The ''Carroll County Times'' was founded on October 6, 1911, as ''The Times''. Owner and publisher George Mather, whose father owned the once-prominent Mather's Department Store in

Westminster, Maryland Westminster is a city in and the county seat of Carroll County, Maryland, United States. The city's population was 19,960 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Westminster is an outlying community in the Baltimore metropolitan area, whic ...

, sold ''The Times'' in 1947. ''The Times'' expanded and became the ''Carroll County Times'' in 1956. The ''Carroll County Times'' changed hands several times over the next twenty years. It was a twice weekly paper when purchased by Landmark Community Newspapers, a subsidiary of

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, in 1974. The paper began publishing five days a week in 1980. Not long after, in 1987, the ''Times'' began publishing seven days a week and added home delivery. In addition to the ''Carroll County Times'', Landmark Community Newspapers of Maryland produces a number of niche publications including ''The Community Times'', ''The Advocate'' of Westminster and Finksburg, ''The Advocate'' of Eldersburg and Sykesville, ''Carroll Families'', ''Carroll Seniors'', ''Purchasing Power'', and ''Homes Magazines'' serving Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and South Central Pennsylvania. On January 3, 2008, it was reported that the family owned Landmark Communications, parent company of the Times, may be for sale. The ''Carroll County Times'' was acquired by

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Media Group, and its parent company Tribune Publishing, in 2014. Since 2024, ''Carroll County Times'' belongs to

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. Most content is now locked behind a paywall.

References

*Fisher dean talks seismic sensors with Carroll County Times *Two Washington County horses rescued by Days End Farm

External links

Official website
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