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County Commissioners Race - the Simple Facts
There's a county election coming up, and for the first time, Sykesville and Eldersburg will elect so...
Is Chaos Coming to Carroll County?
He calls his blog "Chaos Comes to Carroll." He's an anonymous scourge - smart, vicious, articulate, ...
Sykesville Living with Reduced Police Coverage
Does Sykesville need full-time police coverage? Did you know we no longer had it? Bob Allen investig...
Who Killed the Bluebird?
One Dead, Parents Missing. A backyard Sykesville murder mystery. Who killed the Bluebird?
A Sizzling Sykesville Summer
Another Sykesville summer is underway and Main Street Manager, Ivy Wells, is on the job. Find out w...
Hats Off to Springfield's Class of 1914
It's June of 1914 and Springfield Hospital graduates eight nurses. Take a quick trip back 97 years i...
Speed Camera Ordinance Fails
Sykesville’s residents have voted against speed cameras. Results were announced May 4, 2010 at ...
Trish Suder's Art Auction Is Tomorrow
Still in her home, but just barely, local artist Trish Suder will be auctioning off some of her best...
This Week In Sykesville History March 19, 1931
Travel back to a slower time, when speeding was not the town's number one issue. This week in Sykesv...
Sykesville's Mayor Speaks About the Speed Camera Petition
Sykesville resident Chris Martin is collecting signatures on a petition to bring the speed camera or...
This Week In Sykesville History March 12, 1914
Another week, another trip back to 1914, where architect J.H. Fowble loses a home and the local pha...
This Week In Sykesville History March 5, 1914
We have a new feature called "This Week in Sykesville History." Our first trip back will take us, oh...
News Release: Tevis College Arts Scholarships Available for High School Seniors The Carroll County...
Speed Cameras Approved
Slow down! Speed cameras are coming to Sykesville. It's only a question of when, as the mayor and co...
In Review
In Review Feb. 13, 2010 - Snow, Speed Cameras, More Snow, Fire, and Cheers. Area stories in a nutshe...
Speed Cameras – Money or Safety?
Sykesville’s Chief Williams thinks the proper use of speed cameras would make Sykesville a safer...
Will they cut freshman sports in Carroll County high schools? Will they cut indoor track? They're th...
Purkey's Is Going, but Wiley is Staying
Wiley Purkey's Toy Trains will soon be no more. But Wiley Purkey's life is merely taking another tur...
Recession, Coincidence, and 7604 Main Street
Only in Sykesville. A story about artists, frame shops, pool halls, fire, and time.
Artist Without A Residence
She calls herself Sykesville's resident artist. She just donated 1800 prints to the town. But Trish...
Town Introduces Speed Camera Ordinance
Are speed cameras coming to Sykesville? The town introduced an ordinance making it possible, but tha...
Christmas 1941 - The Sykesville Herald's Greeting
Sixty-eight years ago, 18 days after the shock of Pearl Harbor and our sudden entry into the Second ...
Christmas, 1941 - The Dark Lord Comes to Sykesville
Follow us through Sykesville's hidden Portkey on a journey more dangerous than Harry Potter's battle...
A Charlie Brown Tree on an Eldersburg Chicken Farm
Before the roads and big houses surrounded and swallowed the chicken farm where he grew up, Bob Al...
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NEW! Cutting lavender and baking raspberry coffee cake, Barb Fogg takes advantage of a lush spring. ...
While Sykesville Online slept, columnist Barb Fogg worked. Here's a tale of spring and gardens and ...
Anti-speed camera opponents have been passing a flyer around town. Is it fact or is it propaganda? C...
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It’s 1929 and all kinds of exciting things are happening in and around Sykesville. Including a mur...
Ivy Wells loves Main Street, or at least the idea of Main Street. In the recent Sykesville newslette...
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Why Is There a Train Under Your Christmas Tree?
Haven't you wondered where it all began, this craz...
As Goes the Herald, So Goes Sykesville
The Sykesville Herald covered every detail of Syke...
The Great 21784 Newspaper War
Did you know we survived a newspaper war? Did we...
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In 1941, Christmas Brought War to Sykesville
Four days after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor...