Published December 8, 2005 by Howard County Times in Entertainment
There are strange creatures that are nearly impossible to describe in "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," but it's easy to describe the appeal of this screen adaptation of the C.S. Lewis novel. Young children will be captivat...
Published December 8, 2005 by Howard County Times in Entertainment
Need to spruce up for the holidays? The Cylburn Arboretum will hold a Holiday Greens Sale Friday-Sunday, Dec. 9-11, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. On display will be fresh greens, swags, boxwood trees and poinsettias. Admission is free while prices for plants will var...
Published December 8, 2005 by Howard County Times in Entertainment
Here's a handy holiday shopping guide for you, a vinous "best of the best":
Producer of the Year: Domaine Paul Blanck; Alsace, France
This is a producer that makes very feminine wines with lots of moxie. They are both svelte and curvace...
Published December 8, 2005 by Howard County Times in Entertainment
This is a classic cookie recipe, which friends and I used to make for Christmas when we lived in Florida several decades ago. Butter makes for a rich flavor. Shortening helps keep the cookies from spreading out too much.
Our cookies are easy, light ye...
Published December 8, 2005 by Howard County Times in Entertainment
The artists in a large group exhibit such as "Art HoCo 2005" only have geography and quality in common, so visitors to the Howard County Center for the Arts' Gallery should not expect any sort of thematic focus.
Just the same, it's possible to see how...
Published December 8, 2005 by Howard County Times in Business
> Baltimore/Washington Corridor Chamber of Commerce. 312 Marshall Ave., Suite 104, Laurel. 301-725-4000 or 410-792-9714. Visit the Web site at www.baltwashchamber.org.
* Business Dialogue Group. Meet with fellow business owners and operators to dis...
Published December 8, 2005 by Howard County Times in Business
Laura Roche was recently named field sales manager at Ellicott City-based Grayson Homes. She will assist the marketing and sales team with implementation of training programs for all community sales managers.
Tari Mitchell, portfolio manager at the El...
Published December 8, 2005 by Howard County Times in Business
The builder of the Turf Valley resort and residential development in Ellicott City is scheduled to construct a nursing home and assisted living facility in the community by 2008.
On Oct. 19, the Maryland Health Care Commission gave Lorien Health Syste...
Published December 8, 2005 by Howard County Times in News
From the second floor of the Rusty Scupper restaurant, with a grand view of Baltimore's Inner Harbor, veteran television reporter and Fulton resident Andy Barth announced that he will run for U.S. House of Representatives in the district now represented b...
Published December 8, 2005 by Howard County Times in News
At about 4 a.m., Dec. 5, George Barretto, of Hickory Ridge, was awakened by someone banging on his front door.
It was Howard County police.
"The police said, 'Get out, there is a fire!' " Barretto said.
Several hours later, Barretto's ...
Published December 8, 2005 by Howard County Times in News
Two members of the Howard County Board of Education announced plans this week to run for County Council next year, potentially leading to a significant remaking of the board's membership in 2006.
Board chairwoman Courtney Watson, a Democrat, announced...
Published December 8, 2005 by Howard County Times in News
Howard County police said this week that they have located a registered sex offender who had eluded them for five months.
On Dec. 7, police announced that they had arrested Karen Hammond, 49, the last remaining person who was in violation of Howard Co...
Published December 8, 2005 by Howard County Times in News
Hoping to stem what they call a worsening traffic problem in the western county and Ellicott City, state officials are proposing to add a single lane in each direction to Interstate 70 between Route 29 and Marriottsville Road by 2013.
Officials also a...
Published December 8, 2005 by Howard County Times in News
Over the last three years, Howard County police have been called 143 times to the parking lot of Arirang Hill Cheese Steak Shop, in Hickory Ridge, for alleged crimes ranging from drug possession and thefts to disorderly conduct and assaults, according to ...
Published December 8, 2005 by Howard County Times in News
Dr. Pierre Vigilance, the new health officer for Baltimore County, understands the power of denial.
Vigilance, a 36-year-old Columbia resident, is now an athletic guy. He runs every day and ran a half marathon last year. He played rugby, men's field h...
Published December 8, 2005 by Howard County Times in News
A split between Howard County Council member David Rakes and his fellow Democrats on the council this week resulted in the ouster of Democrat Guy Guzzone as chairman and the election of Republican Chris Merdon as the new leader.
The power shift marked...
Published December 8, 2005 by Howard County Times in News
The playground at Lake Elkhorn park does not require a fence around it to keep children from wandering to the lake - where a toddler drowned in September - or onto nearby Cradlerock Way, according to a consultant's report.
However, several members of ...
Published December 8, 2005 by Howard County Times in News
The following is compiled from police reports. The Howard County Times includes descriptions of perpetrators only when the description can contribute to identification.
Clarksville, Fulton
Eternal Ocean Place, 6000 block, between 4 a.m. Nov. 2...
Published December 8, 2005 by Howard County Times in News
The County Council this week delayed voting on a controversial plan to ban smoking in Howard County's public facilities, as it mulls competing proposals.
The council had been scheduled to vote on the bill Dec. 5. Instead, it voted, 3-2, to table actio...
Published December 8, 2005 by Howard County Times in News
Investigators this week ruled one of Howard County's worst fires in recent memory accidental, though they had not yet determined its cause by Dec. 7.
Officials are continuing to investigate the blaze, which caused $2.5 million worth of damage and disp...
Published December 8, 2005 by Howard County Times in Sports
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Published December 8, 2005 by Howard County Times in Sports
Cheerleading
It's a bit of old news now, but that doesn't take away from the River Hill cheerleaders' accomplishment last month.
In their first year competing as a varsity sport, in their first year competing for a Maryland region/state title,...
Published December 8, 2005 by Howard County Times in Sports
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Gymnastics
The Maryland Gymnastics Org...
Published December 8, 2005 by Howard County Times in Sports
Boys basketball
Isn't it amazing how one player can make all the difference? In the 2004-05 boys basketball season, it was transfer Jamal John, the eventual Player of the Year, that made the Scorpions one of the top teams last fall.
Now, in pe...
Published December 8, 2005 by Howard County Times in Sports
Wrestling
Taylor Green has known River Hill coach Earl Lauer practically his whole life.
"Probably since I was 3 or 4 years old," Taylor says. "Ever since my brother, Ryan, started wrestling for him when he was 5 or 6."
Little Taylor f...