Taneytown

If Taneytown's proposed ordinance regulating peddlers and yard sales is approved as written, the town's residents may find they will have to divulge more personal information to hold a Saturday yard sale than to obtain a gun permit.People holding yard sales will not only have to disclose personal information -- height, weight, color of eyes -- but also list his or her employer, length of employment and any criminal history. The town clerk then will have to conduct an investigation of the applicant's "business and moral character."

In Wednesday's Carroll County Sun ("Taneytown hires city manager"), Kent Mangini should have been identified as the daughter of Joseph A.Mangini Jr.TANEYTOWN -- Taking the city manager job here means Joseph A. Mangini Jr.'s family is moving to the city."

THE CITY OF Taneytown will mark the start of the holiday season Saturday with its third annual downtown Christmas tree-lighting ceremony and parade -- and a visit from Santa Claus. The festivities will begin at 3 p.m. with the holiday parade, which starts at the Farmers & Mechanics Bank building at Trevanion Road and Baltimore Street. Kim Carter, the event's organizer, says the parade will move along Baltimore Street and finish at Taneytown Shopping Center. The parade will include floats with Santa Claus, Northwest Middle School's band and the Lions and Kiwanis clubs.

With a warm smile, a youth minister from Nicaragua introduced himself with a song to the fourth grade at Taneytown Elementary."How many know 'La Bamba?' " asked Eddy Moncada, a minister at Mision Cristiana in Managua, the nation's capital. Hands shot up instantly at the mention of the familiar Spanish tune, and the children joined loudly in the chorus of his lively rendition.The children then played a question-and-answer game with Mr. Moncada and his pastor, Rogelio Morales.The two Central American visitors spent last week in Carroll County as guests of the Westminster Church of the Brethren -- the church that established a sister relationship with the mission about two years ago. Last year, a group from Westminster JTC visited the church in Nicaragua.

The two-time defending South Penn League champion Taneytown Cardinals will take a 15-game winning streak into the opening round of the playoffs slated to start tomorrow night.The Cardinals, who ran away with the regular season title with a 28-4 mark, will take on the winner of last night's Mummasburg-Hanover game [after press time] in a best-of-three series starting at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Taneytown Memorial Park.Saturday, game two will be played, with an "if necessary" third game set for Sunday.

Katharine Groshon was hanging laundry outside her house in the 2000 block of Keysville-Bruceville Road near Taneytown late yesterday morning when she saw wisps of smoke coming from the back of a house two doors down.At first, Mrs. Groshon said, she thought it might have been a malfunctioning air conditioner. But her husband, Jim, who was mowing the lawn, decided to call the Fire Department anyway.just looked like there was something smoldering in there," Mr. Groshon said.When they arrived, Taneytown firefighters were able almost immediately to extinguish the fire, which had started in the kitchen, fire officials said.

You can recognize a Baltimore Orioles fan by the orange-and-black bird emblazoned on everything they have, from bumper stickers to beach towels.But how can you tell if someone loves the city of Taneytown?Enter Tuscurora Taney the Otter."I think it would kind of give the city a little pizazz," said City Manager Joseph A. Mangini Jr. of the city mascot he's proposed. "I'm looking into public relations, getting more people interested in the city of Taneytown."Mr. Mangini recommended to the City Council that Taneytown should adopt a flag and a mascot to promote the city.

A Taneytown man was being held on $75,000 bond on multiple assault charges yesterday.John Robert Shields, 29, of the first block of York St. was charged with assault with intent to murder, maiming, assault, reckless endangerment, battery, use of a deadly weapon, possession of a deadly weapon and malicious destruction of property.Taneytown police gave this account of the incident:Two men were drinking at a Taneytown residence and began arguing. The victim, Robert Conn, 25, also of Taneytown, said the other man threatened to kill him and began swinging a green survival knife at him, cutting Mr. Conn on the hands, left wrist and arm.The victim told police he fled from the house and went to his apartment nearby, where he was followed by the man. Taneytown officer Pfc. Ed Engel said a window at the victim's apartment appeared to have been "punched out."