Published January 1, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle in News
WESTMINSTER -- Carroll County's landfills are giving folks the
chance to turn their Christmas trees into Christmas mulch.Residents can
drop off Christmas trees at one of the following locations to be
recycled and re-used:
* Northern Landfill, 14...
Published January 1, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle in News
Sykesville's market wins state economic award
SYKESVILLE -- Sykesville's Apple Butter Markets won a first-place
award for special events from the Maryland Downtown Development
Association.
The award was part of the Maryland Pride-in-Place Award...
Published January 1, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle in News
HAMPSTEAD -- Dorothy Dean "Dottie" Ross, the longtime owner of the
popular Dean's Restaurant, in Hampstead, died Dec. 28, at Carroll
Hospice's Dove House, in Westminster. She was 85.
Born June 18, 1924, in Mayfield, Ky., she was the ...
Published January 1, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle in News
The Carroll County Volunteer Emergency Services Association has
several initiatives its members would like to have put into place in
the future.
Some measures that require hiring and training staff would be
difficult due to budget cuts state and...
Published January 1, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle in News
A 9-year-old boy seriously injured on Dec. 29 when a tree fell on him at the Hashawha Environmental Center in Westminster has died.Vivian Laxton, public information administrator for Carroll County, told The E...
Published January 1, 2010 by Eldersburg Eagle, Carroll Eagle in Sports
In 2008, Josh Bordner was a key player on a Century High School
squad that became the first county football team to achieve an
undefeated regular season in 30 years.
The county champion Knights went on to win the Class 2A West Region
title before losi...
Published January 3, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle in News
St. John Properties, developer of the Liberty Exchange business park in Eldersburg, is asking the Carroll County Board of Zoning Appeals to lift restraints that limit the hours of operation for a gas station at the center.
The board will hold a ...
Published January 3, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle in Opinion
As the new year rings in with new beginnings, hopes and adventures, we are comforted by the notion that things can only get better this year.
They certainly can't get much worse.
Most people are quite happy 2009 is over. Perhaps the best way to ...
Published January 3, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle in Opinion
WOLF AT THE DOOR
Celestial mechanics dictate that it will take 365 and one-quarter days for the world to fully rotate from Dec. 31, 2009 to Dec. 31, 2010.
In other words, we're in for a long year.
Photos from the moon suggest that th...
Published January 3, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle in Community
IN THE GARDEN WITH MR. BEE
I received a "Bioset" terrarium as a holiday gift, and even though getting a terrarium came as a complete surprise, it couldn't have come at a better time. This particular terrarium, you see, is designed to spr...
Published January 3, 2010 by Carroll Eagle in Community
MOM ON A MISSION
As we open the book on 2010 this week, I thought I'd revisit one chapter from last year that drew several responses. The Nov. 15 column on all-day kindergarten ("Move to full-day kindergarten is tough for parents and kids,&qu...
Published January 3, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle in Arts
NOW PLAYING
"Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" (PG). Not reviewed. Betty Thomas directs this comedy about the iconic Alvin, Simon, and Theodore. TownMall Cinemas (11:00 am, 1:30, 4:20, 6:45, 9:15)
"Avatar" (PG-13)...
Published January 3, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle in News, Crime
WESTMINSTER -- Police departments throughout Carroll County will take advantage of a $597,440 Justice Assistance Grant awarded from the Governor's Office of Crime Control & Prevention.
The Carroll County Sheriff's Office applied for the grant, whi...
Published January 3, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle in News
Follow the links under "related stories" to read part one and other information.Carroll County could potentially lose one of its volunteer fire departments in the coming years if funding does ...
Published January 3, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle in Opinion
THE PASSING PARADE
I must have become masochistic in my old age.
Why else would I have subjected myself to watching the excruciating and endless debate in the Senate, day in and day out, over health reform.
Yes, I must enjoy pain....
Published January 3, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle in Events, Entertainment
Sunday, 01-03
Sunday feast New Windsor Fire Company, High Street, New Windsor, will host an all-you-can-eat breakfast Sunday, 7 a.m. to noon. Cost is $7 for adults and $3.50 for children.
Celtic holiday The Celtic group, Port Righ, will p...
Published January 3, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle in Sports
Kellee Stonesifer has felt the frustration of getting close to a championship without capturing the prize.
In 2008, as a three-year member of Francis Scott Key High School's volleyball team, she helped the Eagles win a county championship -- only to be...
Published January 3, 2010 by Westminster Eagle, Carroll Eagle in News, Community
The deer are still coming for the Central Maryland chapter of Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry -- a program through which area hunters can donate harvested deer to help feed the hungry.
"We're going to have another record year," ...
Published January 5, 2010 by Carroll Eagle in Obituaries
Jonathan Edward Haines, 36, of Westminster, died Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009 at Carroll Hospital Center. Born Oct. 23, 1973 in Westminster he was the son of Debby Stonesifer Kloss and husband Randy Kloss of Westminster, and Clarence Edward Haines...
Published January 6, 2010 by Eldersburg Eagle in Obituaries
Chasen C. Clements, 21, of Eldersburg, died Thursday, December 24, 2009, at the University of Maryland Hospital. A memorial service was held January 2, at the Jeffrey N. Zumbrun Funeral Home, 6028 Sykesville Road Eldersburg. Interment wa...
Published January 6, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle in Obituaries
Ray Lee Pullen Sr., 53, of Westminster, died Jan. 3, 2010, at home after a battle of squamous cell cancer. Born May 19, 1956 in Roanoke, Va., he was the son of Sharon “Mammie” Pullen and the late Herman Lee Pullen Jr. He is sur...
Published January 6, 2010 by Carroll Eagle in News
About 20,000 gallons of raw sewage spilled today behind a Shiloh Middle School soccer field in Hampstead due to grease and roots clogging the lines.The sewage spilled from two manholes flowing through several hundred feet of grass, leaves and ...
Published January 7, 2010 by Carroll Eagle in News, Crime
Police are seeking information about a string of three liquor store burglaries that have happened in the previous three weeks. The burglars took cigarettes and liquor valued at more than $1,700, according to the Carroll County Sheriff’s Off...
Published January 8, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle in News, Crime
Burglars stole about 80 feet of copper tubing, fittings, a power generator and tools over the weekend at the construction site for the Raincliffe town home subdivision in Sykesville.Carroll County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating the rep...
Published January 10, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Westminster Eagle in News, Education
Connor Cashman, of Westminster, bounced around the classroom like a true rap superstar.
"Go Santa! Go Santa! Get your hands up! Get your hands up!"
Audience members clapped and smiled at the show, giving the eighth-grader all the encou...
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