Written By Patricia Rouzer As Barack Obama’s nascent administration turns its full attention to the nation’s economic ills, several local officials voiced optimism about the financial soundness of Carroll’s municipalities and...

Written By Sara Wright Traditionally, New Year’s Eve is an opportunity for parties. But you may not want to go to the trouble and expense of playing host to a group of hungry, thirsty and potentially unruly people. You can...

Written By Vicki Anzmann Tight economic times and budgets demand creativity when planning a holiday vacation. Whatever your interests – getting into the spirit of the season, volunteering and giving back, relaxing and...

Written By David Greisman The days get shorter; the weather, colder; and as the trees lose their color and the fields turn white, some people feel blue. And yet there is so much to do. The long, dark nights of winter need not...

Written By Cathy Drinkwater Better The following are my New Year’s Resolutions for 2009, or, as I like to call them, “The ÔBetter Me’ Ô09 Express.” By this time next year, I’ll be a much improved human being. Or I might have...

Written By Patricia Rouzer Behold the advent of the holiday office party season. Oh, the fun, the frivolity. Oh, the limitless opportunity for career-crushing faux pas. Many holiday parties, particularly large corporate...

Written By Anne Blue Often, people hope to find the holiday spirit in stories of miracles: tales that would convince even the biggest Scrooges that there is a power greater than what we can see. In the end, however, one realizes...

Written By Scott Braden When the doors are opened at the Art of Fire Contemporary Glass Studio and Gallery in Laytonsville, one almost expects to see hay and farm animals inside. That is because the studio is located in a...

Written By Lisa Breslin The Fourth Annual Hair Ball drew approximately 300 people on October 18 to Martin’s Westminster, where ticket sales, corporate sponsorships and a silent auction raised $46,000 for the Stacey Davis Breast...

Arts Council’s Festival of Wreaths Features Five-Day Silent Auction The Carroll County Arts Council’s 11th Annual Festival of Wreaths will be on display December 3 through 7 at the Arts Center. The festival will feature a...

Photos by: Phil Grout Just in time for the Christmas shopping season, nine Carroll County artists’ studios will be open to the public on Saturday and Sunday, December 6 and 7 with a wide array of locally produced gifts,...

Written By Lisa Breslin Voices for Children, a nonprofit organization that is a lifeline for foster care children in Carroll County, has tried a new approach to fund and awareness-raising: a community-wide auction based on the...