June 14, 1998 25 Years Ago Foreign Visitors—Members of a Soviet Technical team visiting the United States stopped to gather information in Union Bridge recently. The tour, under the auspices of the Bureau of Reclamation of the U.S. Department of the Interior, visited selected cement plants and government research facilities. The Soviet's visit is part of [...]
25 Years Ago Many Matters Get Attention Of School Board - Schools Will Return To Routine Starting Time On March 4 — The Board of Education of Carroll County met on January 16 and discussed the following items of interest to this community: Energy Crisis —The Board unanimously voted March 1, 1974 as the last day [...]
Historical Society of Carroll County Baltimore Sun Article for August 26, 2001 25 Years Ago Community Use of School Protested by Community – Having adopted a policy of encouraging community use of school facilities, the Board of Education heard complaints last week of the ‘over use of grounds.’ And the complaints came strangely enough, from the [...]
Historical Society of Carroll County Baltimore Sun Article for August 19, 2001 25 Years Ago Sykesville Man Wins $1,000 in Lottery—John J. Smith, Sr. of Church St. in Florhville, who says he never knew any anybody who ever won anything, is $1,000 richer after purchasing a lottery ticket from Rudnick’s Store. He received his check Saturday [...]
Historical Society of Carroll County Baltimore Sun Article for August 12, 2001 25 Years Ago 100th Annual Dutch Picnic—Rains dampened but didn’t interrupt the 100th annual Dutch Picnic Saturday. First held in 1877, the picnic has traditionally enjoyed fair weather. Only two picnics have ever had to be postponed because of rain. The picnic has the [...]
Historical Society of Carroll County Baltimore Sun Article for August 5, 2001 25 Years Ago Dedication Ceremonies Planned for Piney Run – The Public will get a chance to see the park the county has built for it on the Piney Run free of charge when it is formally dedicated August 28. Under normal circumstances those [...]
Historical Society of Carroll County Baltimore Sun Article for July 29, 2001 25 Years Ago Time Capsule Buried in Piney Run Park—the Freedom District Bicentennial Time Capsule was buried last week in Piney Run Park. This was the culmination of the project proposed by the Horizons Committee. One of the more interesting aspects of the Time [...]
Historical Society of Carroll County Baltimore Sun Article for July 22, 2001 25 Years Ago Fairhaven Sponsors Hope for November Groundbreaking – The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, the sponsor of the Fairhaven community for the elderly, is still hoping to break ground this November, but it has revamped its staging plan for construction. According to project [...]
Historical Society of Carroll County Baltimore Sun Article for July 15, 2001 25 Years Ago Patapsco Park Plans to be Presented to Public—the Department of Natural Resources is currently preparing a revised master plan for Patapsco Valley State Park. Proposed for the southern area of Carroll County are day use, overnight and recreational facilities. Additional land [...]
Historical Society of Carroll County Baltimore Sun Article for July 8, 2001 25 Years Ago Sykesville Plan Approved – The newly created master plan has been presented to the Sykesville Town Council by the town Planning and Zoning Commission and has been approved unanimously. Adoption of the plan came Monday night at the town council meeting. [...]