Sykesville News

Mayor Mike Miller is forming a committee to help bring "modern equipment" to the skateboard park in Sykesville.

5. Today's Forecast The National Weather Service calls for partly sunny skies with a high near 34 degrees this afternoon, changing to mostly clear skies with a low of around 20 degrees this evening.A

A Maryland appeals court has ruled that the state violated the rights of two men who were found incompetent to stand trial and were then held in state institutions beyond the legal time limit without going through proceedings for commitment to a mental hospital.

License fees for a number of Carroll County establishments selling beer, wine and liquor may be doubling, tripling and even quadrupling in some cases if proposed local legislation gets passed in the Maryland General Assembly.

It may just be a concrete slab right now, but Sykesville Mayor Mike Miller is looking to upgrade the skateboard area at South Branch Park, making it an official place for local teens and adults to use.

From local shelters to carefully selected breeders, families in Eldersburg and Sykesville discovered their furry friends at an array of places and all for different reasons.A Eldersburg resident Mort Shuman went the shelter route to find his cat, Zoe, who is now 14.

Columbia: Break-In Between 9 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. on Jan. 29, an unknown number of suspects forced entry into the front door of a residence on the 9300 block of Reader Lane.

The challenge is this - share the gift of reading with 20 strangers by handing out free books as part of a social movement to bring people together through literature.A World Book Night is an annual celebration designed to spread a love of reading and books.

A 3.A A Warfield Meeting - Save the Date The Warfield Development Corporation will meet on Wednesday, Feb.

A bank robbery , an assault with a baseball bat and the theft of copper from an abandoned physciatric facility are all crimes that occured in Eldersburg and Sykesville between Jan.

Sykesville Main Street hosts their 11th annual golf tournament on Friday, May 18 at the Oakmont Green Golf Club in Hampstead.A The shotgun start kicks off at 7:30 a.m. and proceeds will benefit Sykesville's Main Street Revitalization and Sykesville's Police Auxiliary.A The entry fee includes a cart and a 14 ounce Ribeye steak Lunch and beer during ... (more)

Police charged a 21-year-old Carroll County man with breaking into a sex shop and stealing an adult toy.

Maryland State Police charged two men on Jan. 18 in the theft ofA copper, aluminum and steel from the formerA Henryton Center in Sykesville, a former psychiatric facility.

The Mayor and Town Council is looking to form a committee to review the useA of the Skateboard Park at South Branch Park.A The council is looking for skateboarders or anyone who is interested in participating in the future of the Skateboard Park in Sykesville.

The second meeting in Carroll County's discussion of bike and walking trails in the Freedom Area was a little quieter than the first meeting in October, where a heated argument broke out over a local resident's individual efforts to create a trail without approval.

WEST OCEAN CITY , Md.- Police on Friday announced the arrest of a suspect accused of breaking into an adult store in West Ocean City several months ago.

Maryland State Police said they have charged two men Wednesday afternoon in the theft ofA copper, aluminum and steel from the formerA Henryton Center in Sykesville, once a psychiatric facility.

Maryland State Police have arrested two men they say were stealing metal from a closed state building.

A man charged in the baseball bat assault of a man at a Sykesville convenience store was released from the Carroll County Detention Center after posting bond Sunday, according to court documents.

Maryland State Police are searching for a suspect who robbed a bank in Sykesville Tuesday afternoon and left with an undisclosed amount of cash, according to a press release.A On Tuesday, Jan.