Carroll County Lifestyles

Anyone living today knows we are no longer living in Kansas. The difference between us and Dorothy is we are not dreaming. This is real. The coronavirus has changed the whole world. I don’t see us going back to the so-called normal.

"This year will be our 153rd consecutive observance of Memorial Day, and even though we had to cancel the actual parade, we have put together a wonderful ceremony and observance.’” Well, hold that thought.

Pick-your-own-strawberry season will look different from previous seasons, at least in the case of one Carroll County orchard, which has made adjustments with the COVID-19 pandemic in mind.

Twenty-five years ago, Camlin designed Building 5 for Penguin Random house. From Md. 27, passing cars can see alternate stripes of different colors of metal siding.

Girls on the Run of Central Maryland is presenting a “SHEro” series to celebrate local women making a difference within the communities of Carroll and Howard counties.

After a Maryland girls empowerment organization was forced to cancel its season because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it took steps to switch over to a digital format.

Under the law change, non-spouse IRA inheritors will be required to withdraw all assets from the account within 10 years after the death of the original owner.

The origins of Belle Grove Square date back to 1866 when what was then farmland and woods was originally purchased by George W. and Maria Matthews. The Matthews family first proposed Belle Grove Square to be community green space on the mid 1870s, long before our Westminster Playground was developed in the mid-1930s.

Even in this life-threatening time, the people of the United States, whatever religion they are, will not raise a white flag to work together. Politicians and world leaders continue to exhibit their childish, pathological behaviors. Criticism of each other and blame continues to be the most newsworthy.

The wine fairy trend has made its way to Carroll County, as well as other counties across the state.

As workers scrambled to learn new ways to work from home and create a new normal amid the COVID-19 pandemic, some Carroll countians have found unexpected rewards along with the challenges.

It was a bright spot for the community of Carroll Lutheran Village in Westminster when 104-year-old Vivian Myers was released from isolation where she has been recovering from COVID-19.

May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. Do you know these basic facts about skin cancer, screening, and sun safety?

My husband, a former banker — you get the picture — worried about looking like a self-described “old hippie.”

Gardening pet owners are advised to evaluate their choices of plants, gardening products and practices to assure the safety of their furry family members.

Right now, we are in a relay race and this first leg of the race is for the medical workers, truck drivers, food pantry volunteers, store clerks and helpers of all the necessary items we need. For most of us, it’s not our leg of the race to run. But, our turn and leg of the race to run is coming soon!

So, how are Key’s seniors dealing with change and disappointment? With a mix of uncertainty, fear and unbridled optimism.

It was in late February–early March that the commission initially announced a multimedia scholarship contest for the City of Westminster’s celebration of the Year of the Woman. Soon after that, the scholarship contest, and much of our daily lives, were overtaken by the coronavirus pandemic.

McDaniel College senior Ravi Patel has been named a Fulbright finalist for an English Teaching Assistant Award in Indonesia.

Moriah Tyler carries a 5-inch by 3-inch sketchbook with her everywhere. She goes to different places after work to draw or if she is drinking a cup of coffee she will start sketching.

Tiffany Sochurek, a 2003 Westminster High School alum, is a traveling nurse, working with COVID-19 patients, and others, at a large hospital in Augusta, Georgia.

African Americans who fought for the Union Army or Navy during the Civil War saw a great deal more of the country in a few short years than ever before in their lifetimes, and brought back hope for brighter futures, especially those who had been enslaved when the war began.

Before we deal with “essential” or “nonessential” we need to ask the question, “What do we mean by the word ‘church’?” While the church building could be called “important” not only as a gathering place for its members but also often as a community building it is not “essential.”

Motorcyclists make up a small percentage of vehicles on the road but are 28 times more likely to die in a traffic crash than a passenger riding in a car.

Three gentlemen living at Carroll Lutheran Village, ranging in ages 73 to 90, continue to deserve recognition for what they do to make life better for all generations every day of the year.

Between the open dump fires, the mud, dust, smoke, flies, mosquitoes, horse and mule droppings, roaming cattle, hogs and dogs, perhaps the good ole’ days weren’t so great.

Maryland Code, the go-to source for state statutes, fails to provide a definitive “yes, you can always fire your weapon on a public street” or “no, you can never legally fire a weapon on public thoroughfares” answer.

Although Taneytown had a relatively significant population of free African Americans at the time of the Civil War, the only churches serving blacks were white ones. Of the seven Civil War soldiers currently identified from the Taneytown area, five were buried at St. Joseph’s and one at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery. The seventh soldier was killed in battle and his body not returned home.