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Carroll commissioner creates monthly prayer session

By Mary Gail Hare , The Baltimore Sun — Fri, 11 May 2012 23:02:52 GMT

Some raise concerns about invitation as well as prayers before open sessions

A Carroll County commissioner has emailed an invitation to about 850 government employees to attend a monthly prayer session, which she will lead, raising concern among some residents and watchdog groups.

Carroll County schools to impose higher standard for extracurricular eligibility

By Jim Joyner, jjoyner@patuxent.com — Thu, 10 May 2012 03:22:00 GMT

GPA minimum of 2.0 kicks in with 2012-13 school year

Carroll County Public Schools will implement a higher academic requirement next school year for high school students participating in extracurricular activities — a move that school officials said has been under consideration for some time, but got a nudge with the passage of a law mandating a new statewide standard.

Carroll residents accuse Board of Commissioners of violating open meetings rules

By Nicole Fuller , The Baltimore Sun — Wed, 09 May 2012 01:02:00 GMT

Commissioners deny allegations

Debate over the meaning of gold-colored sheets of paper passed among members of the Carroll County Board of Commissioners has pitted the elected officials against residents who allege they are thumbing their noses at state open meetings rules.

21-year-old woman dies after Westminster accident

By Scott Calvert , The Baltimore Sun — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:17:00 GMT

Authorities say truck left road, struck trees early Saturday

A 21-year-old Sykesville woman was fatally injured in a one-vehicle accident early Saturday morning in Westminster, the Carroll County Sheriff's Office said.

Eldersburg residents wary of senior housing proposal

By Bob Allen — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:00:00 GMT

Project slated for 16-acre tract on Oklahoma Road

Just about the only excitement in the semi-rural residential neighborhood near the intersection of Oklahoma and Bennett roads, in Eldersburg, is provided by occasional errant motorists who misjudge the sharp downhill curve on Oklahoma where it approaches Bennett from the northeast and either end up in a ditch or in somebody's yard.

4.5-mile conveyor would carry stone to Carroll cement plant

By Mary Gail Hare , The Baltimore Sun — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:23:00 GMT

Lehigh Cement needs new stone source

For nearly a century, Carroll County's smallest town has supplied stone to the massive Lehigh Cement Co. plant that employs many in the community. But the company finds itself at a crossroads — with the quarry nearly depleted, it is eyeing a new supply from a limestone-rich mine that it owns in another town.

Fire at abandoned Carroll County hospital under investigation

By Yvonne Wenger , The Baltimore Sun — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:07:00 GMT

Officials say fire is latest in series over last decade

Approximately 50 firefighters spent about two hours battling a fire Saturday at the abandoned Henryton State Hospital in the Marriottsville area of Carroll County, officials said Sunday.

Region battling rash of brush fires

By Kevin Rector, krector@tribune.com — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 04:35:00 GMT

Fire 'red flag' warnings raised due to dry, windy weather

Warnings from local fire officials have stacked up in recent days, all noting the same thing: The Baltimore region is ready to burn.

Board of Elections says DiMaggio hangs onto 4th slot in school board race

By Jim Joyner, Carroll Eagle, jjoyner@patuxent.com — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:43:00 GMT

Education race was tightest in county primary

In the wake of the April 3 primary election, the closest race in Carroll County proved to be the Board of Election, but elections officials said Thursday that it appeared to be settled.

Perjury inquiry helps sink another case

By Arthur Hirsch , The Baltimore Sun — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 02:20:00 GMT

Two officers who probed death of Carroll man, 25, are under investigation

Not long after his son was stabbed to death outside his apartment in Hampstead, Richard DeMario heard that police had arrested a suspect, and soon enough it seemed to him they had a strong case. The man had confessed in a video recording and left behind a trail of physical evidence, including a knife said to have been used in the killing and a shirt that prosecutors said was stained with the son's blood.

Charges dropped in 2007 Bowling Brook death

By Scott Dance, The Baltimore Sun — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 01:59:00 GMT

Lead detective unavailable to testify because of perjury investigation

Carroll County prosecutors have dropped reckless-endangerment charges against five former juvenile facility staff members in the death of a Baltimore teenager because the main detective on the case is being investigated for perjury.

State auditor recommends cost savings for Carroll schools

By Mary Gail Hare , The Baltimore Sun — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:31:40 GMT

Carroll schools could save about $4 million annually

Carroll County public schools should strengthen financial controls and network security, seek all valid Medicaid-related reimbursements, review some of their contractor arrangements and re-evaluate their food service operations, according to a report released by the state Office of Legislative Audits.

Woman killed in Eldersburg crash

By Julie Scharper , The Baltimore Sun — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 03:40:00 GMT

Two men hospitalized after collision

A woman was killed after two cars collided Sunday morning in Eldersburg, Maryland State Police said.

Inmate at Md. detention center dies in apparent suicide

The Associated Press — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:23:00 GMT

An inmate at a Maryland detention center is dead in an apparent suicide.

Small Carroll County town wants a recall option

By Mary Gail Hare , The Baltimore Sun — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 04:00:00 GMT

New Windsor residents dissatisfied with town leaders

In the quaint town of New Windsor, officials have sold the municipal ball fields to a cement company, purchased a dilapidated inn with taxpayer money for development that hasn't happened and stuck residents with the bill for a nearly $5 million wastewater treatment plant.

Two critically injured in Carroll Co. ATV accident

The Associated Press — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 17:00:00 GMT

Police say alcohol believed to be factor in crash

Police say alcohol is believed to have been a factor in an all-terrain-vehicle accident in Carroll County that left a man and a woman critically injured early Sunday morning.

Two people critically injured in ATV accident in Union Bridge

Staff Reports — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 14:20:00 GMT

Man, 36, and woman, 19, taken to Shock Trauma after late-night incident

The Carroll County Sheriff's Office is reporting that two people are in critical condition after a serious all-terrain vehicle accident that occured in the early morning hours of March 18 in the Union Bridge area.

Pooran launches ad, takes subtle swipe at opponents

By John Fritze, The Baltimore Sun — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 02:39:00 GMT

Democratic congressional candidate Milad Pooran will be up this week with his first television ad in Maryland's 6th District race -- a largely introductory piece that manages to take a subtle swipe at his two leading opponents.

Prosecutors to dismiss charges against Carroll Co. couple

The Associated Press — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 15:24:00 GMT

Hampstead couple accused in stabbing death of neighbor

Prosecutors in Carroll County are preparing to dismiss charges against a couple charged after the fatal stabbing of their neighbor.

Sheriff's Office clears out homeless encampment near stream in Westminster

By Jon Meoli, jmeoli@tribune.com — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:39:04 GMT

Officials say complaints of trash, 'unsanitary conditions' prompted action

A stream side location in Westminster that the Carroll County Sheriff's Office said has been used as an encampment for homeless people for the last two years was cleaned out on Tuesday morning, the Sheriff's Office said.

Teen golfer hopes to score for Hopkins hospital

By Mary Gail Hare , The Baltimore Sun — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 20:33:55 GMT

Westminster High student's birdies will lead to donations for babies

Jordan McKelvin, 14, hopes to turn her scores on golf greens into dollars to fund research and battle childhood diseases.

Howard Dean endorses Pooran in 6th District

By John Fritze, The Baltimore Sun — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:52:00 GMT

Three high-profile Democrats, including 2004 presidential candidate Howard Dean, have endorsed Milad Pooran in the race for the Democratic nomination in Maryland's 6th Congressional District, the campaign announced Tuesday.

Good works: Team StrongHope adds cancer ambassadors to rosters

By Ryanne Milani, The Baltimore Sun — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:27:13 GMT

Sports partnerships designed to raise awareness and money for pediatric oncology centers

Ten-year-old Juliana Carver loves to swim. Unfortunately, between chemotherapy treatments, medications and routine hospital visits, Juliana doesn't always have the time or energy to be in the water.

Carroll Co. constitution class includes few religious references

By Mary Gail Hare , The Baltimore Sun — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:20:00 GMT

Minister offers history of Maryland law with a bit of theism

There was barely a whisper about God during a Carroll County-sponsored seminar Friday on the state constitution. The speaker was introduced as Pastor David Whitney to an audience of about 50 county employees in a lecture hall at Carroll Community College, but he made no attempt to proselytize.

Kmart in Eldersburg among stores slated for closure

By Jim Joyner, jjoyner@patuxent.com — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:30:46 GMT

Sears Holdings adds local store to targeted list

Sears Holdings Corp. has announced that the Kmart store at the Carrolltown Center in Eldersburg will close in 2012.