Written By Lisa Breslin Tickets were sold out for the Moscow Symphony Orchestra’s December performance at Carroll Community College’s Scott Center Theater. The 40-piece orchestra was the highlight of Carroll Community College...

When the Moscow Symphony came to Westminster, one Carroll Community College student got a once-in-a-lifetime phone call. Lauren Stallings was thinking about her final exam in Music Theory III. She was dreaming about the fact...

Written By Lisa Breslin By day, Lineboro resident Don Bellusci works for Baltimore County government as chief highway inspector; but during every spare moment, he plays – or does research about – the instrument he...

Written By Lisa Breslin A hungry goat herd’s appetite for weeds is saving the city of Westminster thousands of dollars each year. The animals are part of an award-winning program dubbed “Project Weed Eater,” which is the...

Written By Lisa Breslin Westminster resident Walter “WC” Knight thought a long time about the perfect Christmas gift for his girlfriend, Christy Johnson, 24, of New Windsor. He wanted something romantic, something to wow her,...

Written By Sherwood Kohn Three years ago, Steve Flynn quit his well-paying job as a senior district manager in the marketing department of the Aon insurance corporation and started singing like Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and...

Written by Lisa Breslin Oscar-Winning Movie Opens Foreign Film Festival The Academy Award-winning South African film, “Tsotsi” (below), opens the Carroll County Arts Center’s 4th Annual Foreign Film Festival on February 2 and 3....

Written By Sheila Herbst What has 12-year-old Samantha Pollino, who appeared on the cover of Carroll Magazine’s June/July issue, been doing since she played Emma in the Broadway musical, “Hot Feet?” “I’m busy and I love it!”...

Written By Sherwood Kohn The “niche” phenomenon, in which services are aimed at specific demographic groups, has pervaded our consumer society. Once based on intuitive assessments of the market, appeals to portions of the...

Written By Cathy Drinkwater Better Memory is a funny thing. We all cherish warm recollections of family holidays, but we edit them in our minds so they wind up looking like a TV commercial for JCPenney–everyone gathered...

Written By Cari Pierce This year, don’t do it. Don’t make that New Year’s resolution to get in shape. We all know that come the stroke of midnight, after the confetti falls and the party horns go silent, we never keep our...

Written By Anne Blue John O’Meally and his wife, Wendie, who live in Westminster, have been skiing since they were teenagers. They have passed on their love of the sport to their three children by starting each child on skis at...