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👋 Happy Sunday, Westminster
Hope everyone had a great Fourth. If you missed the Carroll County Farm Museum's finale, we've got you covered — watch the finale on Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok.
Though a big holiday is behind us, the good news is that July is still stacked with things to do: a free concert series starts today, the summer movie series rolls on, and next weekend Main Street goes Italian. Here's everything going on.
Let’s dive into it.
🎵 Free Sunday Concerts Start Today — Plus Free Pool Access 6–8 PM
Westminster Rec & Parks brings back its Summer Sunday Concert Series, with a different act and venue every Sunday in July, all free and open to the public from 6:00–8:00 PM. Tonight's opener is at the Westminster Municipal Pool with Baltimore rock band Luvable Idiots & Friends, and here's the kicker: pool admission is free for the full two hours alongside the show. A food truck and a snowball truck will be on site each week. Bring a chair, a blanket, and a cooler. Up next: Belle Grove Square (7/12), Dutterer Park (7/19), and Wakefield Valley (7/26).
🚀 SpaceX Cleared to Add Two Small Structures at Its Westminster Plant
Carroll County has issued permits for SpaceX to build a pair of small industrial structures at 1221 Independence Way, the Westminster Technology Park plant the company took over from Hexagon Purus earlier this year. Each is a modest 500-square-foot concrete building, about the footprint of a two-car garage, estimated at $200,000 apiece, with plumbing, electrical, and commercial-grade fire sprinklers.
🎻 Free Keynote: An Evening with Alice Gerrard — Monday, July 6, 8 PM
Common Ground on the Hill's Traditions Weeks returns to McDaniel College July 6–10 for its 32nd year, with 350+ roots-music, folk-arts, and dance workshops. You don't need to register for any of it to catch this highlight: on Monday, July 6, at 8 PM in Alumni Hall, roots legend Alice Gerrard delivers the week's keynote, which is free and open to everyone. Now 90, Gerrard traces her six-decade journey through American roots music with songs and stories, joined by fiddler Tatiana Hargreaves and mandolinist Reed Stutz, and will receive the Robert H. Chambers Award that night.
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🇮🇹 A Toast to Italy Returns to Main Street — Saturday, July 11, 5–9 PM
Mark your calendar for next Saturday: A Toast to Italy turns Main Street into an Italian street fair from 5:00–9:00 PM, with authentic street food, a beer and wine garden, and vendors up and down downtown. Two stages run all night (DJ Vespa and The Monaldi Brothers Band), plus buskers, the Miss Little Italy Pageant at 6 PM, and the Cannoli Eating Contest at 7 PM. Want a seat at the communal Big Italian Family Dinner? Those tickets are on sale now through the City's website.
🎬 This Week's Free Movie: Spy Kids — Tuesday, July 7, 7 PM
The Carroll Arts Center's free summer movie series continues Tuesday with Spy Kids at 7:00 PM. Screenings are free, family-friendly, and — bonus in July — inside an air-conditioned theater, with concessions available. Still to come on Tuesdays: Shrek (7/14), Space Jam (7/21), Robin Hood (7/28), and Muppet Treasure Island (8/4).
📚 All Our Outdoor School Coverage, in One Place
Following the CCPS Outdoor School story that saw an end to overnights at Hashawha? We've pulled all Westminster Wire reporting into a single hub — every article, from board decisions to public reaction, collected and updated as the story develops.
🛣️ Wondering What "Market Street Extended" Is? Watch This
There's been a lot of talk about Market Street Extended, a new road planned in Westminster that will connect Old Westminster Pike with Route 140, near the “tree streets” (Oak, Elm, Maple, Sycamore, Willow, Locust, and Spruce Avenues). Here’s a short video that explains what it is and what it would connect.
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— Westminster Wire