Judy Rothermel, Broker of Record / Owner EXIT Realty JP Rothermel Blog
The first Thanksgiving, took place in October of 1621 and lasted three days to celebrate the immigrants first successful corn harvest. The day after Thanksgiving is the busiest day of the year for plumbers. Female turkeys don’t “gobble”, only males do. The balloons in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade used to just be let go after the parade ended. However, after they were let go the balloons would pop before they got too high in the sky. After the Macy’s Parade in 1997, there were maximum s...
Food Trucks are returning to Main Street in Medford this Thursday, November 18th! Food Trucks will be parked on both sides of Main Street from 5 - 9 PM. If you don't feel like cooking, don't hesitate to come on out. Take a look at this full menu of what trucks will be there and what they serve.
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1. Halloween originates from the ancient Celtic Festival known as Samhain that was celebrated around Ireland and the UK. October 31st was the eve of their new year. The Celts lit bonfires and wore costumes to protect themselves from spirits. They believed ghosts returned to earth on Samhain.
2. Jack-o-Lanterns come from the Legend of Stingy Jack. The legend goes, Jack tricked the Devil into not taking him when he died and he was certainly not being accepted into heaven. This left Jack wanderin...On Saturday, October 30th, Medford will be having their annual Halloween Parade on Main Street. This parade is so popular it usually brings around 20,000 spectators each year. It consists of 10 marching bands, 40 handcrafted parade floats, and hundreds of marchers dressed in costumes. Anyone can be a marcher in the parade; marcher registration is in front of St. Mary of the Lakes School.
It starts at St. Mary of the Lakes School and ends at Maurice and Everett Haines School. The parade starts at...1. One of Christopher Columbus’ ships, the Santa Maria, crashed on the coast of the Americas and couldn’t make the voyage back to Spain.
2. Columbus Day is known as Día de la Hispanidad or Fiesta National in Spain.
3. It is the least observed federal holiday, only 10% of businesses close and take the day off.
4. Columbus Day was originally a fixed date on October 12, but it was changed to the second Monday of October in 1971.
5. Columbus started sailing when he was just 15 years old.
6. Once Col...Saturday 9/18 - Oktoberfest!!
Medford Oktoberfest & Business Expo is returning September 18, 2021 in Freedom Park! There will be live music from local bands. There will be lots of food, entertainment, and lots of businesses to check out. There will also be a Stein Holding Contest, in addition to lots of local craft beers to try! Oktoberfest starts at 12PM and ends at 7PM. Click here for the full schedule!
Free Admission & Parking
Sunday 9/19 - Wine, Art, & Music Festival
The Wine, Art, & Musi...
In about 1773 there was a petition made to the General Assembly, this was to request access to build a dam that could power a sawmill and a gristmill(a machine that grinds grain into flour). The Mill was made completely operational by the year 1778.
The house that resides across from the mill is often referred to as the “Miller’s House. It was originally built by Nehemiah Haines about ten years after the mill was constructed. His son later inherited it in 1830 and redesigned the mill from a...
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