Emily Chappell

Almost two months into the pay-as-you-throw trash pilot program, the Town of New Windsor is beginning to see success. The program, known as the Fair Trash Reduction (FuTuRe) program, began in November with the first trash pickup on Nov. 6. The pilot is scheduled to last 34 weeks.

A Manchester, Md. man was arrested for allegedly stealing a vehicle from a dealership, and then using it to drive to Walmart to steal fireplaces.

Libby Trostle, the college’s senior director corporate services and workforce development, has been appointed to and will assume the role of Vice President of Continuing Education and Training at the start of the year, replacing Karen Merkle.

Todd Michael Dauses, 49, was charged with manslaughter, first-degree assault, second-degree assault and reckless endangerment, according to a press release from the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office.

With 2019 on the horizon, some Carroll County community leaders have been looking much further ahead than the new year, with eyes down the road three decades.

We asked kid who came to Westminster's TownMall to see Santa what exactly they were asking St. Nick for this year.

Benjamin Arbaugh, Westminster High School Class of 2014 graduate, was recently named the recipient of a Jack Kent Cooke Foundation scholarship, an award which will help him continue his education. 

After more than a year of back and forth discussions between the Board of County Commissioners and the mayor and town council of New Windsor, the two groups implemented a pay-as-you-throw trash pilot program.

North Carroll High, New Windsor Middle and Charles Carroll Elementary schools were closed at the end of the 2015-2016 school year, but in 2018, the Board of County Commissioners determined the fates of two of the buildings and debated what’s next for another.

Carroll County Public Schools had year filled with action and change.

Jacob Anthony Demario, 31, of Westminster, has been charged with false imprisonment, first-degree assault and second-degree assault, according to electronic court records.

Former Carroll County Public Schools teacher, principal and Teacher of the Year Kenneth Brian Fischer, 40, pleaded guilty this week to the production of child pornography, bringing some closure to case that began more than one year ago.

A former Carroll County Public Schools’ teacher and principal on Tuesday pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of producing child pornography. Kenneth Brian Fischer, 40, formerly of Westminster, will serve a minimum of 15 years, with a maximum sentence of 25 years.

This is the seventh year the Whoville Hairdo competition in Tech Center's cosmetology department, an assignment that allows students to be their most creative.

Amanda Lynn Conners, 38, and Jeffrey Alan Myers, 32, both of the 13000 block of Penn Shop Road, have been charged with home invasion, first-degree assault, conspiracy to commit first degree assault and second-degree assault.