Published December 29, 2010 by Laurel Leader in Community
The Church of the Lord's Harvest, 11711 Laurel Bowie Road, invites the community to a New Year Watch Night service and breakfast on Friday, Dec. 31, beginning at 10 p.m. This progressive community-based ministry is hosti...
Published December 29, 2010 by Laurel Leader in Community
Volunteers with four-wheel drive vehicles needed -- Hospice of the Chesapeake seeks volunteers in Anne Arundel and Prince George's counties with four- wheel drive vehicles to assist patients and staff with transportation during inclement weather condition...
Published December 29, 2010 by Laurel Leader in Entertainment
Share your good news and events with the community. Contact Laurel Leader editorial assistant Pat Farmer, paf1@patuxent.com, or 301-725-2000, ext. 2526, or fax 410-997-4564. ...
Published December 29, 2010 by Laurel Leader in Entertainment
The Laurel Friendship Club will hold a New Year's Eve dance party on Friday, Dec. 31, from 8:45 p.m.-12:10 a.m., at the Phelps Center, Eighth and
Montgomery streets. DJ "Professor Jay," will play modern, oldies, big
band, ballroom, L...
Published December 29, 2010 by Laurel Leader, The Columbia Flier, Howard County Times in Entertainment, Arts
As film genres go, melodrama does not get much respect. Its exaggerated stories and heightened emotions are often dismissed as material suitable for a television soap opera. Several of this year's best movies are so shamelessly melodramatic that they may ...
Published December 29, 2010 by Laurel Leader in News
The Laurel Civic Improvement Committee named nine residences, a Main Street business and an apartment complex as winners in its annual holiday decorating contest.
All winners were nominated by community members, and a committee judged the decorations D...
Published December 29, 2010 by Laurel Leader in Education
This month, Pallotti's Student Government Association, with moderator Patricia Lutz, purchased wish list items for teen moms who live at St. Ann's Infant and Maternity Home in Hyattsville.
Lutz said the students held a Tag Day to raise money to purchas...
Published December 29, 2010 by Laurel Leader in Education
The Board of Education will meet Jan. 6 at 1 p.m. in the board room
of the Sasscer Administration Building, 14201 School Lane, Upper
Marlboro. The meeting will focus on student achievement and is open to
the public. Those attending may speak, for three...
Published December 29, 2010 by Laurel Leader in Education
Side by Side, a faith-based nonprofit organization partnering with
Prince George's County Public Schools in the Laurel area, is looking
for volunteers to tutor elementary school children at its Wednesday
ev...
Published December 29, 2010 by Laurel Leader in News
Across the nation, gas prices are soaring to record highs with consumers spending nearly 14 percent more of their income on gas this year compared to the same time in 2009, according to the American Automobile Association.
During the week of Chris...
Published December 29, 2010 by Laurel Leader in News
Our lives seem increasingly cluttered. Constantly "on call," we feel compelled to check Facebook to see what our friends are up to and to Twitter them so they can be up to the second on our latest thoughts. There are newsfeeds to check, the stat...
Published December 30, 2010 by Howard County Times, The Columbia Flier in News, Crime
The following is compiled from police reports. The Howard County Times includes descriptions of perpetrators only when the description makes identification possible.
Ellicott City
Dorsey Hall Drive, 4700 block, 11...
Published December 30, 2010 by Howard County Times, The Columbia Flier in Opinion
What will future generations think of us?
They'll laugh at our fashions, sure. And they'll probably find our literature quaint. Never mind the editorials.
Beyond the trappings of culture, though, it's difficult to say what our legacy will be....
Published December 30, 2010 by Howard County Times in News, Community
Our lives seem increasingly cluttered. Constantly "on call," we feel compelled to check Facebook to see what our friends are up to and to tweet them so they can be up to the second on our latest thoughts. There are newsfeeds to check, t...
Published December 30, 2010 by Howard County Times, The Columbia Flier in News
Elkridge
Yes, another Christmas has come and gone, but I would be remiss not to follow up with an event that was held earlier this month in anticipation of this wonderful season of gift giving and goodies.
As you may recall, CrossLife Commu...
Published December 30, 2010 by Howard County Times, The Columbia Flier in News, Politics
On Friday, Dec. 31, the following schedules will be in effect in Howard County:
Animal shelter: closed
Banks: closed
County buses: Brown, Orange and Red Express Routes Sunday schedules
County offices: closed
Federal ...
Published December 30, 2010 by Howard County Times in Community
Tomorrow, Dec. 31, we bid adieu to 2010 and leave the holiday season behind. What shall we do then to fill our cold winter evenings?
Well, at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 7, Marriotts Ridge High School will offer a unique cultural event to th...
Published December 30, 2010 by Howard County Times in Community
Happy New Year! As the old year fades into history, we always seem to look forward to better days ahead. May you be blessed with an improving economy; perfect weather; and peace within, no matter the weather or other circumstances.
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Published December 30, 2010 by Howard County Times, The Columbia Flier in Arts, Entertainment
Private Soirée with Jared Denhard
If you haven't made plans for this New Year's Eve but love good music in a social setting, consider this: Columbia Pro Cantare is hosting an intimate New Year's Eve Soirée...
Published December 30, 2010 by Howard County Times in Dining
Most wines owe their stylistic signature to a combination of location and cultural history. In Rioja, a wine growing region in northeast Spain, there is much to speak about on both fronts.
The vines grow on sedimentary soils such as calcium-rich clays,...
Published December 30, 2010 by Howard County Times, The Columbia Flier in Sports
Bits & Pieces
Tong Tong Gong, 13, of Ellicott City, made the 2011 USA National Cadet Team at the USA National Table Tennis Championships earlier this month.
Seeded ninth and often facing many players one or two years older, Tong Tong p...
Published December 30, 2010 by Howard County Times, The Columbia Flier in Arts, Entertainment
As we close out the first decade of the new millennium, let's pause for a toast to the male danseurs -- the wild men of ballet, and the show-stopping acrobats and tap-dancers who dominated 2010's national and local dance scene.
The late 1990s may have ...
Published December 30, 2010 by Howard County Times in Dining
Not to get too far ahead of ourselves, but what are you doing New Year's, New Year's Eve? Some of us will pull on our last pair of pantyhose, don the sequins and take ourselves out to a party in a public place. Others, who've had enough of ...