Summary
Despite nature's best efforts, Ellicott City, which was founded in 1771 as Ellicott Mills, stands today with all the old-country charm of its early days. Preservation is key to the community of Ellicott City, and restoring historic landmarks is something the residents believe in. Indeed, the town itself seems to want to be preserved, having survived three major fires and two major floods. Despite those potential disasters, Ellicott City thrives. New businesses have taken the place of burned-down ones on Main Street, and a railroad bridge at the end of the street is marked with lines that document the floods. Residents of the town, which is the seat of Howard County, have an unusually strong sense of comm...
Despite nature's best efforts, Ellicott City, which was founded in 1771 as Ellicott Mills, stands today with all the old-country charm of its early days. Preservation is key to the community of Ellicott City, and restoring historic landmarks is something the residents believe in. Indeed, the town itself seems to want to be preserved, having survived three major fires and two major floods. Despite those potential disasters, Ellicott City thrives. New businesses have taken the place of burned-down ones on Main Street, and a railroad bridge at the end of the street is marked with lines that document the floods. Residents of the town, which is the seat of Howard County, have an unusually strong sense of community for this day and age. Also, the town often plays host to a weekend crowd of antique shoppers who come to peruse the many boutiques of the old town. Aside from the diversity of bars, restaurants and antique shops, Ellicott City offers quite a few buildings that are antiques themselves. Among these are the B&O Railroad Station Museum, the Patapsco Female Institute and just about every building on Main Street, from the pubs to the fire station -- almost all of which are rumored to be haunted. To that end, Ellicott City offers what is purportedly one of the best ghost tours in the state, which runs from April to December every year.
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Theater
The Comedy of Errors and The Tempest The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company presents alternating performances of these shows through July 13 at Patapsco Female Institute Historic Park, 3691 Sarah's Lane in Ellicott City. 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, 5 p.m....Tags: Patapsco, Iraq War, George Bush, William Shakespeare
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Advocates rally after raid, arrests
Sun reporterThe 6 a.m. call jolted Nicolas Ramos out of bed. His cousin Veronica Ramos was on the other end sobbing. Armed federal immigration agents had broken down her apartment door and hauled away her husband, Eduardo Delgado, as their three children hid under...Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Immigration, John R Leopold, Demographics, Migration
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Wandering boy stirs camp concerns
Sun reporterKristen Detwiler had just merged onto busy Route 100 in Ellicott City one afternoon last week when she saw a shocking sight: Her 7-year-old autistic son was running against traffic on the right shoulder. "I slammed on the brakes and started running after...Tags: Road Transportation, Illnesses, Mental Illness, Gardens and Parks, Transportation
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Carl S. Weinberger
Carl S. Weinberger, a retired mechanical engineer, died of heart failure Saturday at his Timonium home. He was 77. Mr. Weinberger was born in Baltimore and raised in Hamilton. He was a 1948 graduate of Polytechnic Institute and earned a degree in...Tags: Anglican, Hamilton, Death and Dying, Timonium, Christianity
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Competing to be a local idol
Special to the SunTension hung in the air as contestants in the Howard County Library Teen Idol Competition waited for the results. Daniel Goldstein, a rising eighth-grader at Elkridge Landing Middle School who had donned a sparkly top hat and belted out "There's No...Tags: Popular Music, Paula Abdul, Judges, Christina Aguilera
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Top Ten Howard County Restaurants
Dining@LargeI'm still smarting from pete's mean comment asking if I can drive, or words to that effect. To show that, yes, I can drive and even more amazingly, there are good restaurants in Howard County that aren't chains, I'm going......Tags: Clarksville, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Top-selling property
$1.3 MILLION 221 Claude St., Annapolis, 21401 Sold on April 10 Built 2007 Bedrooms 5 Bathrooms 5 Square footage 4,250 2. $810,000 2 Sturbridge Court, Baldwin, Baltimore County 21013 3. $775,000 324 Meadowcroft Lane, Lutherville Timonium,...Tags: Timonium
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Paperbacks redefining area adult bookstore
Sun reporterFor 11 years, Howard County officials and some residents have fought to close the jurisdiction's only adult bookstore. They've passed legislation and waged costly legal battles, only to be thwarted time and again. And now, despite a county law...Tags: Sexual Assault, Labor Legislation, Laws, Times Square, Court Administration
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Community Notes
GGP to hold fourth meeting July 9 General Growth Properties will hold the fourth in a series of meetings that have followed the April 28 presentation of the draft master plan for Columbia Town Center. The meeting, titled "Vision in Focus: The...Tags: Auction Service, Environmental Pollution, Glenwood, Photography, Water Pollution
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Howard County Datebook
Today 'Heart of America' Rep Stage, the professional theater-in-residence at Howard Community College, concludes its 15th season with Naomi Wallace's response to the Persian Gulf War of 1991, In the Heart of America, at 2:30 p.m. at Studio Theatre...Tags: Music Industry, Corporate Officers, Tourism and Leisure, William Shakespeare, Patapsco
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