Westminster (Carroll, Maryland)

Eagle Archives: Standard, aka junk, mail goes back to 19th century

2013-05-23 04:55:00

The nation's first countywide free rural postal delivery service got off to a shaky and contested start Dec. 20, 1896, in Carroll County. According to multiple media accounts, including the Baltimore Sun, "One of the first pick-ups postal clerk Edwin...

In May 1979, a tornado battered Westminster [Eagle Archive]

2013-05-21 05:35:00

On May 23, 1979, a tornado struck Westminster and left a path of destruction 150 yards wide for over 2 miles. Since Feb. 19, 1893, there have been more than 20 weather events in Westminster and surrounding Carroll County areas, which historians have...

Delegate urges Carroll residents to oppose rain tax, gun control measures

2013-05-17 10:12:00

Carroll County residents can expect to see the county's proposed "rain tax" structure within the next month-and-a-half, but Del. Justin Ready urged residents to support their local officials as they fight the new fee and regulations from the Firearm...

Three Retrievers named All-America East

2013-05-02 21:41:00

Three UMBC women’s players were named to the All-America East conference teams, including defender Jamie Fahey, who was honored for the third straight year. Fahey (Loch Raven) and midfielder Kirsten Bilney (Mount Hebron) made the first team...

O'Malley, CEO praise Knorr's new Westminster facility

2013-05-09 16:20:00

The Knorr Brake company unveiled its new Westminster facility Thursday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by Gov. Martin O'Malley and Knorr-Bremse CEO Heinz Hermann Thiele. Knorr Brake is the American base of German-based Knorr-Bremse. It...

Newly formed company purchases former Knorr building

2013-05-09 05:10:00

A recently formed corporation is the new owner of the former Knorr Brake Corp. building on Baltimore Boulevard in Westminster. Land Sea Air Manufacturing, a company fabricating components for the aircraft and aerospace industries as well as defense...

Carroll County deputy in shock trauma after collision

2013-05-07 15:43:00

The Carroll County Sheriff's Office said a deputy was taken to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma on Tuesday after his patrol car collided with another vehicle on Route 140 west of Westminster. Master Deputy Matthew Wilson, a five-year veteran of...

10 Days: A guide to upcoming events in Carroll County, May 5-14

2013-05-06 05:27:00

Sunday 5/5 Wine and art Sykesville will host a Fine Art and Wine Festival on May 5 at noon, on Main Street. More than 60 artists, local and national wine, food and live entertainment. Wildflower walk Walk through Hashawha at Bear Branch Nature...

South Carroll athletic director among best in the state

2013-05-06 04:47:18

Jim Horn, the athletic director at South Carroll High School, was to be honored April 27 by the Maryland State Athletic Directors Association as Athletic Director of the Year for District 1B. The association recognizes representatives from each of its 13...

Rare late-season freeze possible early Tuesday in Carroll Co.

2013-05-13 07:04:00

A freeze watch is in effect for Carroll County overnight Monday into Tuesday, something known to happen this late in May only once in more than every 10 years. Temperatures are expected to drop to the lower 30s there early Tuesday, according to the...

Counterfeit bill passed at Westminster gas station

2013-05-13 15:30:00

The Carroll County Sheriff's Office is reminding local businesses to be alert for counterfeit currency after an incident at a Westminster gas station early Sunday morning. The Sheriff's Office reported that a counterfeit $20 bill was passed as...

Maryland's McDaniel College closing the 'opportunity gap'

2013-05-12 06:35:00

Here's what Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, said three years ago as the nation's gap between rich and poor widened toward historic levels: "I think it's a very bad development. It's creating two societies. And it's based very much, I think, on...

Kid quotient: Families will delight in spending a day in the country. Fun factors: Country-style restaurant, vegetable and fruit markets, opportunities to pick your own fruit, petting zoo, playgrounds, and pumpkin patch and hayrides in fall.

2013-04-08 00:00:00

Zachary Johnson, who will turn 9 on Monday, looks at his mother Amanda Martinez of Owings Mills as they react to "Joe Flacco MVPeep," by Gail Garvey, who took the Sports Fan Award at the free Westminster Peep Show at Carroll Arts Center Saturday.

2013-03-30 00:00:00

An ambulance rolls through a steady snowfall eastbound on I-70 at the Md. 97 (Exit 76) interchange for Olney and Westminster.

2013-03-06 00:00:00