Commissioners
doubt they will
annex Lawyer Farm
Field
proposal has major problems
THURMONT,
Md. – In a straw poll during the May 1 commissioners
meeting, the Thurmont Commissioners expressed
doubt that the Lawyer Farm annexation proposal
by Beazer Homes would overcome the commissioners’
reservations. If that is the case, it is doubtful
that the property will be annexed into town.
“There’s
a lot of issues I do not think they’ll be
able to overcome,” Mayor Martin Burns said.
Among his concerns were the fact that the proposed
project has 250 single-family homes with no housing
variety to allow different price points (like
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TAKE
A STROLL
DOWNTOWN
Downtown
Thurmont comes alive
THURMONT, Md. – Downtown
Thurmont will come alive Friday,
May 11 for the second Downtown
Gallery Stroll.
Following up on the success
of last year’s event, this
second gallery stroll will introduce
some new changes.
“Last year was spectacular,”
said Thurmont’s Main Street
Manager Vickie Grinder. “It
was a perfect night with »
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Thurmont Police raising funds for fellow officer
THURMONT,
Md. – Just over three weeks ago Officer William
Murray of the Thurmont Police Department was diagnosed
with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia and airlifted the same
day to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore without time
to even adjust to the idea.
It was a day like any other day, and just three weeks
before he was to marry his fiancé, Molly Mason.
Mason, 29, and Murray, 28, have postponed their wedding
because they want to wait until he no longer has to
wear a surgical mask in public, Mason said.
For now, though discharged last weekend, Murray will
have to live within one hour of Johns Hopkins and return
every day for treatments, even on weekends. And he wears
a mask when out of the hospital because his »
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