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There are various offerings this Mother’s Day weekend in Carroll County for those looking to make the holiday memorable for mom.

St. Patrick Church, 615 Congress Ave. will host its third annual baby shower Saturday and Sunday after masses. Items donated will be distributed to those in need in the community. 410-939-2525.

Letters to the editor that appeared in the Carroll County Times on Tuesday, May 7, 2019.

Toby’s Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts Performance Troupe did n a “Grease” run through at Howard Community College around the same time other families were enjoying brunch or early dinner.

A recent national survey concluded that the most popular Mother’s Day gifts are flowers, apparel and gift cards. How could we get it so wrong? There’s only one thing your mother wants on Mother’s Day – and that’s you. Talk to her!

This week I found three recipes that I thought sounded kind of elegant and befitting as a food gift for a special woman in your life.

Mother’s Day is May 13, and Baltimore restaurants are preparing to pamper moms with special menus.

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Julie Brunelle stooped in the flower beds behind the Cylburn mansion Sunday, examining the ants as they worked their way inside peony blooms and helped them to open.

My birthday always falls around Mother's Day. Sometimes it is on Mother's Day if May 12th happens to hit a Sunday. The closeness of the two occasions is fitting because there is a Korean tradition of honoring our mothers on the day we were born. We buy presents and give thanks to our mothers on our birthdays in gratitude for birthing and raising us. On this Mother's Day, I would like to persuade children of all ages to partake in this tradition of remembering our mothers beyond this holiday. We

This year's Flower and Jazz Festival featured more than 200 vendors, including local artists, restaurants and crafters, as well as nurseries offering up their selections of flowers and plants. The grounds of the event stretch over a half-mile, from Longwell Avenue through the city to Pennsylvania Avenue.

Adam Jones looks at Mother's Day from both sides now.

Columbia Pro Cantare's concert on Sunday, May 14, at 8 p.m., falls on Mother's Day, but that special occasion is actually coincidental for a concert program called "Anniversary Celebrations!"

Mother's Day is almost here — Sunday, May 14. Need ideas on how to celebrate the special moms in your life? Here are some events in Ellicott City that may interest you.

Forecasts call for the highest spending for Mother's Day in more than a decade, offering a bright spot in an otherwise gloomy retail landscape.

This May 13, all moms are invited for a special Beads & Bags Bingo at the Sykesville volunteer fire company to celebrate Mother's Day.

The American Breast Cancer Foundation, based in Columbia, has started a GoFundMe page for its latest effort, "500 Mammograms by Mother's Day."

The Carroll County Ag Center will host their first Arts and Crafts Festival Saturday, May 6. The Shipley Arena will house a variety of crafters and artists and food will be available all day from the High Ridge and Gunpowder 4-H clubs.

There is a lot to be said for heading down to the historic district for one of the seasonal events, like the Spring Fest we just celebrated in April. It's fun to be a part of a big crowd, feeling the energy and enjoying the special extras like live music and free crafts. But, there is also something about hitting Main Street on a rainy Tuesday afternoon.

Last year, Westminster's annual Mother's Day celebration, the Flower and Jazz Festival, expanded from a block party to taking over the entire downtown area.

The money made from the sale will go to a local organization, A is for Africa, which the school partners with.

There's nothing like a spring festival that offers fun for all the family.

Local florists have ordered thousands of roses and expect to sell out.

Organizations throughout Carroll County are celebrating Grandparents Day this weekend.

May, the month of Mother's Day, has ended up being quite a busy month for us, though I was able to spend the holiday with my mom. We had a very pleasant day sitting at the baseball field, in what feels like one of our only sunny days this month, just chatting and watching my son Owen play.

May, the month of Mother's Day, has ended up being quite a busy month for us, though I was able to spend the holiday with my mom. We had a very pleasant day sitting at the baseball field, in what feels like one of our only sunny days this month, just chatting and watching my son Owen play.

Mother's Day was celebrated just a week ago. Many mothers look forward to this day because they get to see or listen over the phone to sons or daughters whom they don't get to see or listen often. Others just look forward to getting some well-deserved relaxation time and dedicated appreciation and attention — which mothers should be getting every day anyway.

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The 35th annual Havre de Grace Decoy & Wildlife Art Festival again brought out more than 140 artists, exhibitors and vendors to promote and celebrate the art of decoy carving, even as organizers continue to wonder about the event's future.

Buck Showalter still picks up the phone to call his mom. It's a habit he developed over decades of missed birthdays, family events and other holidays that passed with him in some dugout somewhere far, far away. Lina Carrie Spires Showalter is not there to answer anymore, but she has never been far out of mind as the first Mother's Day approached since she died on the final weekend of the baseball season last October.

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The Nickel Taphouse and Green Spring Station have a number of deals for Mother's Day.

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The website Statistic Brain estimates that there are 85.4 million mothers in the U.S. and that we'll spend $20.7 billion dollars honoring them this year on Mother's Day. This staggering sum includes restaurant meals, flowers, candy, greeting cards and all manner of other gifts, from the homemade to high-end jewelry. Interestingly, the amount is $8 billion more than what we'll spend on poor old dad come June 19, proving that moms edge out dads in importance when it's time for that once-a-year,

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There's a little something for everyone in Carroll this Mother's Day weekend, as events celebrate musical talent, national history and the outdoors.

The Flower and Jazz Festival is a mother's day tradition for the Carroll County community, featuring artwork, music and floral arrangements; this year, the tradition grows, as Westminster expands the popular event, to become a near-citywide party for the lovers of all-things-beautiful.

The annual Flower & Jazz Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 7, in downtown Westminster. Downtown will be closed traffic but thriving with the scents of beautiful flowers, the sounds of incredible jazz and the sights of wonderfully talented crafters. Every mother who attends will be given a free flower and families can find that last-minute gift for Mother's Day.

Bloomin' ArtFest returns for another year of art sales

Lavishly spending on not just our spouses but our kids and pets has become a Valentine's tradition in American. What does the holiday look like elsewhere in the world?

The memory of a 2012 homicide scene remains firmly entrenched in the back of the 36-year-old crime scene technician's mind as a surreal yet indicative moment: Sometimes Baltimore's numerous, grisly crime scenes are considered more inconvenient than tragic.

Despite an overcast sky and some drizzling rain, thousands meandered along Westminster's Main Street to hear jazz musicians play and to shop for Mother's Day gifts Saturday at the city's 2015 Flower and Jazz Festival.

Relay native Brad Sweet, 32, spends his days teaching technology at Lindale Middle School, but in a past life he worked as a full-time artist.

A is for Africa volunteers Rick and Mary Anne Smith are reporting "great progress" on projects in Tanzania, including contributions from local students.

As a kid, Kyle Beckerman always had his eye on the World Cup. He painted pictures of U.S. soccer stars, wowed classmates at Crofton Woods Elementary with his command of a soccer ball and even tagged his adolescent signature: "USA #15."