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Finksburg student goes from library volunteer to author

By Karen Nitkin, Special to The Baltimore Sun — Sat, 26 May 2012 16:35:51 EDT

Love of books leads 17-year-old to write fantasy fiction novel

Zach Teal is just 17, but his love for books led him to write one of his own and to volunteer more than 250 hours at the Finksburg branch of the Carroll County Public Library.

Finksburg man arrested in Westminster stabbing

By Kevin Rector, The Baltimore Sun — Tue, 29 May 2012 23:14:00 EDT

Police: fight started between men after girlfriends started arguing

A 27-year-old Finksburg man was arrested Tuesday afternoon on suspicion of stabbing another man in the middle of E. Main Street in Westminster on Monday, according to Westminster police.

Carroll commissioner creates monthly prayer session

By Mary Gail Hare , The Baltimore Sun — Fri, 11 May 2012 19:02:52 EDT

Some raise concerns about invitation as well as prayers before open sessions

A Carroll County commissioner has emailed an invitation to about 850 government employees to attend a monthly prayer session, which she will lead, raising concern among some residents and watchdog groups.

Carroll County schools to impose higher standard for extracurricular eligibility

By Jim Joyner, jjoyner@patuxent.com — Wed, 9 May 2012 23:22:00 EDT

GPA minimum of 2.0 kicks in with 2012-13 school year

Carroll County Public Schools will implement a higher academic requirement next school year for high school students participating in extracurricular activities — a move that school officials said has been under consideration for some time, but got a nudge with the passage of a law mandating a new statewide standard.

Carroll residents accuse Board of Commissioners of violating open meetings rules

By Nicole Fuller , The Baltimore Sun — Tue, 8 May 2012 21:02:00 EDT

Commissioners deny allegations

Debate over the meaning of gold-colored sheets of paper passed among members of the Carroll County Board of Commissioners has pitted the elected officials against residents who allege they are thumbing their noses at state open meetings rules.

4.5-mile conveyor would carry stone to Carroll cement plant

By Mary Gail Hare , The Baltimore Sun — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:23:00 EDT

Lehigh Cement needs new stone source

For nearly a century, Carroll County's smallest town has supplied stone to the massive Lehigh Cement Co. plant that employs many in the community. But the company finds itself at a crossroads — with the quarry nearly depleted, it is eyeing a new supply from a limestone-rich mine that it owns in another town.

Eldersburg residents wary of senior housing proposal

By Bob Allen — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:00:00 EDT

Project slated for 16-acre tract on Oklahoma Road

Just about the only excitement in the semi-rural residential neighborhood near the intersection of Oklahoma and Bennett roads, in Eldersburg, is provided by occasional errant motorists who misjudge the sharp downhill curve on Oklahoma where it approaches Bennett from the northeast and either end up in a ditch or in somebody's yard.

21-year-old woman dies after Westminster accident

By Scott Calvert , The Baltimore Sun — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 10:17:00 EDT

Authorities say truck left road, struck trees early Saturday

A 21-year-old Sykesville woman was fatally injured in a one-vehicle accident early Saturday morning in Westminster, the Carroll County Sheriff's Office said.

Fire at abandoned Carroll County hospital under investigation

By Yvonne Wenger , The Baltimore Sun — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:07:00 EDT

Officials say fire is latest in series over last decade

Approximately 50 firefighters spent about two hours battling a fire Saturday at the abandoned Henryton State Hospital in the Marriottsville area of Carroll County, officials said Sunday.

Region battling rash of brush fires

By Kevin Rector, The Baltimore Sun — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:35:00 EDT

Fire 'red flag' warnings raised due to dry, windy weather

Warnings from local fire officials have stacked up in recent days, all noting the same thing: The Baltimore region is ready to burn.