Union Bridge News

With economic news continuing to look grim, now is not the time for most folks to splurge on summer fun.

A Carroll County sheriff's deputy was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore after his patrol car was struck by a sport-utility vehicle Thursday night in Westminster , according to authorities.

Jefferson a ' An 18-year-old incoming college sophomore majoring in agriculture education will take her love of teaching a step further this year.

Alice May Lyons is treasurer and Sunday School teacher at the Mountaindale Union Chapel on Mountaindale Road.

But the structure dominates Union Bridge, a pastoral Carroll County town of just over a thousand people that's known for its quaint antique stores.

Urbana -- A fire started by a coiled extension cord damaged a house in the 9700 block of Thompson Drive on Wednesday night, said Marc E. McNeal, chief fire marshal with the Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue Services.

Sheriff's Office says the driver's license was suspended and revoked. A Union Bridge man was arrested early Thursday morning in Frederick County on drug and traffic offenses.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to require cement plants - which are among the nation's leading air polluters - to reduce emissions of mercury and other contaminants by more than 80 percent by 2013.

Fire and emergency medical personnel try to ascertain the condition of the driver of this cement-carrying tractor-trailer after it hit an apartment building in Johnsville late Wednesday night.

Dave and Carole Doody of Union Bridge, center, were recently inducted into the 76th class of the Mid-Atlantic Master Farmers Program during the 2009 Master Farmer Luncheon festivities at the Sheraton Harrisburg/Hershey Hotel in Harrisburg, Pa.

Towson alumnus Mike Herman rides bulls in his spare time while working during the week in date-entry for a customs broker in downtown Baltimore.

This is one in an occasional series of stories that looks at how the economy affects everyday people.

Steven Wesley Spoonire, a 16-year veteran with the Maryland State Police, pleaded guilty Thursday to possessing marijuana.

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An American flag flies by one point in front of a Buckeystown Pike business as gusts of wind neared 60 mph Thursday morning.

A Taneytown man has been indicted on one count each of robbery and theft. 31-year-old James Henderson Bryant III was served with the indictment on Monday in connection with the September 23rd robbery of the PNC ...

The wife of a Maryland State Police trooper pleaded guilty Monday to possession of marijuana, but denied knowledge of a foot-tall pot plant near the back steps of their Woodsboro home.

The Maryland Department of the Environment is holding a public hearing Wednesday on Lehigh Cement Co.'s request to expand its quarry operations in Frederick County.

With the decline of the housing market, property owners may have been expecting a drop in their property taxes when property assessments were sent out earlier this week.

Shortly after the ball dropped to ring in the New Year Thursday, Angel Powers of Union Bridge gave birth to her son, Colten Powers at the Carroll Hospital Center.