Published September 4, 2008 by Howard County Times in Community
While most of us went to Ocean City this summer, 17-year-old Caitlin Pomerantz went to Israel. She spent three weeks touring the state with her youth group from Camp JRF...
Published September 4, 2008 by Howard County Times in Community
Growing up, my older brother was a member of the Boy Scouts. The opportunity provided my brother with friendships -- some of which he still maintains to this day (almost 30 years later), as well as opportunities to provide community service, acqu...
Published September 4, 2008 by Howard County Times in Community
This summer, my family experienced two unusual and potentially dangerous events that I would like to share in hopes of relaying some important safety information.
In the first incident, my husband, B...
Published September 4, 2008 by Howard County Times in Community
Mary White, a lifelong resident of Elkridge spent a portion of her summer organizing old pictures of Elkridge. She has a collection of photographs of the Colonial China fir...
Published September 4, 2008 by Howard County Times in Community
Summertime yard sales just keep happening around our community. This time the First Baptist Church of Savage will be holding a yard sale to benefit its fellowship community. This event will be Saturday, Sep...
Published September 4, 2008 by Howard County Times in Community
There's a big fund raising event coming up Sept. 14 to benefit Nick Antlitz. Nick is a lifetime resident of Carroll and Howard counties who was severely injured in a sports-related accident. The injury ha...
Published September 4, 2008 by Howard County Times in Community
School is back in session and there's plenty happening.
River Hill High School has announced some outstanding additions to a wonderful staff. New to the administrative team are ...
Published September 4, 2008 by Howard County Times in Community
On Aug. 22, Mike Beltz, of Highland, left for a six-month assignment to the green zone in Baghdad, Iraq. Mike, husband of Ruth and father of Jim, Jon and Jake, ...
Published September 4, 2008 by The Columbia Flier, Howard County Times in Crime, News
A Howard County judge today denied the second request by a former county teacher to be released from prison while he appeals his conviction for sexually abusing a student.At a hearing Sept. 4, attorneys for former River Hill High School scienc...
Published September 4, 2008 by The Columbia Flier, Howard County Times in News, Community, Sports
This weekend's noncompetitive cycling event to benefit the Lance Armstrong Foundation and, locally, the Ulman Cancer Fund has been canceled because of the heavy rain and high winds expected from tropical storm Hanna. The event, called 24 Hours of Booty, h...
Published September 5, 2008 by The View from Ellicott City in Crime, News
After 15 years and eight months, day-shift patrol officer Pvt. 1st Class William E. Vogel, 62, of the Howard County Police Department has retired. His last day was Aug. 28.
He leaves a beat in the rural, western part of the county extending from...
Published September 5, 2008 by The View from Western Howard County in Crime, News
After 15 years and eight months, day-shift patrol officer Pvt. 1st Class William E. Vogel, 62, of the Howard County Police Department has retired. His last day was Aug. 28.
He leaves a beat in the rural, western part of the county extending from...
Published September 5, 2008 by The Columbia Flier, Howard County Times in Sports
Heavy rain forecast for Sat., Sept. 6 has caused the cancellation of the girls soccer tournament at Glenelg. Mt. Hebron, Glenelg and Wilde Lake were the local participating teams. The tournament will not be made up.Field hockey tournaments inv...
Published September 5, 2008 by The Columbia Flier, Howard County Times in News
Forgive Loretta Shields if she sounds a little hoarse these days.The former chairwoman of the Howard County Republican Party, an alternate Maryland delegate to the Republican National Convention, did so much cheering that her voice was barely ...
Published September 5, 2008 by The Columbia Flier, Howard County Times in Sports
To be the best, you need to play the best. Sometimes,
though, the results are a bit painful.Mt.
Hebron’s girls field
hockey team opened its season Friday at home with a 7-1 loss to Fallston. The
score was, 2-1, in Fallston’s favor at the ...
Published September 5, 2008 by The Columbia Flier, Howard County Times in Sports
Michael Campanaro
scored three touchdowns in the first half as River Hill began defense of its 2007 state title with a 42-7 win at Atholton Friday night. The game was the season opener for both schools.Ryan Griffin
and Malek Redd also scored r...
Published September 6, 2008 by The Columbia Flier, Howard County Times in News
Tropical Storm Hanna swept through Howard County today, dumping one to three inches of rain on lawns and streets and knocking out power to nearly 4500 homes, but apparently not causing the widespread devastation some had feared."I've hear...
Published September 8, 2008 by The Columbia Flier, Howard County Times in News
Howard police are investigating a pair of fatal collisions that occurred in the county in the past few days, one killing a Columbia woman, the other an Ellicott City man.The first collision occurred Sept. 5 at 11:30 a.m. on eastbound Route 32,...
Published September 10, 2008 by The Columbia Flier, Howard County Times in Sports
Lauriann Parker thwarted the hopes of an upset in the first
ever meeting between Glenelg and Marriotts Ridge in field hockey.Parker’s game-winning goal, set up when she gathered a free
hit from Skylar Marcoux, dribbled half the length of the...
Published September 11, 2008 by The View from Ellicott City in Education
Gov. Martin O'Malley visited Centennial Lane Elementary School Sept. 5 to take a look at the final results of the school's renovation and new addition.
The school's fourth-grade chorus and woodwind ensemble performed in the new music room. The cho...
Published September 11, 2008 by The View from Ellicott City in Events
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Questions> Call Mary T. Robbins Phelan at 4...
Published September 11, 2008 by The View from Ellicott City in News
By Shannon Baylis Sarino
Casey Baynes, of Ellicott City, is an extraordinary woman.
The founder of the Casey Cares Foundation, which serves ill children in the mid-Atlantic region, was so named by Kraft Foods during a promotion for its new ...
Published September 11, 2008 by The View from Ellicott City in News, Crime
The following is compiled from police reports. The View from Ellicott City includes descriptions of perpetrators only when the description makes identification possible.
Dorsey Hall Drive, 4700 block, 12:33 a.m. Sept. 9. Front door to Heavenly Ham...
Published September 11, 2008 by The View from Ellicott City in News
Howard County General expansion on track
One year into a $105-million, four-year expansion, Howard County General Hospital officials said they expect the project to be complete on time by 2011.
The project includes an employee parking garag...
Published September 11, 2008 by The View from Ellicott City in Obituaries
Raymond J. Gick
Raymond J. Gick, of Ellicott City, died Aug. 18, 2008, of cancer, at Gilchrest Center for Hospice Care in Towson. He was 79.
Born Jan. 10, 1929, in Baltimore, to Ida Wieberlein and William Adam Gick, he graduated from the ...