Christy Kruhm

STUDENTS AT Mount Airy Middle School were given an opportunity to see the inside of "Miss Betty's Colonial Trunk" and learn about everyday life during the 1700s. The cultural arts...

WITHOUT EVEN looking at the calendar, you can tell that fall has arrived. It's not just the chilly mornings that warm into mild breezy afternoons or the sudden appearance of...

IT'S THE SECOND time Mount Airy Volunteer Fire Company has been there to help the Esworthy family. More than 35 years ago, fire company volunteers went door to door collecting...

I'VE NEVER met parents who didn't think that their baby was the most adorable they had ever seen. Because parents tend to be just a little partial in this regard,...

ROLL HER AWAY," "recycle that girl," "pass the ocean" and "dive thru" probably sound like an oddball collection of nonsense phrases to you and me. But say them at the...

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL guidance counselor Ann Horner is hoping that a Love and Logic parent study group will help parents "bring the fun back into parenting." The seven-week study group is...

SOUTH CARROLL High School's Marching Cavaliers are hoping for a repeat of last year's band season. After getting a Chapter 13 Championship and best-percussion award in the Atlantic Coast Championships,...

A CINDERELLA season" is how manager Mike Shue describes Carroll County Rangers' 1996 baseball season. The team of 11- and 12-year-olds finished its freshman season on a high note, placing...

FOR GARDENERS, it's a daily battle against Japanese beetles, weeds and unpredictable weather. The flower bud that seems days away from flowering suddenly pops open in the morning sun, reaching...

THE BASEBALL FIELDS in Mount Airy were scenes of excitement this week as the Mount Airy Youth Athletic Association played host to the Babe Ruth Maryland State Tournament. Despite soggy...