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10 September 2020

• 18:2818:28, 10 September 2020 diff hist +608 File:Railroad Memorial Bell Presented by B&O Railroad to Brunswick 1965.jpg No edit summary current

6 September 2020

• 08:4908:49, 6 September 2020 diff hist +70 N File:Sheetz September 6, 2020.jpg The new Sheetz beginning to rise. Category:Business current

5 September 2020

• 08:3508:35, 5 September 2020 diff hist +43 N File:Othello Regional Park Ribbon Cutting September 4, 2020 (4).jpg Category:Brunswick Area current
• 08:3408:34, 5 September 2020 diff hist +43 N File:Othello Regional Park Ribbon Cutting September 4, 2020 (3).jpg Category:Brunswick Area current
• 08:3408:34, 5 September 2020 diff hist +43 N File:Othello Regional Park Ribbon Cutting September 4, 2020 (2).jpg Category:Brunswick Area current
• 08:3308:33, 5 September 2020 diff hist +43 N File:Othello Regional Park Ribbon Cutting September 4, 2020 (1A).jpg Category:Brunswick Area current
• 08:3308:33, 5 September 2020 diff hist +125 N File:Othello Regional Park Ribbon Cutting September 4, 2020 (1).jpg Because of the pandemic it was a virtual ribbon cutting. Photos by Jerry Knight Category:Brunswick Area current
• 04:5704:57, 5 September 2020 diff hist +668 N File:Thee and Helen Twyman.jpg The couple in the middle of this photo are Thee and Helen Twyman, from Brunswick, in the parking lot of the original Pic' a Wenner on 5th Street at Philadelphia Avenue in Ocean City. The Twymans worked for the Wenner family for years. Mrs. Twyman often accompanied Mrs. Eleanor Wenner to the beach property in the Summer to cook her scrumptuous seafood dishes. The Wenner family bought this house in 1942 and expanded to other properties on the block. Many Brunswick families vacationed here on 5... current
• 04:5504:55, 5 September 2020 diff hist +49 N File:Pandemic 2020 - City Council Meeting Room - August 2020.jpg Category:History of Brunswick current
• 04:5304:53, 5 September 2020 diff hist +37 N File:Lee Hansel Best Obituary from The Frederick News-Post, September 5, 2020.jpg Category:Obituary current
• 04:5304:53, 5 September 2020 diff hist +3,372 N File:Othello Regional Park opens from The Frederick News-Post, September 9, 2020.jpg First phase of Othello Regional Park opens By Katryna Perera for The Frederick News-Post, September 5, 2020 Photo by Bill Green Frederick County officially has a new park as of Friday. The first phase of Othello Regional Park opened this week after breaking ground back in September 2018. It was a subdued opening though due to the pandemic. Instead of a traditional ribbon-cutting ceremony, the park was opened via a video released by the county featuring County Executive Jan Gardner. “I had p... current

3 September 2020

• 12:5812:58, 3 September 2020 diff hist +1,721 N File:Computer Club 1984.jpg This photo shows the members of the Computer Club. When I first started teaching at BHS there were a few computers running the MS-DOS operating system but these were not readily accessible to students nor to teachers in general. The first computer that came to the school in large numbers was the Apple IIe that used a 5 1/4 inch floppy disk drive with a monochrome monitor. Next came the Apple IIGS which had a color monitor, the new 3 1/2 inch hard case disk drive, and a mouse to point and cl... current
• 05:3905:39, 3 September 2020 diff hist +6,899 N File:Hive Bakeshop 2020, Sally and Rebekah Ontiveros from The Frederick News-Post, September 3, 2020.jpg Buzz at The Hive: Business is booming at Brunswick bakery after sibling owners appear on hit Netflix series By Greg Swatek from The Frederick News-Post, September 3, 3030 In photo: Sally and Rebekah Ontiveros by Bill Green At The Hive Bakeshop in Brunswick, customers stop in to satisfy their sweet tooth and maybe leave with an autograph. The owners of the artisan bakery, sisters Rebekah and Sally Ontiveros, appeared on Season 3 of Netflix’s popular baking show “Sugar Rush,” which pitted... current

2 September 2020

• 14:4414:44, 2 September 2020 diff hist +82 N File:Jeannette marie (Feaster) Ableman Obituary.jpg Information courtesy of Joanna Feaster Henson Category:Obituary current
• 07:0007:00, 2 September 2020 diff hist +362 N File:Frederick B&O railroad station, Built 1854.jpg Harkening back to the Harpers' sketch we posted yesterday, this is a view of the Frederick B&O railroad station at East All Saints and Market Streets. Built in 1854, it was modified in 1895 and 1921. It operated as a railroad depot until 1948. (Photo credit: William E. Barrett and the US Library of Congress) Category:Smoketown In and Around current
• 06:5906:59, 2 September 2020 diff hist +37 N File:Anna Lee Thornton Obituary from The Frederick News-Post, September 3, 2020.jpg Category:Obituary current

30 August 2020

• 08:1808:18, 30 August 2020 diff hist +188 N File:Union picnic to be held at Brunswick City Park.jpg This World War II era poster advertised a union picnic to be held at Brunswick City Park. All proceeds would be used to buy war bonds. Category:Castle Collection History current
• 08:1508:15, 30 August 2020 diff hist +660 N File:Harry Hickman's Lunch Market in Pt of Rocks.jpg This early 20th Century photo shows Harry Hickman's Lunch Market in Pt of Rocks. For background, Rick Bowers tells us: "My father's mother was Lillie May Hickman from Pt of Rocks. Her siblings included Harry and Sidney Hickman, who ran a lunch business in Pt of Rocks. Their store is next to a tower where I think granddad Bowers was a telegrapher. According to my father, the brothers had large aprons with lots of pockets and when a passenger train stopped, they hopped on and sold sandwiches a... current
• 08:1308:13, 30 August 2020 diff hist +215 N File:Fire Department Dance Circa 1950s.jpg Jim Castle: This is from 1950's. Marvin Carroll was a very talented Steel Guitar player who also played with Jimmy Dean. Courtesy of Jason A. Russell Category:Castle Collection Fire Department current

28 August 2020

• 08:1508:15, 28 August 2020 diff hist +983 N File:James Castle, Harrison Volunteer Award August 25, 2020.jpg Best of Maryland Awards Announcement: Celebrating the Best of Maryland’s History and Heritage in 2020 08/25/2020 By Preservation Maryland A native of Brunswick, Maryland in Frederick County, James Castle is a model citizen, dedicated volunteers, skilled historian, and stalwart preservationist…sometimes known as Brakeman Jim, while giving free tours to heritage tourists or local senior citizens. In 2015, James Castle became President of the Brunswick Potomac Foundation almost 20 years from th... current

27 August 2020

• 13:2013:20, 27 August 2020 diff hist +448 N File:City Departments Heads re-appointed at Tuesday's Council Meeting, August 25, 2020.jpg City Departments Heads were also re-appointed at Tuesday's Council Meeting. Pictured being sworn in by Mayor Brown are Milt Frech, Chief of Police; Bruce Dell, Planning and Zoning Administrator; John Gerstner, Public Works Director; Mayor Brown; Dave Dunn, City Administrator; and Matt Campbell, Water Superintendent. Congrats gentlemen, and thank you for your years of service! Courtesy of The City of Brunswick Category:City current
• 13:1713:17, 27 August 2020 diff hist +309 N File:Officer Darrick Scott Sworn in August 2020.jpg Congratulations to Officer Darrick Scott, the newest addition to the Brunswick Police Department. Officer Scott was sworn in at Tuesday August 25, 2020 Council Meeting by Mayor Brown. He is pictured here with Mayor Brown and Chief Frech. Courtesy of the City of Brunswick Category:Police current
• 13:1613:16, 27 August 2020 diff hist +277 N File:Officer Darrick Scott 2020.jpg Darrick Scott was hired on August 10th after retiring from the Frederick Police Department. Darrick will be assigned to our School Resource program and will be tasks with developing youth programs for the department. Courtesy of Chief Frech Category:Police current
• 13:1313:13, 27 August 2020 diff hist +385 N File:Officer Andrew Juday.jpg Andrew Juday was hired July 13, 2020 began the Frederick Police Academy on July 20th and is scheduled to graduate on March 26. 2020. After graduating the police academy, he will be assigned to a 12 week field training program at Brunswick PD before being released to patrol on his own. He will be sworn in after graduation. Courtesy of Chief Frech Category:Police current
• 08:0708:07, 27 August 2020 diff hist +874 N File:Yearbook 1996 Staff.jpg This photo shows the members and advisor of the 1996 Brunswick High School yearbook staff. I think the words written in the yearbook by Editor-in-Chief Darren Remsburg are true about the 1996 yearbook as well as all the BHS yearbooks I saw in my 31 years at the school. “For some, this book will be the last memories of Brunswick High School. I will always serve as a picture window back in time, allowing its viewer to return to the time and place where the memories were conceived.” Back Row... current
• 07:5907:59, 27 August 2020 diff hist +20 File:Election 2020, Special Election from The Frederick News-Post, August 27, 2020.jpg No edit summary current
• 07:5907:59, 27 August 2020 diff hist 0 N File:Election 2020, Special Election from The Frederick News-Post, August 27, 2020.jpg No edit summary
• 07:5807:58, 27 August 2020 diff hist +1,081 N File:Brunswick Citizen Closes August 26, 2020.jpg On August 26, 2020 Julie Maynard sent an email to her staff telling the Citizen would not reopen. Part of the email is here: The covid-19 pandemic never did abate, local schools never did reopen, and The Brunswick Citizen is not going to start publishing again. I think a small part of me still believed we would pull off that miracle up until August when, to my great surprise, we sold the building at 101 West Potomac without putting it on the market. Selling the building was something we'd... current

26 August 2020

• 11:0911:09, 26 August 2020 diff hist +414 N File:Sonny Cannon's retirement party at the old fire hall.jpg Here's a photo of Sonny Cannon's retirement party at the old fire hall downtown on March 9, 1977. Lots of folks turned out as Sonny ended a long reign as Brunswick fire chief. The folks here are Calvin and Nancy Grams, with Mary Jo Brown enjoying themselves. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown People current
• 11:0711:07, 26 August 2020 diff hist +414 N File:Sonny Cannon's retirement dinner on March 9, 1977.jpg Another photo from Sonny Cannon's retirement dinner on March 9, 1977. The couple on the left are Mary and Rev. Bill Strachan, who was pastor at Bethany Lutheran. Bessie and Mayor Jess Orndorff are shown on the far right. The man in the middle is unidentified. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown People current

23 August 2020

• 06:2306:23, 23 August 2020 diff hist +44 N File:Berlin Cemetery Marker, August 21, 2020.jpg Category:Berlin Cemetery current
• 06:2306:23, 23 August 2020 diff hist +2 File:Berlin Cemetery, August 21, 2020.jpg No edit summary current
• 06:2206:22, 23 August 2020 diff hist +1,673 N File:Berlin Cemetery, August 21, 2020.jpg New Monuments in Old Berlin Cemetery The preservation of Old Berlin Cemetery in Brunswick is restoring dignity and pride to this once neglected burial ground. Two new monuments were recently installed. At the corner of B Street and Delaware Avenue,a granite stone now identifies the siteas “Old Berlin Cemetery.” Another monument further in gives a brief history as “the earliest known cemetery in the city of Brunswick.” Three granite benches were also installed. The monuments and benches were...

21 August 2020

• 09:0109:01, 21 August 2020 diff hist +103 N File:Brunswick Crossing Animal Hospital, August 21, 2020.jpg New sign is up for the Animal Hospital in the Weis Shopping Center Category:Business current
• 06:0706:07, 21 August 2020 diff hist +37 N File:Daniel Nicholas (Nick) Monaco Jr. from The Frederick News-Post, August 21, 2020.jpg Category:Obituary current

20 August 2020

• 09:1009:10, 20 August 2020 diff hist +265 N File:Karin Tome, honored by Frederick County Executive Jan Gardner, August 19, 2020.jpg CONGRATULATIONS to Karin Tome, honored by Frederick County Executive Jan Gardner, who declared KARIN TOME DAY in the City of Brunswick, in tribute to Karin’s decades-long dedication to civic engagement. Courtesy of Richard Foot Category:People current

19 August 2020

• 10:3910:39, 19 August 2020 diff hist +166 N File:Boxcar Burgers Opens August 20, 2020.jpg Boxcar Burgers shares space with Towpath Creamery but Towpath closed August 19, 2020 but Boxcar Burgers will keep the space open. Category:Business current
• 10:3710:37, 19 August 2020 diff hist +138 N File:Towpath Creamery Closes August 19, 2020.jpg Karen Tome is closing Towpath Creamery but Boxcar Burger shares the space and will continue business. Category:Business current
• 05:3405:34, 19 August 2020 diff hist +5,252 N File:1 North Virginia Avenue.jpg Residents of 1 North Virginia Ave, Brunswick, MD (Lot #12 on Leonard Smith’s plat of 1787) SUMMARY: The plot was first purchased by Charles Beagle in 1787, and exchanged hands several times until the Ridenbaugh family took possession of it in 1839 and occupied the house until 1869. Adam Ridenbaugh was a laborer and later a ferryman. It then exchanged hands several times again until B.F. Sigafoose, a machinist on the railroad, purchased it in 1882. His family lived in the home until the 19...

18 August 2020

• 18:0218:02, 18 August 2020 diff hist +75 N File:Flood of 1936 Upper Hump.jpg Courtesy of Sue (Roelke) Kent Category:City of Brunswick current
• 18:0118:01, 18 August 2020 diff hist +46 N File:Flood of 1936 Train Station.jpg Category:City of Brunswick current
• 18:0118:01, 18 August 2020 diff hist +46 N File:Flood of 1936 Harpers Ferry.jpg Category:City of Brunswick current
• 17:3517:35, 18 August 2020 diff hist −27 File:1 North Virginia Ave residents.docx No edit summary
• 17:3517:35, 18 August 2020 diff hist +69 N File:1 North Virginia Ave residents.docx Category:1 North Virginia Avenue Property History

17 August 2020

• 05:5705:57, 17 August 2020 diff hist +46 N File:Railroaders 2020 Semi-Pro Football Defeats Virginia from The Frederick News-Post, August 17, 2020.jpg Category:Recreation-Sports current

15 August 2020

• 17:5117:51, 15 August 2020 diff hist +32 N File:Grace Episcopal Church, Brunswick by Valerie Zombro Nusbaum.jpg Category:Art current
• 14:0014:00, 15 August 2020 diff hist +235 N File:Flood 1936 YMCA (Miss Darr).jpg Water reached its peak at 4 AM on Thursday and this photo was taken at 3 PM in the evening. See high water mark on fire escape YMCA (Miss Darr). Spring 1936 Courtesy of Sue (Roelke) Kent Category:City of Brunswick current
• 13:5913:59, 15 August 2020 diff hist +220 N File:Flood 1936 Sigafosse boat around in places which are ordinarily dirt roads.jpg Sigafosse boat around in places which are ordinarily dirt roads. Legion home in rear. Peak of water at 4 AM, picture taken at 3 PM. Spring 1936 Courtesy of Sue (Roelke) Kent Category:City of Brunswick current
• 13:5813:58, 15 August 2020 diff hist +33 File:Flood 1936 B&O Shops.jpg No edit summary current
• 13:5813:58, 15 August 2020 diff hist +127 N File:Flood 1936 B&O Shops.jpg B&O Shops, Doug and Sig in the boat. Note freight cars at left. Spring Flood 1936 Courtesy of Sue (Roelke) Kent