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 northern Maryland, United States. It is the seat of Carroll County. The city's population was 18,590 at the 2010 census. Westminster is an outlying community within the Baltimore-Towson, MD MSA, which is part of a greate ...

, 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

Landmark Communications Landmark Media Enterprises, LLC (a spinoff of Landmark Communications, Inc.) is a privately held media company headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia specializing in newspaper publishing, Internet publishing and software. History Norfolk Newspape ...

, 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

The Baltimore Sun ''The Baltimore Sun'' is the largest general-circulation daily newspaper based in the U.S. state of Maryland and provides coverage of local and regional news, events, issues, people, and industries. Founded in 1837, it is currently owned by Tr ...

Media Group, and its parent company Tribune Publishing, in 2014. 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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