Published March 6, 2008 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 makes identification possible.
Elkridge, Jessup
Brookdale Drive, 7100 block, 10:03 a.m. March 3. 1994 Honda ...
Published March 6, 2008 by Howard County Times in News
During his relatively short life, Ephraim Foster Anderson became a Civil War hero on the Union side whose commanding officer charged him with dereliction of duty -- after which Anderson later saved that same officer's life in the heat of battle.
He al...
Published March 6, 2008 by Howard County Times in News
General Growth Properties Inc., the Chicago-based developer that is drafting a master plan to guide downtown Columbia's redevelopment over the next 30 years, is introducing the members of its design team to the public in a series of meetings in March and ...
Published March 6, 2008 by Howard County Times in News
Growth and land-use policy in Howard County will be the topic of two public meetings this month.
The "Howard County Land Use Summit" is scheduled for Wednesday, March 12 at 7 p.m. at the Miller Branch Library, 9421 Frederick Road, in Ellicott City. Fo...
Published March 6, 2008 by Howard County Times in News
Sam Scheltema, a 15-year-old Columbia resident and avid skateboarder, says a proposal to build concrete ramps over a basketball court at Centennial Park would provide badly needed space to local skateboarders.
Jann Keenan, an Ellicott City mother, agr...
Published March 6, 2008 by Howard County Times in News
The Columbia Association board of directors this week approved a 3-percent hike in the fees CA charges members to use its facilities.
At the same time, the board delayed a vote on a motion to reduce a cap on annual increases in the tax-like charge tha...
Published March 6, 2008 by Howard County Times in Sports
Girls basketball
Now is the time of the season to play your best game -- it's playoff time.
With a 64-32 victory over Central in a Class 2A South regional quarterfinal, Mt. Hebron extended its undefeated streak to 24 games.
The Vikings...
Published March 6, 2008 by Howard County Times in Sports
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Published March 6, 2008 by Howard County Times in Sports
Wrestling
Forty-five Howard County wrestlers will converge on Cole Field House, in College Park, this weekend searching for high school wrestling's ultimate prize, a state championship. And none of them are quite like Oakland Mills senior Mike Santiag...
Published March 6, 2008 by Howard County Times in Sports
Submitting sports notices
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Scholarships
Applications for the Colu...
Published March 6, 2008 by Howard County Times in Sports
Wrestling
The Glenelg wrestling team took care of business at the Class 1A/2A South regional wrestling tournament at Oakland Mills, winning its second straight regional title. The Gladiators scored 185 points, 21 ahead of runner-up Calvert. Check High...
Published March 6, 2008 by Howard County Times in Sports
Boys basketball
Long Reach head coach Al Moraz Jr. says he's not one for comparisons.
He's of the mindset that his Lightning team that won a Class 3A state championship two seasons ago had its own identity, as does his current Lightning squad ...
Published March 6, 2008 by Howard County Times in Sports
Justin Gregg was a special person with a special gift we will all miss
None of us likes to lose a friend, particularly when that friend was just 21 years old. On the morning of Feb. 22, we all lost a friend when Justin Gregg passed away. Justin was a ...
Published March 6, 2008 by Howard County Times in Sports
Girls basketball
Even though it was a heart-throbbing finish, punctuated by a buzzer-beating shot that sent the game into overtime, of Chapelgate's record-setting five Maryland Christian School Tournament titles, this one may have been the sweetest....
Published March 6, 2008 by Howard County Times in Sports
Howard Community College
The men's lacrosse team, under first-year coach Mike Jones, opened the season with a 14-13 overtime victory over Suffolk Community College. Alex Ashcroft (Centennial) and Jimmy Kelly each finished with five goals, with four of...
Published March 6, 2008 by Howard County Times in Opinion
Playing politics endangers important new county effort
In reference to the article in the Feb. 28 edition ("Council at odds on skills for proposed environmental job,"), I am sorry to see this appointment being policized as it is.
The position ...
Published March 6, 2008 by Howard County Times in Opinion
OUR VIEW
Recognizing that the county executive must have some latitude in appointing his cabinet, we nonetheless call on Kenneth Ulman to conduct an open selection process for his new director of environmental affairs.
It might do for the exec...
Published March 6, 2008 by Howard County Times in Opinion
For reasons I cannot quite fathom, my family, extended from East Coast to West, has decided that a reunion on a cruise is apropos. A California uncle has come up with this plan. Lovingly rounded like Tweedle Dum, and mated with spouse called Tweedle Dee, ...
Published March 6, 2008 by Howard County Times in Opinion
OUR VIEW
Whatever strides county officials may have made in recent years to give residents their fair say in how land is developed, plenty of discontent remains.
The widespread perception that developers get their way most of the time, regardl...
Published March 6, 2008 by The Columbia Flier in Arts
Ronald Mutchnik recalls the first time that pianist Eun Joo Chung performed for the Sundays at Three concert series. Immediately after she finished playing Ravel's "La Valse," music-lovers leapt to their feet as one.
"They were just so bowled over by ...
Published March 6, 2008 by The Columbia Flier in Community
Diane Marie Browne and Christopher Young
Mr. and Mrs. James Browne, of Columbia, announce the marriage of their daughter, Diane Marie Browne, to Christopher Young, son of Virginia Young, of Taunton, Mass., and John Young, of North Dighton, Mass., on O...
Published March 6, 2008 by The Columbia Flier in Community
Andrea Lora, a junior at Atholton High School, was given a scholarship to attend the Honeywell Scholars @ Presidential Classroom program March 2-8 in Washington, D.C. The program gives students the opportunity to learn about the relationship between scien...
Published March 6, 2008 by The Columbia Flier in Community
> The Howard County General Hospital Rising Business Star Scholarship and The Earl H. Saunders Entrepreneurial Scholarship. $1,000 scholarships will recognize a Howard County minority, female or disabled senior who has demonstrated an entrepreneurial s...
Published March 6, 2008 by The Columbia Flier in Community
These groups meet regularly.
> Abusive Relationships. Mondays, 7-8:30 p.m. Domestic Violence Center of Howard County, 5457 Twin Knolls Road, Suite 310, Columbia. Free childcare. 410-997-0304.
> Adoption Support Group. Second Monday, 6-8 ...