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Westminster gift shop to get new digs in renovated Main Street building • Rivalry game becomes community rally around Liberty boys basketball coach George Sinnott
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Carroll County Daily Headlines

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Carroll Schools budget keeps laptops for students in 3rd grade and older

For each three grade levels where 1:1 devices would be eliminated, there would be about a million dollars in savings in the the first year. There would also be a cost to convert curriculum and materials to match the reduction in personal devices.

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Westminster gift shop to get new digs in renovated Main Street building

“This was always the dream, to have a glass storefront space on Main Street,” said Tiombe Paige, owner of thoughtfully-curated Cultivated.

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Rivalry game becomes community rally around Liberty boys basketball coach George Sinnott

Liberty basketball coach George Sinnott was diagnosed with throat cancer last summer. Last week the school raised $800 for Johns Hopkins OETC.

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Gov. Moore signs ban on local ICE deals, first bill out of legislative session

Gov. Wes Moore signed a bill Tuesday banning local formal agreements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), also known as 287(g) agreements.

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Moore clarifies Md. ICE cooperation; analysts warn of having ‘it both ways’

Gov. Wes Moore issued directives clarifying that Maryland agencies can still cooperate with ICE in some cases, despite signing a law banning 287(g) agreements.

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Maryland DHS scrutinized by lawmakers for failing to document millions spent

“It’s bad, and you know it,” said Sen. J.B. Jennings, a Republican who represents Baltimore and Harford counties. “We’re talking millions of taxpayers’ money tha…

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Maryland’s first inspector general for education not reappointed; set to leave in April

Richard Henry, Maryland’s first inspector general for education, will not serve a second term. Both Henry and Gov. Wes Moore’s office confirmed the decision to The Baltimore Sun on Tues…

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Small nuclear reactors move forward: Will Maryland catch up?

The US Army just transported its first small reactor for testing, and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champlain is working on what could be the nation’s first private-sector microreactor.

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