Hampstead-based construction business C.J. Miller will mark the opening Wednesday of a new asphalt plant in Finksburg, a $9 million project completed in June that is expected to create up to 100 new jobs. Officials say the plant will help the company increase production, energy efficiency and safety....
The history of Westminster and Carroll County is much more than buildings, signs and spaces and empty, memorized, meaningless dates without a human context. Carroll County has been fortunate to have many native sons and daughters who made a great difference and contribution to our community. This...
Carroll County Education Associate aims to boost member salaries
Karl Gettle, of Mount Gretna, Pa., will be among the skilled artisans providing hands-on instruction during the Carroll County Farm Museum's traditional arts classes this November. "I get joy out of seeing people accomplish something," Gettle said. Gettle, who will teach basket weaving and hearth...
Last month, the Carroll County Chief Deputy State's Attorney, Kathleen Murphy, and chief investigator, Dean Brewer, visited the Taneytown Senior Center to discuss what signs to look for in order to avoid being scammed. State's Attorney Brian DeLeonardo was also present to kick off this new community...
State's Attorney's office and addiction recovery advocates relate to students
A Hampstead man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for distribution and possession of child pornography. Michael Eugene Aldridge, 42, pleaded guilty to the charges in May in federal court in Baltimore. On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Marvin Garbis sentenced Aldridge to serve 10 years in prison...
A coalition of advocacy groups will hold a news conference in Carroll on Thursday to ask the County Board of Commissioners to repudiate an opinion piece written by Commissioner Richard Rothschild, R-District 4, saying they believe it contains "irresponsible," "hate-filled" and "un-American" rhetoric....
What started as an innocuous cough in mid-2002 led to perhaps the most difficult battle of Jeff Castonguay's life. Castonguay, the chief of Carroll County's Bureau of Utilities, was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's B-Cell Lymphoma in December 2002, the same cancer that Gov. Larry Hogan is now fighting....
Sandymount Elementary School is one of five schools facing closure under CCPS plan