Written By Cari Pierce Many adults of retirement age are exploring the world through travel and relishing time spent with family, perhaps with grandchildren. Not Dr. Faye Pappalardo. Instead of looking toward retirement, she’s...
Read MoreWritten By Lisa Breslin Never underestimate the power of baked goods, especially when it comes to the annual Carroll County 4-H and FFA Fair Cake Auction. For more than 30 years, the fundraiser has pulled in big bucks as...
Read MoreWritten By Linda Morton Although the Christmas shopping season seems to begin earlier each year, Carroll County benevolent organizations have compelling reasons to start holiday plans in October and November. Their kind of...
Read MoreWritten By Evan Balkan One of the better-traveled routes into Sykesville takes you from I-70 up MD 32 north. Along West Friendship Road, following a sign to “Historic Sykesville,” you suddenly come to a sweeping rightward curve....
Read MoreWritten By Sherwood Kohn The cool, clear air of autumn has for some time now evoked mixed emotions. In the days before 9/11 and Katrina, one looked up at the dry, blue sky, smelled the coming fall breezes, and felt a sense of...
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