Written By Vicki Anzmann Looking for the perfect gift this season without spending a fortune? Assembled with an eye to a specific passion or hobby and a budget of less than $20*, each of these parcels is packed with goodies...

Written By Susan Fair I have always been fascinated by ghost stories. In the past eight years, encouraged by Ghost Hunters and other paranormal TV shows, a whole new generation has descended upon haunted battlefields, spooky...

Written By Lisa Breslin Founders Dr. Alex Hughes and Josh Simon (left) with the Chairman and CEO, Manchester native, Dayton Miller There are more than 100 variations of vitamin-enhanced (VE) water on the market, some of which...

Written By Patricia Rouzer Do not even try trash talk with Maria T. Myers. As Carroll’s resident recyclemeister, she is all about the serious business of conservation. Lighthearted, warm and possessed of a well-developed...

Written By Sherwood Kohn Franklin Delano Roosevelt had it exactly right in 1933 when he told a Depression-panicked nation, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Maybe we need one of our leaders to give that kind of...

Written By Scott Braden When you ask veteran Kate Palmer – formerly of the United States Air Force and currently living in Sykesville – if there is a single moment she remembers most from her military career, she...

Written By Donna Engle When a massive stroke knocked out Jimmy Henderson’s vision in one eye, hearing in one ear, and his ability to eat and balance, the Westminster house painter and his wife confronted a decision that millions...

Written By Arlene Karidis Stuck in the ongoing economic and housing market downturn, more people who might otherwise have thought about moving are staying put and remodeling their homes instead. And considering the cost of land...

Written By Jennifer Noel Contemporary farming, particularly BIG farming, is a high tech business, employing the latest technology to plan, plant and harvest crops on the basis of computer modeling. Lippy Brothers of Hampstead...

Written By Lisa Breslin More than 225 people gathered in Winters Mills High School auditorium on August 16 to watch “Be Moved: Dance for a Cure,” a benefit recital choreographed by Kaila and Jenna Contestabile. It was the second...

Written By Lisa Breslin When Carroll County teens Haley Austin, Kristen Luther and Emily Ehrgott answer the question, “What did you do during your summer vacation?” question, their responses will probably seem somewhat exotic....

Written By Lisa Breslin Chances are that when Carroll Hospital Center administrators approved the transformation of the small white house on the corner of Washington Road and Stoner Avenue into a thrift shop, they did not expect...