Written By Lisa Breslin The other morning, while my husband was whipping up breakfast in the kitchen, the phone rang. “Lisa, come deal with this,” he said after listening to something on the other end of the line. “I can’t tell...

Many men in their late 70s are content to retire and take it easy: play a leisurely game of golf, go fishing, sit on the front porch in a rocking chair. Not so for Paul S. Crowl, 77, of Finksburg. Last March, he broke with the...

Written By Carol Cahall At the heady altitude of about 830 feet, Mount Airy is the highest point between Baltimore and Braddock Heights. A brisk, steady wind is not uncommon. Local folks often comment, “they don’t call this...

Written By Patricia Bianca Everything about Taneytown’s Antrim 1844 Country Inn evokes the romance of a bygone era: the meticulously restored Greek Revival architecture of the mansion house, the carefully selected textiles and...

Written By Cari Pierce To paraphrase a well-worn maxim, behind every exceptional man is an exceptional woman. But when that man honors his mate, there is real evidence of symbiosis, a pairing of soul mates. On December 8, 1993,...

Written By Evan Balkan It was a hot June day. In the dusty yard of the Maryland Midland Railroad (MMR), train cars sat at jaunty angles. Most were slick, freshly painted machines. Others had seen better days but retained a...

Written By Cathy Drinkwater Better When my kids were growing up, their three least favorite words in the English language were “back to school.” Well, their second-least-favorite, actually, after “clean your room.” “Back to...

Written By Anne Blue 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...

Written by Cari Pierce What makes a house a home? In the case of the Westminster residence of Dennis and Dawn Thomas, the base of the formula is friendship – married for 40 years with a commitment to celebrating life with...

Written By Patricia Rouzer If you doubt the existence of destiny, a chat with Union Bridge artist Jo Israelson might give you pause. Guiding a visitor through her firehouse studiohome, which is currently undergoing a new round...

Witten By Mary Spiro   When Diana Mills Scott of Eldersburg looks out across Liberty Reservoir, she sees a double row of red floats. In her mind’s eye, though, she also sees, under 3,100 acres of murky water, the remains of...

Written By Cari Pierce It is a rare collection of Carroll County history, a museum of U.S. wars, and a tribute to life at the turn of the century – the 20th Century. Admission is free. All are welcome. Just don’t be...