State Farm Insurance

Maryland's pothole detectives are good at finding faults

2013-04-23 15:58:00

Most weekday mornings, late spring through late summer, Terry Weller and George Foster climb into a bright yellow truck and fire up lasers, high-definition cameras and a bank of digital recorders before hitting the road. Weller and Foster are two of the...

Marriottsville/Sykesville/Woodstock: Cary Crocker finds his tiny photo subjects in nearby nature

2013-01-24 01:40:00

If someone asked you to describe the Marriottsville/Sykesville/Woodstock region, how would you do so? Would you mention the main thoroughfares, such as Routes 32 and 99? Or perhaps the schools, the neighborhoods, and the Waverly Woods Village Center?...

Highway agency composting program makes the best of a bad situation

2012-10-22 14:57:00

At this time of year, it is an unfortunate fact of nature that a deer in the headlights often becomes a highway casualty. What happens afterward is a story of renewal involving wood chips, horse manure and state workers, like Tyrone Henderson, with...

Arbutus, Catonsville insurance firms collecting clothing for nonprofits

2012-08-23 07:07:00

Several local business are among more than 30 insurance and financial professional firms that will be conducting a clothing drive beginning in September to support four metro area nonprofits. The drive will focus on collecting gently used and new...

Carver students bring home gold in ACT-SO competition

2012-07-24 12:46:00

Three students from the George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology, in Towson, earned gold medals in visual arts categories at the 34th annual NAACP Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics competition, held July 5-8, in...

State Farm no longer there for Penn State

2012-07-24 16:41:00

State Farm Insurance has pulled direct sponsorship of Penn State football for the 2012 season in the wake of the sex abuse scandal at the university, a spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday. The decision by the Bloomington, Ill.-based company was made in the...

Towson Fourth: Tradition and patriotism step off on Independence Day

2012-06-28 07:02:00

The Towson Fourth of July Parade will kick off next Wednesday, July 4, at 10:30 a.m., on Bosley Avenue at Towsontown Boulevard, with more than 100 units, military units, the Ravens Marching Band, residents from Rodgers Forge and a wave of soap bubbles....

Byron Mouton: 10 years after Maryland's national title

2012-03-12 07:00:00

Byron Mouton has often had to reinvent himself. A big scorer in high school in Louisiana�who turned into�more of a defensive stopper during his two seasons at Maryland, Mouton tried to start an online basketball�apparel�company while finishing his...

Annual Random House Book Fair set for March 2-3 at Carroll Community College

2012-02-25 20:07:07

A movie, workshops and visits by several national Random House authors will all be part of the annual Random House Book Fair, to be held Friday and Saturday, March 2-3, at Carroll Community College, 1601 Washington Road, Westminster.. The book fair draws...

Awards: Some of Columbia's finest

2011-07-22 08:13:00

The following individuals have been named by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation as the first Howard County's Finest 39 Under 39, presented by Mercedes-Benz of Baltimore: Joe Alcodray, Mercedes-Benz of Baltimore; Catherine Bedolla, Berkshire Associates; Kelly...

Awards: County residents honored

2011-07-22 08:14:00

Lauren Groft, of Ellicott City, is a recipient of the Fulton Financial Coporation 2011 Scholarship Award. She will attend theUniversity of Maryland. The following individuals have been named by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation as the 1st Annual Howard...

SOBO fest celebrates artists and musicians

2013-05-22 07:28:00

BOYNE CITY -- The arts will be celebrated in Boyne City at the fourth annual SOBO Arts Festival on Friday and Saturday, June 28-29. Artists from New Orleans, Florida, Arizona and all over Michigan will be featured at the two-day festival. SOBO kicks...

Unemployed workers speak with State Farm Insurance representatives at a career fair last month. (Mark Ralston/Getty)

2013-05-06 06:09:00

Hagerstown-Washington County Chamber of Commerce President Brien Poffenberger, right, congratulates Dan Hall at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Hall's new State Farm Insurance office on Virginia Avemie.

2013-04-03 00:00:00

Dan Hall at his State Farm Insurance office on Virginia Avenue in Hagerstown.

2013-03-20 00:00:00