Community News Reporter

Gabriella Fine

Gabriella Fine covers local news in Carroll County. As a Summer 2025 intern at The Baltimore Sun, she worked on the politics desk. She has also interned at Voice of America’s China branch, RealClearPolitics, and The Saturday Evening Post. Gabriella is from Silver Spring, Maryland, and graduated from Brandeis University. Email her at gfine@baltsun.com.

When should school start next year? The board of education will decide this week.

ICE policy, 2026 school start date on agenda for Carroll school board

November 11, 2025 at 2:21 p.m.

Should school begin before or after Labor Day? Carroll's school board will decide this week. Here's what else is on the agenda at this month's Carroll County Board of Education...

Nov. 8, 2025 The Westminster Municipal Band plays patriotic music for onlookers at the Veterans Day Parade on Saturday. (Chris Berry/Freelance)

Looking to honor Veterans Day? Here’s a list of Carroll County events

November 10, 2025 at 3:35 p.m.

Carroll Schools plan Veterans Day programming.

Job seekers gather around a table to speak with representatives from the Department of Recreation and Parks during the Carroll County Government Employment Expo on Wednesday. (Brian Krista/Staff)

A maze of job opportunities at Carroll’s government career expo

November 7, 2025 at 3:02 p.m.

"We hear a lot of jokes that the building is kind of like a maze, and so is ... figuring out where you want to be, what you want to...

Miss Scarlet, Mrs. White, Mr. Green, Professor Plum, and Mrs. Peacock, played by Emily Rothbard, from left, Willa Weinreich, Reed Diffenderfer, Travis Gordon, and Maggie Beahm, listen through the door during a rehearsal of "Clue" at Winters Mill High School. (Thomas Walker/Freelance)

‘Clue,’ classic whodunit comedy, comes to Winters Mill High in Westminster

November 6, 2025 at 5:25 p.m.

On a dark and stormy night, six guests are invited to a dinner party at the Boddy Mansion and discover that they're all being blackmailed.

The operator, played by Emma Parker, answers a call from the bed-bound Agnes Stevenson, played by Rachel Myers during a rehearsal for the Senior Directed One Acts at Manchester Valley High School. (Thomas Walker/Freelance)

Trio of one-act plays opens at Manchester Valley High this weekend

November 5, 2025 at 5:22 p.m.

Performances include one thriller and two comedies, all directed by students.

Dr. Cynthia McCabe, Superintendent of Carroll County Public Schools at Hampstead Elementary School on the first day of school.(Karen Jackson/Freelance)

Maryland Report Card: 7 Carroll schools improved star ratings

November 5, 2025 at 12:28 p.m.

Seven Carroll County schools improved their star ratings in Maryland’s latest school report card, while every school in the county earned at least three stars and chronic absenteeism remained a...

"Ballot Box" "Turtle" "Heart" and "Future Voter." Winners from the 2024 election “I Voted” sticker contest held by the Carroll County Board of Elections. The competition is back in Carroll County. (Carroll County Board of Elections/Courtesy)

Carroll County’s ‘I Voted’ sticker design contest returns. This time, adults can join, too.

November 3, 2025 at 5:23 p.m.

Carroll County voters in the 2026 election will receive "I Voted" stickers designed by a local.

Carroll Community College professor Dr. Pamula Mills received a Bahamian national service award, The Order of Distinction, at a ceremony in the Bahamas on Oct. 13. She received the award from Cynthia Pratt, governor general of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. (Courtesy)

Carroll Community College professor earns service award from the Bahamas

November 3, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Carroll Community College professor Pamula Mills was honored recently for her service to her native Bahamas.

Richard “Rick” German died Oct. 14. He was 63. Family and friends remember his larger-than-life personality, his commitment to Frederick County 4-H, and his love of fishing and hunting. (Courtesy)

Richard ‘Rick’ German, Frederick 4-H leader, alpaca farmer and civil servant, dies

November 2, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Family and friends remember his humor, commitment to Frederick County 4-H, and his love of fishing and hunting.

Visitors scour the pages of Westminster High School year books at a Historical Society of Carroll County event in January. (Brian Krista/Staff)

Carroll’s Historical Society library named in honor of former volunteer

November 1, 2025 at 10:18 a.m.

Honorees included Carroll County Commissioner Tom Gordon III, Ann and George Horvath and Tim Kyle.

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