New Windsor News

By TONYA M. LEE, Messenger staff As published Dec. 16, 2009 After Mayor and Town Council President Dave Pyatt led the Pledge of Allegiance, the town council went into a brief closed session asking the audience to leave the conference room while they discussed a personnel issue.

JOB TITLE: Adult Services Supervisor COMPANY: Carroll County Public Library POSTDATE: 12/13/2009 LOCATION: New Windsor, MD DESCRIPTION: ADULT SERVICES SUPERVISOR: Service-oriented library system seeks professional to fill position in a full-service branch.

Is the prospect of a loud New Year's getting you down? Here's an alternative: For the past ten years, the Insight Meditation Community of Washington has offered a four-day silent meditation retreat over New Year's. The event has become so popular that this year IMCW has rented a larger space, and there are still spots available.

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Purse stolen from grocery cart A purse was stolen about 8:25 p.m. Monday from a grocery cart at Giant Eagle on West Seventh Street, the Frederick Police Department reported.

Late Tuesday morning Carroll County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 30 year old John Ritcey.

As JoAnn Horn Cashman walked through the doors of Heritage Academy on Saturday morning, she became a bit nostalgic.

UCC members, From left, Nancy Riley, Becky Craven, Marjorie Reinaker, Lois Paden, Joyce Kessler and Karen Marinaccio packed 74 school kits and 93 health kits.

The Frederick County State's Attorney's Office introduced members of the latest grand jury to their duties Friday by calling cases involving allegations of assault, burglary, robbery and drug dealing.

A year and a day is what was handed down to the New Windsor man. A New Windsor, Maryland, man was sentenced Thursday to one year and a day in prison, for illegally possessing firearms while under a restraining order.

Auctioneer John Roop assembles an antique butter churn, next to an 1890s milking machine patented by William Mehring of Keymar, which will be auctioned Saturday in Woodsboro.

When State Police arrived, one victim was found with a gunshot wound to the head.

Police are searching for three men who broke into a Westminster home and shot one person.

A portion of Stone Chapel Road was closed Wednesday morning near Western Chapel Road in the Carroll County town of New Windsor due to a tractor-trailer crash, according to Maryland State Police.

An 17-year-old Union Bridge boy was killed Sunday when his car struck a tree on Marston Road in New Windsor, according to Maryland State Police.