Historical Society of Carroll County Baltimore Sun article for April 21, 2001 25 Years Ago 800 Families Unite to Fight Run-away Freedom Growth – A federation of community associations representing about 800 families has been established to stop “runaway” growth in the Freedom District. “We’ve joined to fight a common cause – high density,” said Grant [...]
Historical Society of Carroll County Baltimore Sun article for April 14, 2001 25 Years Ago Sykesville Considering Youth Curfew – It’s 10 p.m. Do you know where your children are? This might become a regularly asked question of parents in Sykesville, and if they can’t answer they might end up getting fined. Why? The town council [...]
Historical Society of Carroll County Baltimore Sun article for April 7, 2001 25 Years Ago Eisteddfod to Salute to Country’s Birth – The forty-ninth Eisteddfod, featuring musical and artistic talent from the Carroll County Public Schools, will be held on Fri., Apr. 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of Westminster High School. The 1976 [...]
Historical Society of Carroll County Baltimore Sun Article for March 25, 2001 25 Years Ago Carrolltowne Plans 800 Housing Units – The developer of Carrolltowne, a subdivision planned for Eldersburg, has received the go-ahead to begin planning for 800 units which will be built during an eight-year span. Assistant Planning Director Ronald E. Baily said the [...]
Historical Society of Carroll County Baltimore Sun Article for March 18, 2001 25 Years Ago Tydings Says Handguns, Longguns Don’t Mix – Democratic primary candidate Joseph D. Tydings has learned a major lesson from his unsuccessful 1970 race for the U.S. Senate seat: handguns and longguns don’t mix. This time around the former senator (1964 – [...]
Historical Society of Carroll County Baltimore Sun Article for March 11, 2001 25 Years Ago County Budget Request Increases 30 per cent – April, figuratively called the “cruelest month”, might literally fit that description in Carroll. The county commissioners began budget hearings this week to determine which departments and agencies get how much of their requests [...]
Historical Society of Carroll County Baltimore Sun Article for March 4, 2001 25 Years Ago Health Department Tests 400 S.C. Students for TB -- The Health Department begins testing 400 students from South Carroll High School today to detect if any have contacted tuberculosis from a 15-year-old Vietnamese boy who carried the disease with him from [...]
Historical Society of Carroll County Baltimore Sun article for February 25, 2001 25 Years Ago Thomas G. Mohler, District Engineer of the State Highway Administration, will speak to the residents of the Eldersburg and Sykesville areas at the meeting of the Eldersburg Improvement Association to be held at 8 p.m., Mon., March 8, at the Eldersburg [...]
Historical Society of Carroll County Baltimore Sun article for February 11, 2001 25 Years Ago The Carroll County Commission on Aging is studying several sites in the Westminster area for a Visitors Center to welcome Bicentennial tourists. Present plans are to have the Center in operation from mid-April to the end of October, from 9 a.m. [...]
Historical Society of Carroll County Baltimore Sun article for February 4, 2001 25 Years Ago Citizens of the Liberty High School Planning Committee presented the County Commissioners with a resolution Tuesday requesting that a moratorium be put on all residential building in the area surrounding the proposed school site. The request came as a result of [...]