 square feet of retail/commercial/office space.

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