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Dayhoff: Remembering Sherman Flanagan of Westminster, who died in Vietnam

By Kevin Dayhoff

July 26, 2025 at 12:00 p.m.

Dayhoff: Remembering Sherman Flanagan of Westminster, who died in Vietnam

Maryland State Trooper cars appear on display during National Night Out, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, in Salisbury, Md. The event, hosted by the Salisbury Police Department, aims to promote stronger community relationships and includes a number of organizations that provide support services to families.

One dead, one injured in Carroll County head-on crash; police investigating

By Todd Karpovich

July 26, 2025 at 2:56 p.m.

Maryland State Police are investigating a head-on crash in Carroll County that left one man...

Participants of the Kahlert Leadership Academy at Carroll County’s Boys & Girls Club volunteered at the Hampstead Community Garden Friday. (Courtesy)

Carroll’s Boys & Girls Club learns leadership skills through service

By K. Mauser

July 26, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

Twenty-four adult and youth volunteers from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Carroll County's Kahlert Leadership...

Commissioner Ed Rothstein, during a joint meeting with the Board of Education and the Board of Carroll County Commissioners in Westminster on Wednesday, January 11, 2023.

Republican Central Committee meets Tuesday to nominate Rothstein’s replacement

By Carroll County Times

July 21, 2025 at 5:19 p.m.

The Carroll County Republican Central Committee will meet Tuesday to discuss nominating a replacement for...

Display of baked goods at Roggenart's Columbia location. The bakery bistro and cafe serves croissants, danishes, strudels, breads and coffee.

Roggenart Bakery chain to open first Carroll County location in Hampstead

By Bryna Zumer

July 21, 2025 at 5:05 p.m.

Baltimore-based chain Roggenart Bakery Bistro & Cafe plans to open its first Carroll County location...

Scott Yard, left, CEO of Human Services Programs of Carroll County, and Director of Development Vickie Slinkman in a classroom at their family support center. (Brian Krista/Staff)

Carroll’s Human Services Programs help thousands of low-income households

By K. Mauser

July 21, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

There are about 9,000 Carroll residents living under the poverty line, CEO Scott Yard said,...

GG's Pastry Shop will be downtown Mount Airy's latest provider of French desserts. (Courtesy of Griselda Guillen)

GG’s Pastry Shop to replace Cle Doree French bakery in Mount Airy

By Bryna Zumer

July 21, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Griselda Guillen, who once worked at Hornet's Nest Grille in Damascus, is bringing GG's Pastry...

“Sandaga Market,” by Kibibi Ajanku. It is a hand-dyed indigo Ankara textile and indigo infused acrylic on burlap. (Lyndi McNulty photo)

An Eye for Art: Baltimore artist weaves the African history of indigo

By Lyndi Mcnulty

July 19, 2025 at 10:45 a.m.

Ajanku has been an artist for her entire life. “I sat at the knees of...

Jake Fine, founder of Fine Tuned Presents, poses with flyers for local shows he’s held in the Carroll County area. (Kat Mauser/Staff)

Fine Tuned Presents builds Carroll community through live music

By K. Mauser

July 18, 2025 at 4:47 p.m.

"Fine Tuned feels like the point of not only my music career, but why I...

Freestate Firearms Training founder Dave Ritchie, left, and Hap Baker Firearms Facility Chief Range Officer Chuck Hamlet demonstrate the most effective way to tell someone to stay back before using a firearm — hands in front of the body and palms out. (Kat Mauser/Staff)

Concealed carrying in Maryland isn’t only about skills — it’s about mindset

By K. Mauser

July 18, 2025 at 2:34 p.m.

The first eight-hour day focuses on the mindset of legally carrying a firearm in public...

Route 32 at the Carroll County line looking north toward Sykesville. The Carroll commissioners are putting widening of 7.2 miles of Route 32, from Route 26 south to the Carroll County line, as a secondary funding priority in the state transportation plan.

Carroll County planning report shows drop in new housing

By Bryna Zumer

July 18, 2025 at 9:00 a.m.

Carroll has seen population growth taper off over the past 15 years or so, according...

Annette Fleishell speaks in January in opposition of a solar project during public comments. The Maryland Public Service Commission held an in-person public hearing on a proposal from Spring Valley Solar 1, LLC to build a 2.25-megawatt solar farm on 14 acres of an 80-acre property at 1500 Fannie Dorsey Road in Sykesville. Residents were given the opportunity to comment. (Jeffrey F. Bill/Staff)

Why Carroll landowners find economics of fighting solar farms difficult

By April Santana

July 18, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Annette Fleishell lives on a 50-acre farm on Fannie Dorsey Road, the 2-mile strip that's...

2024 Sykesville Main Street Cocoa Crawl, presented by the Merchants of Main Street and the Downtown Sykesville Connection. The crawl provided patrons with the opportunity to sip on hot cocoa while walking throughout the Main Street area to visit various shops, restaurants, and businesses who offered in-store specials, samples, and much more. The Cocoa Crawl commemorative Sykesville mugs were sold out. (Jeffrey F. Bill/Staff)

‘Community-focused general store’ to replace Feet First shoes in Sykesville

By Bryna Zumer

July 17, 2025 at 5:34 p.m.

A running shoe store is closing in downtown Sykesville less than two years after opening...