06-25-2023 Carroll Living - Flipbook - Page 20
Lucas Barnett, 15, blow dries shorthorn bull“Jax”as Lorelai Barnett, 9, combs him after a
bath at the fair. JEFFREY F. BILL | CARROLL COUNTY TIMES
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. For more information, go
to carrollcountymd.gov/government/
boards-commissions/veterans-advisory-council/veterans-celebration-of-carroll-county/.
Fire company carnivals are synonymous with summer in Carroll County
— food, rides, games, and camaraderie.
Carnivals are held in May, 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.
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The Carroll County 4-H and FFA
Fair has drawn thousands of attendees
each year for more than a century, at the
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. For more information, go to
carrollcountyfair.com.
The Maryland Wine Festival is held
each year at the Carroll County Farm
Museum, 500 S. Center St., in Westminster, 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.
Find out more at 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 May and June,
cherries and sweet garden peas in June,
peaches, nectarines and plums in July and
August, apples in August through October and pumpkins and other fall items
in October and November. Hot food and
baked goods are available for purchase,
Renee Bunn of Newark, Delaware, samples
mead from Clear Skies Meadery of
Gaithersburg during the Maryland Wine
Festival at the Carroll County in September
2022. BRIAN KRISTA | CARROLL COUNTY
TIMES