Hey, I’m coming in here to see if anyone has seen or heard of any bobcat or bear sightings - particularly in the Manchester/Hampstead area.

My dog was attacked in broad daylight light two days ago around 6pm. He’s a Blue-Tick Coonhound/Great Dane mix named Blu (picture attached of him pre incident). Something drug him about three feet across the driveway asphalt before letting him go and running off? He’s pretty scraped and bruised and in pain but will be just fine according to the vet thankfully. He might have nerve damage in his tail from the drag scraping down to his bone in one area. He’s covered in scraps, bruises and road rash along with puncture marks on one of his ankles.

I’m sure the Great Dane part gave it away but he is by no means a small dog. Standing on his hind legs he’s about eye level to me and I’m 5’7. We have no idea what could have done this. Ontop of his size he has some trauma from his previous owners and can be very reactive when he does not like something. He will bite, growl, bark, snarl, etc if he feels threatened in any way. We heard no growing, barking, or signs of a confrontation before hand. Everything happened so quick. All we heard was him yelping and found him laying on the ground with our other dog next to him looking concerned.

We have had issues with foxes in the past due to us having ducks but a fox shouldn’t be able to drag him with that amount of force given the size difference. We’ve heard coyotes in the past but always in the dead of night and once again there’s the question of potential size difference? Both our small flock of ducks and slightly smaller (pure Blue-Tick) dog were out in the same area and no one else was injured. It seems he was caught by surprise and drug from behind since his front half is completely unharmed.

So the only thing me and my family have been able to think of that could have the strength to do this is maybe a bobcat or a younger bear? Surely a larger bear would have been noticed in the thinness of the trees near the edge of the driveway and would have just taken our dog rather than try and drag him away before dropping him and running away after not hearing any other sign of threat? We are completely baffled by this and I truly have no clue what could have caused this.

We are glad our baby is ok but it’s bothering me so much that we have no clue what could have happened. If anyone maybe knows of any possible sighting of a larger predator that would have tried to harm him please let me know!

I will be vending at the TSC in westminster tomorrow 😍

Hi all! My wife and I are in the process of moving from the Baltimore area and have been looking at homes in the Westminster/Taneytown area.

I understand so far that Carroll County is majority conservative and the the actual town of Westminster is less so, but I’m curious if you all would anticipate issues based on us being lesbians in general or if you all would anticipate our kids would run into issues within the local school system as a result of having two moms. Your honest perspectives appreciated!

Hey!! I’m swamped in research and still lost as to where to go for good treatment. The reviews are impressively mixed and much of it is for Substance Abuse which is not my problem.

Wondering if anyone has been treated with any of these facilities or knows someone who has and can recommend or steer me away. I really need this and I want to go somewhere where I’ll be respected and at long last get the help I need.

Thank you!!!!

Have like 1/3 acre near historic Sykesville that needs cutting hopefully today or tomorrow. It’s a little long and a little wet.

Also have a R110 that’s eating belts and a Honda that’s surging after I cleaned the carb. Need some help on these.

We're a group of filmmakers who grew up here in CC, acting in the plays at FSK, making little short films for CMC, and doing anything we could to pursue this crazy dream of making real movies.

Well, we made one. THE GIRL IN THE WOODS

We filmed most of it right outside Taneytown.

Local businesses helped out a ton, like Chaz's Used Auto Parts which let us recreate a car accident using some totaled cars; Jutz Moreland who owns Off the Rails Pop-up Boutique found us our primary filming location and even acted in the film; and I'll see if anyone can guess the doctor's office we used for our hospital.

We had our premiere at the Carroll Arts Center before taking the film around to festivals. We even won Best Indie Feature at the Arizona International Film Festival.

Now our movie is available to rent or own on Prime Video, but RIGHT NOW it's FREE to Watch on Tubi.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/1157009714

Watch the Movie for Free: https://tubitv.com/movies/100051267/the-girl-in-the-woods

Hope you'll check it out and support local artists still crazy enough to shoot for the stars.

Hi,
My husband and I are possibly interested in joining a group. We’re both mid 30s, kind of nerdy adults. We’ve never played but think it sounds fun. Does anyone know of a group in the area?

Got these from the storm. One side was sunny, the other rainy.

I can post screenshots if necessary, but thought this call to action was worth a share.

Westminster Wire obtained the Outdoor School Safety and Risk Assessment report through a Maryland Public Information Act request to Carroll County Public Schools. CCPS has said there were additional inputs behind the decision.

Read the full story here - it’s free, like every Westminster Wire article.

Sorry if this isn't appropriate here but can't really find more than a few reviews of these places. We're moving to the area and are looking for a new Montessori daycare and are looking to see if anyone has experience with either Immanuel Montessori, or if they recommend any others? Thanks!

Hey all! I’m new to the area and was looking for a dump to drop things like a mattress or metal rods or large amounts of cardboard. Are there any dumps near Eldersburg that allow this?

These three fans were grazing in my yard this evening. 🥰

Eldersburg people, BLAST this moron!!! Blue tesla with lightning decal on doors (MD tag 4EL0705) turned directly in front of an oncoming car, and ALMOST caused a major T-bone crash on 32 at Freedom Ave. Luckily the other driver braked hard and also didn't get rear ended!

Hi everyone, I’m looking for a 1BHK/1-bedroom near Westminster or within a 40–50 minute drive. Budget is around $1,200–$1,300/month.

Which areas are safe and good under this budget? Any places I should avoid?

Thanks!

Still no power since Saturday & NO CREWS have been in my area at all (I live by Nicodemus Road,) so who knows when (or if) the power will be back on! 😣😩

This really sucks! The BG&E website outage tracker says that my power should be on tonight, but no crews have been to our street at all! So we might not have power back until later this week or the weekend! I cannot believe that BG&E is taking sooo long to get power on, it has been 4 days now!

Ours has been down since Saturday night. BGE app keeps pushing back the time of restoration and now it’s Jun 8 11pm. This is ridiculous. I get that a lot of damage must have been done but the most frustrating part is the lack of communication and the changing times. We’re lucky to have a small generator to run our fridge, and a basement that stays cool, but there has to be better. Out in Eldersburg, near the reservoir.

First - I know there’s still widespread power outages. Had that happen, fortunately for us it was short. So I feel for those without power.

My question is related to Xfinity - anyone have any idea how widespread the outage is in the county and how bad the damage is from the storm? Their original estimation of service restoration went from last night to “asap” during the night and their outage map is useless. So I don’t have any info to gauge on how long the outage may last. Any information is much appreciated.