Author: CM

Check Out Your Heirlooms on Antiques Appraisal Day

Last year’s Antiques Appraisal Day turned up an 1898 “big wheel” bicycle that had been in Chris Heyn’s Westminster family for several generations. The vehicle, a safer successor to the Victorian “breakbone” cycle, was appraised...

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Fallfest to Feature Parade, Fun, Food

Billed as Carroll County’s largest community charity event, Fallfest attracted more than 40,000 people to downtown Westminster last year for a Main Street parade, midway fun, rides, food, unique shopping and entertainment....

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Who’s Your Little Barbarian?

Written By Sherwood Kohn I guess you know this, so it shouldn’t come as a shock: Some people think body decoration – primarily tattooing and body piercing (see story page 68) – is barbaric. There are many arguments...

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Hot Dogs!

Written by Michael Vyskocil They are sold at ballpark concession stands and city street corners. Some individuals prefer toppings of relish, chopped onions, chili or melted cheese, while others are purists, insisting that only...

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