Busy springtime
Hello, neighbors. I hope your week has been beautiful, filled with friends, sunshine and watching as Boonsboro changes from winter to spring. Driving down Main Street is so pretty with all the trees blooming.
There are quite a few activities happening this week around Boonsboro. Please take the time out of your busy days and enjoy at least one of them.
Rohrersville Cornet Band concert set for Sunday
The Rohrersville Cornet Band is performing its spring concert at 3 p.m. Sunday at the band hall at 4315 Main St. in Rohrersville. Holly Feather is the director, and some soloists will be featured. This is a free event that is open to the public. Free refreshments will follow the concert.
For more information, call 410-215-1940.
Ruritan hosting Paint Shoppe fundraiser
The Rohrersville Ruritan is holding a Paint Shoppe fundraiser at 6 p.m. Friday at the Keedysville Community Center, 40 Mt. Vernon Drive. Tickets cost $30 each, and half of the profits will go to the Rohrersville Schoolhouse Building Restoration Fund.
Artist Suzee C. Cline-White will be the artist guiding the event. No previous painting skills are required. Refreshments will be available for purchase.
For more information, call 301-432-6315 or go to the Rohrersville Ruritan Facebook page.
Trolley station museum, Bowman House opening
The Boonsboro Trolley Station Museum will be open to visitors from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
The Bowman House at 323 N. Main St. will be open that day from 2 to 4:30 p.m.
Take a step back in time and explore the buildings, which are rich in Boonsboro history.
Celebrate Earth, Arbor days with cleanup
To celebrate Earth and Arbor days, a cleanup day is set from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Shafer Park in Boonsboro.
More information about the events planned for the day can be found at www.town.boonsboro.md.us or by calling 301-432-5141.
Show support with naming raffle
Would you like to support the Boonsboro High School auditorium restoration project? You could participate in the name-your-seat raffle. Raffle tickets, which cost $10 or three for $25, are available at various Boonsboro businesses. The drawing will be Sunday, June 3.
For more information, find Set The Stage on Facebook.
Chicken barbecue, bake sale are Saturday
The Boonsboro Ambulance and Rescue Co., 7619 Old National Pike, is having a chicken barbecue and bake sale starting at 9 a.m. Saturday.
For more information or to reserve a chicken dinner, contact Robyn Ford at 301-667-2301.
The ambulance company also is having a dine-and-donate night from 4 to 10 p.m. Monday at Texas Roadhouse, 120 S. Edgewood Drive in Hagerstown. A percentage of the cost of each meal will be donated to the ambulance company.
You need to bring a flier with you; to get a copy, go to www.boonsbororescue.com or stop by the station.
Historical society meeting April 24
The Boonsboro Historical society will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 64 S. Main St. in Boonsboro. John Schildt will present a program that will focus on “Clouds & Sunshine over Pleasant Valley” and Antietam hospitals.
The event is free and open to the public.
Green Fest launches updated website
The Boonsboro Green Fest launched a new, updated website in preparation for the 10th-anniversary celebration of the event, which will be held Saturday, May 19, a week later than in previous years.
The website can be found at www.boonsborogreenfest.com. It was constructed by local artist and designer Dan Murphy of DM Designs, who has donated his time and talents to the festival for several years. The site lists vendors; sponsors; recyclables being collected; a student-produced video about last year’s event; archives of the first nine years of the festival; and online forms for volunteers, vendors and sponsors.
About 200 vendors will fill Shafer Park for the festival, which will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The vendor application deadline has passed, but volunteers may sign up online until Saturday, May 5.
The festival is produced by the all-volunteer, 18-member Boonsboro Green Fest Committee and is an official event of the Town of Boonsboro.
Inquiries may be directed to info@boonsborogreenfest.com or P.O. Box 64, Boonsboro, MD 21713.
Share your news
To share news from around Boonsboro, call 301-433-6315 or email melissaroundboonsboro@yahoo.com.
Inspiring words
My quote for this week is one of my go-to’s for those not-so-great days. I hope you can tuck it away and use it when you need it:
“You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think, and loved more than you’ll ever know.”
— A.A. Milne