The Carroll County Veterans Independence Project is no longer considering the vacant U.S. Army Reserve building on Malcolm Drive in Westminster for its veterans service center. After its second federal application to change the use of the building from public safety to homelessness assistance was...
Farmers and Merchants Bancshares Inc., the parent of Farmers and Merchants Bank announced that net income for the year ended Dec. 31, 2018, was $4,712,676, or $2.82 per common share, compared to $3,789,241, or $2.28 per common share, in 2017. This is the highest net income in the history of the...
Harvey Tegeler, of Interstate Financial Services in Westminster, has achieved membership in the prestigious Million Dollar Round Table, The Premier Association of Financial Professionals. Tegeler is a 16-year MDRT member. Attaining membership in MDRT is a distinguishing career milestone achieved...
Tom Walsh, of Hampstead, won state third place in the A No-Till/Strip-Till Non-Irrigated division of the 2018 National Corn Growers Association's Corn Yield Contest. Walsh won with Pioneer P1197AM brand corn, which yielded 269.58 bushels per acre. Walsh earned one of the 189 state titles won by...
Nearly 70 families attended Hampstead Elementary School's Harry Potter themed Family Reading Night on Nov. 14. The event featured an array of activities centered around reading, and were tailored for both parents and children. Students were entertained with a puppet show, listened to stories, and...
Barbara and Thomas E. Mize Sr., of Hampstead, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Dec. 24, 2018. The couple was married Dec. 24, 1958, in Baltimore. They are the parents of Thomas E. Mize Jr. and Rhonda Sue Mize Sullivan. They have three grandchildren.
On Nov. 19, the Board of Directors of Farmers and Merchants Bancshares, Inc., the parent of Farmers and Merchants Bank, declared a cash dividend of 43 cents per share of common stock, which was paid Dec. 21 to shareholders of record on Dec. 7. The dividend is a 3-cent increase over the per share...
Montgomery Financial Services opened its new office on Liberty Road in September 2018 and is now home to two local advisors, Edward Scott and Edward Loftice. Both have a solid foundation within the community, residing in the Carroll County/Howard County area for nearly 50 years. As fiduciaries...
The Eldersburg office of Long & Foster Real Estate named its top producing agents and teams for November 2018. The top producing agents were Dixon/Kluge Group - Top Producers, Top Sales, & Top Listings, $6.0 million + total production on 13 units; Nancy Horne Team, Top Producers & Top Sales $1.1...
Yee-Lynn Lee and Yee-Van Lee, both from Liberty High School, were named semifinalists in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program. The high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $31 million that will be offered...
Jimmie and Linda Holton, of Eldersburg, celebrated their 55th anniversary Sept. 14, 2018. They are the parents of Lisa Holton, of New Oxford, Pennsylvania; and Jennifer Sorrentino, of Taneytown. They have two granddaughters and one great-grandson.
John Gundzik, of Manchester, ranked as fourth largest in registering the most Angus beef cattle in Maryland with the American Angus Association during fiscal year 2018, which ended Sept. 30. Angus breeders across the nation in 2018 registered 327,067 head of Angus cattle. The American Angus Association...
Heather Jackson and Timothy Wineke were married Aug. 17, 2018, at Antrim 1844 in Taneytown. The Rev. Mark Bialek, of St. John Catholic Church in Westminster, performed the Catholic ceremony. The bride was given in marriage by her father. Maid of honor was Brittany Jackson, sister of the bride....
A Manchester man was charged after investigators allegedly discovered a grow operation of 82 marijuana plants at a residence within 1,000 feet of Manchester Valley High School. Gary Matthew Long, 57, of the 3200 block of Beaver Street, was charged with one count each of manufacturing a controlled...
After heavy rains overnight Friday filled Cascade Lake to the brim by Saturday morning, Carroll County officials cautioned that an uncontrolled breach of the lake’s dam, and thus further flooding, was possible. However, because engineering crews were able to lower the water level significantly...
Piper Stankiewicz, an eighth-grade student at Mount Airy Middle School, won the Maryland Science Olympiad design contest. Her original design, which incorporates the Maryland flag, a crab, and science icons, will appear on all the Maryland Science Olympiad T-shirts. Students from more than 50 schools...
Weichert, Realtors - McKenna & Vane, with offices in Columbia and Mount Airy, has been named to the Weichert Real Estate Affiliates Inc. prestigious Premier Client Group for 2019. The Maryland-based affiliate is one of only 30 out of more than 250 companies from the Weichert national franchise...
Weichert, Realtors - McKenna & Vane, located in Mount Airy, announced that realtor Lourae Trotman successfully completed the Weichert Real Estate Affiliates, Inc. Fast Track training. The training helps quickly bring new Weichert-affiliated agents, as well as current agents interested in taking...
Blossom and Basket Boutique, located in downtown Mount Airy, has been selected as a 2019 winner of The Knot Best of Weddings awards and a 2019 winner of the WeddingWire Couples Choice Awards. The Knot Best of Weddings awards is an accolade representing the highest and most rated wedding professionals...
Steven M. Williams has been named assistant vice president/treasury management officer to serve customers of NWSB Bank, a division of ACNB Bank. In this role, he is responsible for helping business customers in central Maryland manage their finances by providing a full suite of treasury management...
Jesse Sauerwein was awarded Employee of the Quarter for fourth quarter of 2018 at the Taney Corporation, a manufacturer of wood stairs and stair parts located in Taneytown. Sauerwein started his career at the company 18 years ago.
Andrea Keefer, of Linwood, and Shawn Eyler, of Taneytown, are engaged to be married. The bride-to-be is the daughter of David and Julie Keefer, of Linwood. She is a 2010 graduate of Francis Scott Key High School, a 2014 graduate of Frostburg State University, and a 2018 graduate of The Pennsylvania...
The people had spoken — then it was time for the police to sing. Or at least dance. On Wednesday, Aug. 15, the Taneytown Police Department released their entry into the viral police lip sync video challenge that has public safety personnel across the United States showing off their moves. The department...