Written By Lisa Breslin More than 300 people gathered in the Babylon Great Hall at Carroll Community College on Sunday, December 9, for an elegant reception and an evening of entertainment by composer and performer Marvin...

Written By Lisa Breslin Obnoxious, pushy, inattentive, nonresponsive. A horse that is “far from ideal” has many of those characteristics, according to Scott Purdum, 21, creator of Advantage Horsemanship in Union Bridge,...

Written By Lisa Breslin Barbara and Becca love to come to the Union Street Community Center in Westminster to read or create crafts. When Ray comes through the doors, he morphs into a rock star who entertains everyone who will...

Al Younger says he connects better with dogs than he does with humans. He doesn’t know how or why, but he is able to communicate with dogs. He understands them and knows how their minds work. If you ask him, he says he has just...

Written By Sherwood Kohn As more commuters drive to work, Carroll County, like the rest of the nation, suffers from an intensifying traffic problem (see “Road Cage”. One aspect of the problem is another growing phenomenon-road...

Photos by: Phil Grout Snacks and harness racing horses are Hanover, Pennsylvania’s major claims to fame. And early on, Thomas Jefferson was a frequent guest at a popular Hanover inn in 1776 when he was commuting between...

Written By Patricia Bianca As the nation celebrates Martin Luther King , Jr. Day on January 21, a little old graveyard known as Ellsworth will sit quietly in the shadows of modern commercialism as it has for years, sandwiched...

Written By Steve Jones A current television commercial states that “life comes at you fast.” So how can working parents and their children get a break from the increasing pace of everyday life and the seemingly endless...

Written By Patricia Rouzer CARROLL COUNTY, JANUARY 2, 2008 — A landslide of gifts has been long bought, wrapped, given and received. The frantic round of parties that began around Thanksgiving ended in yesterday’s...

Written By Cathy Drinkwater Better Gift-giving is a highlight of the holiday season for me. Whether it is Christmas or Hanukkah presents, or just small token gifts, I take pride in matching the item to the person. But not...

Written by Vicki Anzmann Jewelry has long been a staple of gift giving. Objects designed purely for the adornment of the body date back to prehistoric times. For the present holiday season’s gift giving, here is a sampling of...

Written By Kimberly Liddick-Byrnes You know it as soon as you enter the front door. You are embraced by a warm and homey feeling, the scent of cinnamon and peppermint linger. Friends are quietly laughing and enjoying the subtle...