Author: CM

New Market: the Shoppers’ Quiet Gem

Written By Kimberly Liddick-Byrnes New Market, Maryland, is a little gem tucked away in the green stretches of rural Frederick County. Just a 40-minute drive from Westminster, the town has been evolving for more than 250 years...

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Barns of Carroll County

Photos by: Phil Grout In a manner of speaking, Carroll County was born in a barn. The fact is, there are barns in Carroll County you will not find anywhere else in the world. There still are a couple of barns urging passing...

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Before Supermarkets, There Were Locavores

Written By Joanne Morvay Weant Locavore. The term sounds like a reference to a prehistoric creature, long extinct. In fact, locavore is a modern word (a combination of the Latin words for “local” and “eater”) for a practice that...

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Saving the Pheasants

Written By Donna Engle Each spring, the basement of Fred K. and Janice Teeter’s Uniontown home becomes a nursery for about 100 chirping fluff balls. It is all because of the pheasant who came into their lives six years ago. He...

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