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- Fisher dean talks seismic sensors with Carroll County Times [3]
- Two Washington County horses rescued by Days End Farm [4]
- ↑ "Battens may sell The Roanoke Times' parent company". The Roanoke Times. 2008-01-03. Archived from the original on 2012-12-08. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
- ↑ Marbella, Jean. "Baltimore Sun Media Group buys The Capital in Annapolis and the Carroll County Times". baltimoresun.com.
- ↑ Bradshaw, Megan (4 September 2015). "Fisher dean talks seismic sensors with Carroll County Times".
- ↑ Times, Michel Elben, Carroll County. "Two Washington County horses rescued by Days End Farm". Howard County Times.
