Taneytown News

To lifetime Carroll County residents, the history of the area may be something they take for granted.

Each week, Patch puts together a list of local activities and events going on in your area this weekend.

A joint investigation by the Office of the State Fire Marshal Bomb Squad and the Carroll County Sheriff's Office is currently underway to determine who placed a pipe bomb inside a mailbox in the 3800 block of McMullen Rd.

The Carroll County Health Department is asking area residents for help in finding a dog that bit a person at Memorial Park in Taneytown on May 5. The dog was described as having a medium-sized build and a black coat, according to a Health Department news release.

EASTBOUND work zone blocks the LEFT LANE. Two-way traffic on the WESTBOUND span.

This weekly notice and agenda is subject to change. Please call 410-386-2043 to confirm a meeting you plan to attend.

MAJOR TANKER TRUCK CRASH: I-81 at Exit 67/ US 322/22 on the North Shore. I-81 REMAINS CLOSED BOTH WAYS between Exits 59 and 70 in Harrisburg following last week's tanker truck crash and explosion.

A Carroll County Sheriff's Deputy was taken to Shock Trauma in Baltimore following a collision Tuesday afternoon near Taneytown.

Crews doing cable work on MD 295 will close TWO LANES EACH WAY between Bayard Street and the Baltimore City/County line from 4 am until 4 pm.

Piney Creek Church, seen in this photo from 1898, will mark its 250th anniversary this Sunday.

Crews will be patching the concrete driving surface of the bridge and will begin on eastbound I-68 working from right to left before moving to the westbound side of I-68. The extended lane closures are necessary because many of the areas to be patched on I-68 are too large to cover with steel plates while the concrete cures.

A 73-year-old Westminster woman was arrested and charged Tuesday for taking an estimated $3,000 worth of items from the Taneytown home of her deceased boyfriend.