• Dec. edition of From the Desk of County Commissioner Blaine Young
• Two seeking election to ‘new’ county government seats
• State agrees to buy ‘park-and-ride’ site
• State ‘finds’ $55,000 for Town Square
• Planner says construction of new sewer plant ‘on schedule’
• Sign ordinance back on table

• Obituary of Butch Topper
• 100 Years Ago This Month - December, 1913
• John Miller's: Civil War Diary - The Ten Days Following Gettysburg
• The History of Piney Creek Church – 250 Years of Continuous Worship
• The Contralto: 1912 fictional love story set in Emmitsburg
• William Hays': At the End of the Emmitsburg Road
• Setting the Record Straight - The Real History of Emmitsburg's Founding

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• Scott Zuke's: Pure Onsense - Who Killed HealthCare.gov?
• Lindsay Cocker's: Down Under - Knowledge is power
• Ralph Murphy's: Common Cents - East China Air Space
• Amy Wilkenson's: Kids' Bedtime Stories - The Sickly Stag
• Jennifer Vernerau's: Pets Large & Small - When things work out

• Pastor John Talcott's: The Bride & Christ - Who are you? 
• Pastor Gary Buchman's: Christmas According to Jesus
• Pastor Katie's: The Wilderness
• Pastor Matt Day's: Saving the rural church culture
• Pastor Jon's: Here’s a teaching that is so right
• Fr. Elias Yelovich's: On the Sanctification of Each Moment

• Connie Holland's: Getting Poinsettias & Christmas Cactus to Flower
• Barb Mrgich's: Ten steps to success with Tulips
• Barb Mrgich's: Take Advantage Of Free Fertilizer... Use Your Leaves!
• Faith Peterson's: Planting Natives Equals More Butterflies!
• Ron Dudley's: Help Preserve Our Native Bees
• Ruth Axelrod's: Habitat: Preserving What We Need

• 12/7 - Gettysburg Festival’s Fourth Annual Gingerbread Celebration
• 12/7 - Mother Seton School's Breakfast with Santa and Christmas Bazaar
• 12/7 - Creagerstown St. John's Lutheran Church's Christmas Bazaar
• 12/7 - Strawberry Hill Nature Preserve's Wreath Making Program
• 12/7 - Elias Lutheran Church's Annual Ham, Turkey & Roast Beef Supper
• 12/14 - Thurmont Christmas House Tour

My Little Sister's Jokes  

• A father polar bear and his son polar bear were sitting in the snow
• One day, two bees are buzzing around what's left of a rose bush
• At the awards dinner given by the Association for Forensic Science...
• Really Important Stuff My Kids Have Taught Me
• A man came home from work and found his three children outside...
• A teenage boy seemed placid as the doctor approached his hospital bed