Published August 1, 2010 by Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle in Sports
HAMPSTEAD -- It's not unusual for members of the same family to excel in a certain sport.
At this past week's Central Maryland Swim League Straehle championship meet at the Four Seasons Sports Complex in Hampstead, however, the performance of several s...
Published August 1, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle in Opinion
As I was getting into my car in the near-empty parking lot at a local retail store recently, I noticed a man heading toward his pickup truck who looked to be an old duffer like me.
What caught my eye was that he was wearing knee-high rubber boots in th...
Published August 1, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle in News
Residents of Eldersburg, New Windsor, Westminster and Hampstead will enjoy time with their neighbors as millions of others do the same for National Night Out: America's Night Out Against Crime Tuesday, Aug. 3.
This year's National Night Out is designed...
Published August 1, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle in Community
Michael Fornaro, 17, a member of BSA Troop 719, of Eldersburg, recently received his Eagle Scout award, the highest rank achievable in Boy Scouts.
Fornaro's Eagle project involved completing construction of a pavilion for his church, Messiah Lutheran ...
NOW PLAYING
"Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore" (PG). Not reviewed. Nick Nolte and Christina Applegate are among the actors who provide voices for this live animal adventure geared toward children. TownMall Cinemas (12:15, 2:30,...
Published August 1, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle in News
HAMPSTEAD -- The Carroll County Bureau of Utilities will perform
smoke tests in the Hampstead area Monday, Aug. 2 through Aug. 31 -- a
process that tests for leaks in the sanitary sewer system.
The test involves blowing smoke into parts of the sanitary...
Published August 1, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle in Opinion
Be careful what you wish for. This past spring, my husband and I decided he would take the kids on our annual Ocean City week-long trip without me -- I accepted a summer teaching position that would keep me home. We had already committed to the rental uni...
Published August 1, 2010 by Carroll Eagle in Opinion
If you consult your notes from last week, you may recall that we were discussing how the WMC Heritage Society is renovating the stone home, at 205 Pennsylvania Ave., Westminster, of the founder of McDaniel College, Fayette Rufus Buell.
After moving awa...
Published August 1, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle in Entertainment, Events
Sunday 08-01
Pets and parade -- The Carroll County 4H and FFA Fair continues at the Carroll County Ag Center, Agricultural Center Drive, Westminster. Sunday's events include a children's pedal pull (noon...
Published August 1, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle in Business
To add color to Downtown Westminster while showing Ravens “Purple Pride,” for the Baltimore Ravens, the City of Westminster organized the “Paint the Town Purple” competition and exhibit. Fourteen downtown businesses entered the competi...
Published August 1, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle in Community
The afternoon at the annual Carroll County 4-H FFA Fair started out tame enough. Children were giggling. There was ice cream, burgers and french fries to eat; the weather was appropriately hot, and antique tractors were performing the stylized minuet of s...
Published August 2, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle in Community
Bunnies, dogs, chickens, horses, ponies, tractors, trucks, proud moms and dads and plenty 4-H children and young adults were on display at the Carroll County 4-H and FFA Fair parade Sunday evening.The hour-long parade featured some 31 floats, ...
Published August 3, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle in Community
Her black, hulking 1971 Cadillac was frightfully banged up as it sat off to the side of the arena at the Carroll County Ag Center in Westminster.And when all the crashing and banging stopped, out from among the burley men in dirty, torn T-shir...
Published August 5, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle in News
Wednesday night and early Thursday morning proved to be a busy time for Carroll County fire companies, as firefighters first responded to a roof fire at a Westminster area shopping center — then were called several hours later to basement fire south of ...
Published August 6, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle in News
The rear parking lot of Eldersburg's Carrolltown Center was packed on Aug. 3, as families checked out more than 50 tables and exhibits during that community's celebration of National Night Out: America's Night Out Against Crime.
Families visited...
Published August 6, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle in News, Politics
WESTMINSTER — The League of Women Voters is hosting a series of state and local candidates forums throughout Carroll for the 2010 primary elections. The series started in Mount Airy on Aug. 5, and will continue this week. The Mount Airy foru...
Published August 7, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle in News, Politics
The following are the precincts, by district, in Carroll County's new five commissioner district alignment.Don’t pay much attention to the District names — after all, who knew they lived in Wollerys or Berrett? Instead, pay att...
Published August 7, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle in News, Politics
Though she was born in California, Robin Frazier has always thought of
Carroll County as home. A graduate of Westminster High School, she and
her husband, Donald, live in Taneytown where they have raised their
three daughters ages 22, 20 and 15.
...
Published August 8, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle in Events, Entertainment, Arts
Sunday 08-08
Spud money -- A baked potato bar, plus a concert by the Skull Hill Band, will be held Sunday at the First Church of God, 27 N. Center St., Westminster. Potato bar opens at 4:30 p.m., cost is $5; concert at 6 p.m., with love offerin...
Published August 8, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle in Arts, Entertainment
NOW PLAYING
"Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore" (PG). Feeble sequel in which talking animals trade bad puns within a spy plot that's busy nonsense. Many of the joking references to other movies are likely to fly by the toddler...
Published August 8, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle in Opinion, Politics
On Aug. 3, my husband, parents and many friends and neighbors participated in National Night Out held in the rear lot of Carrolltown Center. This was the second time the Freedom Area Citizens Council and the Carroll County Sheriff's Office co-hosted the e...
Published August 8, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle in Business
Sherri Hosfeld Joseph sat with a sigh and a big smile. “Hi. How are ya? How’s the coffee?”To the delight of many a Westminster caffeine addict, Hosfeld recently opened a coffee shop — Birdie’s Café — in an historic...
Published August 8, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle in Community, Opinion
BETTER OR WORSE
The heat index -- that calculation expressing how hot it feels depending on the temperature and humidity -- is only a number, an intellectual concept.
It doesn't give you any idea of what it means in real, human terms. ...
Published August 8, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle in News, Community, Entertainment, Arts
Just graduated from high school and conflicted about going to college, three friends are arguing in a coffee shop when they catch the eye of a television producer.
"You guys put on quite a show," he says, and gives them the chance of a lifeti...
Published August 8, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle in Community
Scores of little rubber ducks bounced and raced their way down Little Pipe Creek in Union Bridge July 31.
The slow-paced duck derby was part of a fundraising and activities event hosted by Bridges: a nonprofit which serves Union Bridge, providing activ...
Maryland Broadband Cooperative although well intentioned, put county governments at risk of...
Posted in Carroll County forms cooperative pact to deliver broadband
Voice of Candidate Gary Johnson District 3 I offer the citizens...
Posted in Campaign Corner
I totally agree with user4carroll. Also Mr. Culleton, your attempt...
Posted in CULLETON: 'The rest of the story' is often too inconvenient to tell, or to hear