After 66 years, Forest Diner set to serve last meals May 28It's Sunday morning, so that means Dick Weinknecht and Rick Dietrich are in their usual perches — sitting atop the red-vinyl-covered stools at the counter of the Forest Diner, nearly-empty coffee cups and folded newspapers in front of them. But his 43 years of breakfasts at the Forest Diner will end Monday, May 28, when the 66-year-old Ellicott City institution closes its doors for good. Michael and Steve Weal, the brothers that own the property, are creating a mixed-used space, with 75,000 square feet of retail space and 38 apartments. |
Firefighters extinguish blaze in RV camper in JessupHoward County and Anne Arundel County firefighters extinguished an early-morning blaze Sunday in an RV camper near a home in Jessup, fire officials said.
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A collection of photos and lists of 2012 high school graduates from around Howard County. |
Moments from Howard Community College's commencement ceremony. |
Howard High School's seniors held their ceremony at Merriweather Post Pavilion. |
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Fox proposes smaller increase to fire taxUpset that his Democratic colleagues on the County Council decided not hold another work session on the proposed fire tax increase, lone... |
Police: Pedestrian struck, killed by alleged drunk driver in Ocean CityA 22-year-old man attempting to cross Coastal Highway near 54th Street early Monday morning was struck and killed by a drunk driver, Ocean... |
Police planning more volunteer horse patrolsThe new, volunteer mounted patrol unit launched over the Memorial Day weekend by the Howard County Police Department has been deemed a... |
Bill would create independent authority to manage downtown ColumbiaLegislation to create an authority to manage affordable housing, transportation, security, maintenance and other services for downtown... |
Lyme disease tick study stirs disputeHundreds of Baltimore-area families have volunteered for a government study to spray their suburban yards with pesticide, which... |
Political Notebook: Longer term limits proposed for County CouncilIn 1992, Howard County voted to add language to the county charter saying that County Council members could serve no more than three four-... |
A pair of late-night fires Tuesday night and Wednesday morning have left five people without a home.
On the day before graduating from Howard Community College, Jennie Wang of Columbia considered the...
The Howard County school board, in the second vote this month, approved a measure that would...
State officials approved more than $161 million in school construction funding Wednesday that will...
Finding little to fault in the design of the first building project in the downtown Columbia...
Complaint says interviews with superintendent candidates were violations
When the first Wine in the Woods festival was being planned in 1992, Ellicott City restaurateur...
A motorcyclist was killed in a single-vehicle crash Sunday evening on Route 99, Howard County police...
Local officials — many of whom have waited years as the redevelopment of downtown Columbia has...
The Howard County school board is scheduled to reconsider Tuesday a measure that would determine...
Speeding is so bad on Furrow Avenue that resident Tom Albert said cars have veered off the road,...
The master developer of Columbia's Town Center aims to begin construction by early next year on a...
Kathryn Manion was "at a loss for words" Tuesday night — shortly after being honored for her...
The administrative law judge hearing the Howard County school board's case against fellow member...
Vandals struck at River Hill High School this past weekend in what the school's principal...