The annual whirlwind of activity often makes it hard to find peace during the holiday season. Many Carroll residents have found a civilized antidote to the chaotic rush of celebratory preparations: hot cups of good tea, delicious finger foods, the co...

When Tony D’Eugenio, the former owner and founder of Giulianova-- Italian Groceria, died in the spring of 2004, many in Westminster mourned, not just for the loss of a beloved friend to the community, but because his establishment was a place where...

On the first day of school last year, the Twery family let their dog, Sammy, out into the yard. Usually she stays in the yard, but on that busy morning the collar that keeps her inside her electric fence wasn’t working and she bolted away. Soon all...

By the time Rene Bonde finished high school, she had tried just about everything Carroll County 4-H had to offer - from photography, sewing, and modeling clothes to raising rabbits and lambs. “I learned how to sew and I can fix rips and sew buttons...

Dorothy Wilkinson was sitting at Greenmount Bowl in Hampstead enjoying her Thursday evening league last December 23, when she felt a touch on her shoulder and heard some soft words about her bowling game. “You don’t know how to bowl,” the voice...

By two months after the tsunami hit, 196,000 pounds of relief supplies, worth $2.8 million dollars, had left a large warehouse in New Windsor and were airlifted to destinations in Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Indonesia. The supplies went to areas where o...

When Barry Boston bought a motel on Route 140 more than a decade ago, the former owner told him stories about sitting in his office overlooking the highway and watching only a few cars pass in a couple of hours. That description of Route 140 offers a...

The dance floor was swinging to the tunes of the band, “Black Tie,” and drinks were flowing at Martin’s Westminster on the evening of the first Friday in November when more than 500 guests enjoyed the 45th Annual Silvery Moon Ball. The Silvery ...