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Monthly sex offender check in Carroll County finds no violations
The addresses of 14 registered sex offenders in Carroll County were verified by police this month, using funds from the Federal Sex Offender Compliance Grant, according to an Aug. 5 Facebook post from the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office Sex Offender Registry Unit conducts monthly address verifications and has been responsible for the registration of sex offenders in ...
Religious Leaders Look To Rebuild Westminster Church Destroyed By Fast-Moving Fire
The community is rallying around parishioners and members of the Maryland church that burned down in Carroll County last week, causing approximately $1.5 million in damages, according to the Maryland Fire Marshal. Firefighters from multiple agencies were called shortly after 3 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 1 to the Clearfield Bible...
Carroll Community College awarded nearly $150,000 grant
(WBFF) — Carroll Community College received a $148,000 grant from the Employment Advancement Right Now (EARN) Maryland program, the school announced in a statement. The grant opens up a partnership between the college and industry and community stakeholders to prepare workers for labor on high-tech and electric vehicle pathways, among other initiatives.
Maryland jurisdictions consider transforming their wastewater into drinkable water
Facing a limited supply of drinking water, Carroll County's Westminster, Maryland, plans to draw from a surprising source—its own sewage. This winter, the city of 20,000 will begin constructing a new building at its wastewater treatment plant, where already-treated wastewater will be purified with an array of special membranes and UV light, and sent into the city's drinking water reservoir—rather than discharged into a creek.
Maryland AG: Officer will not be charged in fatal Eldersburg crash that followed police pursuit
Attorney General Anthony Brown will not seek charges in a police pursuit that preceded a fatality April 20 in Eldersburg, he said in a news release Tuesday. Carroll County Sheriff’s Deputy 1st Class Kyle Hessler was patrolling the Liberty Road and Ridge Road area at around 11:30 p.m. that day when he saw a car traveling east at a high speed on Liberty Road, according to the release. He turned on his lights and sirens to conduct a traffic stop, but the driver fled.
Former local 7-Eleven owner sues chain over faulty sales projections
A former Carroll County 7-Eleven owner is suing the convenience store chain over what he says were faulty sales projections and a breach of the franchise agreement for his store.<\p> Dinesh Shukla, owner of Padmja Retails LLC, filed the complaint on Aug. 1 in U.S. District Court of Maryland against Texas-based 7-Eleven Inc. The suit alleges that Shukla was misled during the franchising process to believe that his store at 6323 Sykesville Road in Eldersburg would make $2.5 million in sales per year. After 15 months, the complaint says, the 7-Eleven only recorded about $1.1 million in sales. Shukla alleges that 7-Eleven also improperly ended his franchise agreement for the store. He is seeking more than $2 million in the case.<\p>
Go Fund Me Page Set up To Help Rebuild Carroll County Church
It was destroyed by fire last week. Westminster, Md (KM) The Clearfield Bible Church in Westminster was destroyed by fire last week, and some of its friends have started a Go-Fund-Me Page to help raise money to rebuild the house of worship. The fire last Thursday did an estimated $1.5...
A look at what Carroll County’s public school system spends on legal fees
The Carroll County Board of Education and the superintendent’s office spent nearly $400,000 on legal fees fiscal 2023, which is nearly double its annual retainer, according to an analysis of the school system’s budget and legal fee data. The school board has approved the same retainer, or flat fee, of $200,000 since fiscal 2021 to Pessin Katz Law P.A. to use its legal services each year. The ...
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