Commissioners reject expansion of Carroll County Regional Airport

One of the most ambitious, and contentious, issues in Carroll County over the past decade came to a crash landing on Thursday, Jan. 26, as...

County forming work group to guide Freedom area trail system

The first step is always the hardest, they say, but those attending a meeting last week regarding future biking and hiking trails in...

Getty urges school board to create 'Taneytown-Manchester Zone' for weather-related events

MANCHESTER — State Sen. Joe Getty this week asked the Carroll County Board of Education to adopt a north county zone for...

O'Malley budget seeks to cap deductions, shift portion teacher pensions to counties

ANNAPOLIS — Gov.Martin O'Malleysaid this proposed capping income tax deductions and rolling back income tax exemptions for Maryland'...

Teacher of the Year issues challenge to turn King's ideals into tangible truth

Hakeem Wilson, a junior at Winters Mill High School, has been on the honor roll three years, and carries a 3.6 grade point average.

Baltimore football championship seasons have always started in Westminster … so should we be worried?

Many Carroll County residents are getting a case of nostalgic Super Bowl fever as they look forward to Sunday's AFC championship contest...

Commissioners will discuss airport expansion Jan. 19, then vote Jan. 26

WESTMINSTER — The Board of County Commissioners will discuss the proposed expansion of the Carroll County Regional Airport in a public...

Funeral services Jan. 17 for Westminster airman killed in Afghanistan

Funeral services are scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 17, for a Westminster airman who was killed Jan. 5 from injuries suffered from an...

Commissioners say banking error led to double withdrawals

The Board of County Commissioners are citing a bank mistake for errors in the deposit of customers' payments of water and property tax bills...

Sykesville officials denounce state redistricting plan in letter to O'Malley

The Sykesville Town Council adopted a resolution this week stating its disapproval of the proposed state legislative redistricting plan, one...

Teacher of the Year is guest for Carroll NAACP's MLK breakfast

WESTMINSTER — The Carroll County NAACP branch will host its 2012 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast on Saturday, Jan. 14, at 8 a.m....

Alumni recall bonds of brotherhood of Strawbridge Home for Boys in Eldersburg

As a resident of Strawbridge Home for Boys in 1950, Jim Mathis, at age 13, found himself working on a full-fledged farm with cows, hogs,...

Westminster resident leads effort to name new county park for WTTR's Dwight Dingle

There are 28 parks in Carroll County, including five in Westminster.

Sykesville Boy Scout project honors MLK Jr. with a 'Day of Service'

SYKESVILLE — Other teens may have seen Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday as a day off school, but David Kreinar, a Boy Scout in...

Westminster airman killed by explosive device in Afghanistan

A Westminster airman was one of three service members who died from injuries suffered from an improvised explosive device attack on Jan. 5...