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The tenant of Westminster Antique Mall owed nearly $58,000 in rent and faced five failure to pay rent cases in less than two years, court records show, before the property owner evicted them in September.

Mount Airy’s Town Council will consider a staff recommendation Monday night to hire an Ellicott City architecture firm to begin work on preserving the historic Flat Iron Building.

Journalists with The Carroll County Times earned seven first- and second-place awards last week during the annual Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association contest.

The 16th annual PEEPshow, showcasing dozens of larger-than-life art exhibits constructed using PEEPs marshmallow candies, returns Friday to the TownMall of Westminster at 400 N. Center St.

The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office is moving forward with a new space for its Offender Diversion Unit at 37 S. Cranberry Road in Westminster. Commissioners unanimously approved the transfer of $225,000 from the fiscal 2023 contingency fund budget to pay for the new space.

The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office is moving forward with a new space for its Offender Diversion Unit at 37 S. Cranberry Road in Westminster. Commissioners unanimously approved the transfer of $225,000 from the fiscal 2023 contingency fund budget to pay for the new space.

The new Charles Carroll Community Center in Westminster will be on the site of former Charles Carroll Elementary School and will have a full-size gym for basketball, volleyball and pickle ball, two multipurpose rooms and a technology room with Wi-Fi.

The workshop will be held at 5 p.m., Tuesday, at the Mount Airy Town Hall, 110 South Main St., in the council chambers. The meeting is open to residents, however, no public comment will be allowed. Mount Airy Mayor Larry Hushour said discussion will focus on “plausible ways to either restore the building in place, or move the building slightly south and east to a new footprint.” There is no vote planned.

The workshop will be held at 5 p.m., Tuesday, at the Mount Airy Town Hall, 110 South Main St., in the council chambers. The meeting is open to residents, however, no public comment will be allowed. Mount Airy Mayor Larry Hushour said discussion will focus on “plausible ways to either restore the building in place, or move the building slightly south and east to a new footprint.” There is no vote planned.

White’s Bicycles and its owner, Bradley White, were fixtures on Westminster’s Main Street the last four decades. White, 55, who died after a Monday fire at his shop, was a well-loved community member with a heart of gold, friends said.