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Carroll officials restore arts council’s 2025 funding
The Carroll County Arts Council is now slated to get the entire $43,000 in funding proposed in the county’s $541.6 million operating budget for fiscal 2025. Commissioners are set to adopt the budget Thursday. During previous budget discussions, commissioners had reduced the arts council’s funding from $43,000 to $10,000, but at a May 14 budget work session commissioners voted 4-1 to restore ...
Carroll County forms committee to plan for country’s 250th birthday in 2026
On July 4, 2026, Carroll County officials are planning to take part in what will undoubtedly be one of the country’s biggest celebrations, the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Signed by the nation’s Founding Fathers on July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence states the principles on which the country’s government and principals are based. It is the ...
$30 million Security Square Mall revitalization project enters design phase
BALTIMORE - A $30 million Security Square Mall revitalization project in Baltimore County is now in its design phase.Community leaders are working with a design team to reimagine the mall and bring more foot traffic to the area.Haki Ammi told WJZ that he's lived across from Security Square Mall for more than three decades and he held his first job there while in high school."It's experienced many different challenges and I'm excited about the potential that people are focusing on this area," Ammi said. Ammi attended a meeting Wednesday night as members of the NAACP Randallstown branch gave an update on...
Community bids farewell to Golden Ring Middle
ROSEDALE — Community members, students, faculty and staff from Golden Ring Middle School came together on May 17 to share a bittersweet moment, saying their final goodbyes to one of the longest-standing school buildings in Baltimore County. At the conclusion of this school year, Golden Ring will close its doors for good. A good number of the school’s students, teachers and administrators will transfer to the new Nottingham Middle School and some will go to other schools in the area. ...
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