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Drake Pharr, 9, and his friend Cole Davis, 10, have a snowball fight at Sandymount Park in
Finksburg. JEFFREY F. BILL/STAFF
organizations and provide a free, family-friendly time for local veterans and
their families. The Veterans Services
Program of Carroll County produces
the annual event, with insights from the
Veterans Advisory Council and the county’s Celebration Committee, which was
formed in 2022 for the express purpose
of coordinating and funding the event.
Each year, it will highlight veterans of
certain conflicts. In 2023, veterans of the
Afghanistan War were honored. Carrollcountymd.gov
Fire company carnivals are synonymous with summer in Carroll County
— food, rides, games and camaraderie. Carnivals are held in June, July and
August. Check each company’s website
for details.
• New Windsor Fire Department,
nwfd10.org,
• Gamber & Community Fire Co.,
gambervfd.org,
• Union Bridge, ubfc8.org,
• Taneytown Volunteer Fire Co.,
tvfc5.org,
• Sykesville Freedom District Fire
Department, sykesvillefire.org,
• Harney Volunteer Fire Co.,
harneyfire11.org,
• Manchester Volunteer Fire Co.,
manchestervfd.org,
• Winfield Community Volunteer Fire
Department, winfieldvfd.org,
• Reese Volunteer Fire Co., reesevfc.org,
• Mount Airy Volunteer Fire Co.,
mavfc.org,
• Hampstead Volunteer Fire Co.,
hampsteadvfd.org.
The Carroll County 4-H and FFA
Fair has drawn thousands of attendees
each year for more than a century at the
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Carroll County Agriculture Center, 700
Agriculture Center Drive, Westminster.
A showcase of Carroll County 4-H
and FFA members exhibiting in project
areas ranging from livestock, crafts and
gardening to technology and fine arts, the
event began in 1897 and has been held at
the Ag Center since 1954. Entertainment
includes a tractor pull, vintage farm stock
racing, local bands and a car demolition
derby. Carrollcountyfair.com
If you love delicious food, beer and wine
sampling from some of the most popular breweries and wineries in Maryland,
and a variety of genres of live music, then
check out Maryland SummerFest in late
August. The event is held at the Carroll
County Farm Museum, 500 S. Center St.,
in Westminster. Summerfestmd.com
The Maryland Wine Festival is held
each year at the Carroll County Farm
Museum the third weekend in September. More than 10,000 wine enthusiasts
typically turn out for the showcase of
Maryland wineries on the farm museum
grounds to sample a few hundred
wines from one end of the state to the
other. carrollcountyfarmmuseum.org/
event-calendar.
GET OUTSIDE
Get food from farm to table with your
own hands by heading out to Baugher’s Orchard to pick your own produce.
Strawberries are in season in May and
June; cherries and sweet garden peas
in June; peaches, nectarines, and plums
in July and August; apples from August
through October; and pumpkins and
other fall items in October and November. Hot food and baked goods are available for purchase, and there’s a petting
zoo. Call the pick-your-own hotline
Right: Erin Seabord, of Mount Airy,
examines a red-tailed hawk, being shown
by Hashawha Environmental Center during
a therapeutic recreation day at the Carroll
County Farm Museum in June 2023.
at 410-857-0111 or visit baughers.com.
Piney Run Reservoir, 30 Martz Road in
Sykesville, is a 300-acre lake owned by
the Carroll County Department of Parks
and Recreation that offers multiple boat
ramps and canoe and kayak rentals.
Anglers have the opportunity to catch a
variety of species from largemouth bass,
sunfish, bluegill, yellow perch, channel
catfish and black crappie.
Lions Club Park swimming hole,
at the corner of Old Hanover Road and
Littlestown Pike in Union Mills, is a
traditional swimming draw for those
who want a natural experience in fresh,
running water or to have a picnic lunch in
the pavilion. Hashawha Lake, 300 John
Owings Road in Westminster, combines
fishing opportunities with bird and wild-
