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Culleton: Expanding liquor outlets won't squeeze another drop of revenue

By John Culleton — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:43:00 EST

Culleton on Carroll

With respect to liquor licenses, the state of Maryland is pushing in one direction, and the city of Baltimore in another.

Letter: Improve mental health programs and background checks to control guns

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:43:40 EST

Better background checks and mental health programs critical for gun control

Do not saddle counties with any additional state costs [Editorial]

Wed, 9 Jan 2013 12:43:00 EST

As the General Assembly convenes in Annapolis for the 2013 session on Jan. 9, officials of Maryland's counties are keeping a sharp eye out for any attempt by the governor or legislature to push more of the state's fiscal burden onto the counties.

Better: Seat of power comes in 50 shades of gray .. or is it pearl?

By Cathy Drinkwater Better, cbetter@juno.com — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:45:00 EST

For Better or Worse

"It isn't gray," I said.

Christmas tree lights were an extravagance in early 1900s

By Kevin E. Dayhoff, kevindayhoff@gmail.com — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 19:30:00 EST

Eagle Archive

One of the first references to a decorated and electrically lit Christmas tree on display in Carroll County may be found in a history of the Westminster Woman's Club, which documents a Westminster Community Christmas Tree Lighting on Dec. 20, 1928, at the forks of West Main Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.

Letter: Republican Party needs to focus its message, not change it

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 19:32:00 EST

There has been much discussion in the weeks since the 2012 election about the Republican Party and its current state.

Eagle Archive: Where were you when Twinkie the Kid and Captain Cupcake died?

By Kevin E. Dayhoff, kevindayhoff@gmail.com — Sat, 8 Dec 2012 19:08:00 EST

Eagle Archive

November 21, 2012, was a sad day.

Better: Turning leftover Halloween candy into a recipe for disaster

By Cathy Drinkwater Better — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 12:16:00 EST

For Better or Worse

There are a few immutable laws of nature: gravity; E = MC2; and "if something can go wrong, it will."

Better: It's time technology took a bigger byte out of baby boomers

By Cathy Drinkwater Better, cbetter@juno.com — Thu, 1 Nov 2012 17:27:00 EDT

For Better or Worse

Today's young adults have never known a world without computers. By age 4, they could re-program an Atari game system to deploy nuclear water balloons over the back fence and into the neighbors' barbecue. (At least, my 4-year-old could. We moved soon after that.)

Eagle Archive: Strictly speaking, Carroll's predominant language was once German

By Kevin Dayhoff, kevindayhoff@gmail.com — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 17:44:00 EDT

Eagle Archive

In October 1833, in the area we now know as Carroll County, a vote was taken as to whether or not we should form a new county in Maryland from portions of Baltimore and Frederick counties.