Written By Anne Blue “RUN!” IS RON SCHMIDT’S IMMEDIATE ADVICE TO ANYONE INTERESTED IN RESTORING AN OLD HOME. But the same man who encourages people to run stuck with a renovation project that begins another chapter for one of...

Written By Sherwood Kohn Master Sgt. William Yohn is home with his family in Manchester for Armed Forces Day (May 20) this year. He wasn’t last year, and it was difficult for his 5-year-old son, Isaac to understand. About the...

Written By Patricia Rouzer Some of us just go to a “job” everyday; others carefully plot “career paths” calculated to bring fame or fortune. But for April Sexton, work is a true vocation–a calling that delivers...

Written By Karen Nitkin Little girls in frilly dresses, bunnies made of chocolate and gorgeous hats. What’s not to love about Easter? There’s a scent of spring in the air, a desire to clear away the dark colors of winter and...

Written By Anne Blue The Children’s Chorus of Carroll County moves into its third decade of inspiring the young through music when it performs a special 20th Anniversary Reunion Concert on April 23. Plans for the celebration,...

Written By Patricia Bianca Internationally renowned wildlife photographer Michael L. Smith will open an exhibition of his work at the Taneytown History Museum on Saturday, May 13, 2006, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the museum’s...

Written By Lisa Breslin When Westminster resident JoAnne Borrelli first joined a women’s investment group in 1999, she said she “didn’t know the difference between an IPO and the A&P.” Like many of the other women in the...

The first Saturday in March marks perhaps the biggest family reunion in this region; it is so big that it fills the ballroom at Martin’s West in Woodlawn, MD. The reunion is actually the annual Spring Gala, a black tie event to...

Written By Evan Balkan A visitor to Manchester availing himself of the abundant parking along Main Street might get the sense that something is amiss. As he fumbles for quarters, he will soon realize that there are no parking...

Written By Sherwood Kohn Poet T.S. Eliot claimed that April was the cruelest month, but he neglected to include May; not just because those months herald the arrival of spring, and some of us who are long in the tooth have...

Written By Karen Nitkin Wine is fine and candy is dandy, but why not think outside the (chocolate) box this Valentine’s Day, with some creative gifts from local merchants and artists? The Bold and the Beautiful. Gift-givers...

Written By Cari Pierce “I have…between 5:45 a.m. and 5:50 a.m. to put on makeup and do my hair during the week,” said Christine Murphy. “I have to be absolutely realistic.” Indeed. Christine, 35, who commutes from...