Written By Anne Blue The Children’s Chorus of Carroll County moves into its third decade of inspiring the young through music when it performs a special 20th Anniversary Reunion Concert on April 23. Plans for the celebration,...

Written By Patricia Bianca Internationally renowned wildlife photographer Michael L. Smith will open an exhibition of his work at the Taneytown History Museum on Saturday, May 13, 2006, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the museum’s...

Written By Lisa Breslin When Westminster resident JoAnne Borrelli first joined a women’s investment group in 1999, she said she “didn’t know the difference between an IPO and the A&P.” Like many of the other women in the...

The first Saturday in March marks perhaps the biggest family reunion in this region; it is so big that it fills the ballroom at Martin’s West in Woodlawn, MD. The reunion is actually the annual Spring Gala, a black tie event to...

Written By Evan Balkan A visitor to Manchester availing himself of the abundant parking along Main Street might get the sense that something is amiss. As he fumbles for quarters, he will soon realize that there are no parking...

Written By Sherwood Kohn Poet T.S. Eliot claimed that April was the cruelest month, but he neglected to include May; not just because those months herald the arrival of spring, and some of us who are long in the tooth have...

Written By Karen Nitkin Wine is fine and candy is dandy, but why not think outside the (chocolate) box this Valentine’s Day, with some creative gifts from local merchants and artists? The Bold and the Beautiful. Gift-givers...

Written By Cari Pierce “I have…between 5:45 a.m. and 5:50 a.m. to put on makeup and do my hair during the week,” said Christine Murphy. “I have to be absolutely realistic.” Indeed. Christine, 35, who commutes from...

Written By Evan Balkan Glamor is not the point. Beauty is. To Eldersburg artist Paula Waterman, a heifer grazing in Carroll County is as majestic a sight as a sunbathing cheetah in the Kenyan savannah. Paula makes her living as...

Written By Mary Spiro Forget the “I might need it someday” excuse…Get Organized! Temperatures outside are the lowest of the year and you are stuck inside with all your stuff, suffering from cabin fever. Perhaps...

Written By Richard Daub For many commuters who don’t live there but have to pass through town every day, Hampstead is merely a traffic headache on the way to and from work. Some may have even reached the point at which they no...

Written By Lisa Breslin One of Kelly Chiavvaci’s favorite childhood memories is of her parents attending the annual Holiday Dinner Dance at the Westminster Riding Club. Mom put on her holiday dress, dad dressed in his tuxedo and...