Written By Shelly Horn Soon many Carroll residents will pack their suitcases and head to the beach. But will they have the latest innovations and styles in beach gear? Carroll Magazine readers will. From the beach chair that has...

Written By Patricia Bianca Taneytown may be the oldest town in Carroll County, but it is by no means the largest. With a population of just above 6,000 barely evident from its main thoroughfare, more than one passerby has dubbed...

Written By Evan Balkan Hershey Park? Gettysburg? Baltimore Zoo? As the kids might say, “Been there, done that.” Ready for something new? These day trips are within an hour and a half of Westminster – and you don’t have to...

Written By Anne Blue By the time Rene Bonde finished high school, she had tried just about everything Carroll County 4-H had to offer – from photography, sewing, and modeling clothes to raising rabbits and lambs. “I...

Written By Carol Cahall The “Second Saturday Stroll,” a monthly event in Mount Airy, is reminiscent of the time when folks would come downtown on Saturday evening to grab a bite to eat, shop and visit with their neighbors. The...

Written By Lisa Breslin The movie screen rolled down at Carroll Arts Center April 16, and a live report by newscaster Marianne Banister revealed shocking clues about an artful murder. “I am standing here at the Arts Center,...

Written By Mary Spiro In traditional art, “motherhood” conjures up images of chubby infants cradled in the ample arms of blissful matrons. In the real world, “motherhood” is work that requires marathon endurance and executive...

Written By Anne Blue Dorothy Wilkinson was sitting at Greenmount Bowl in Hampstead enjoying her Thursday evening league last December 23, when she felt a touch on her shoulder and heard some soft words about her bowling game....

Written By Patricia Rouzer Tinsel Town has come to Carroll County. So far, no one has really noticed. Nor are they likely to. On February 1, Pat Sajak, “Wheel of Fortune” game show host and Severna Park resident, took ownership...

Written By Anne Blue By two months after the tsunami hit, 196,000 pounds of relief supplies, worth $2.8 million dollars, had left a large warehouse in New Windsor and were airlifted to destinations in Sri Lanka, Thailand, and...

Written By Leslie Eckard Community spirit and innovation run like parallel train tracks in Union Bridge. The area is a study in contrasts: a hard scrabble land of rock and swamp that inspires works of art; a town poised for a...

Written By Patricia Rouzer On land, she is an ordinary teen; in the water she is a dolphin. Strawberry blonde, hazel-eyed Lyndsey Smith, 16, is sleek and swift in the pool. The bright, bubbly Westminster High School junior hopes...