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Alfresco All-stars
Dig out your wicker basket and checkered blanket, slice the watermelon and pack the cold fried chicken. It’s picnic season. Howard County is filled with scenic places to enjoy these casual open air meals that combine food and friends with nature....
Tags: State Parks, Fishing, Tourism and Leisure, Pets, Gardens and Parks
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Show us your space: Renovation creates outdoor oasis
The Fisher family envisioned a retreat in the backyard of their Baltimore County home — an easy, elegant outdoor living space that would reflect their passion for nature.
"I grew up in the country," says Alex Fisher, an investment executive. "There...Tags: The Happiest News!
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For Columbia lakefront residents, a public park is the backyard
For people-watching, there is no better spot than Joe Caliguro's Columbia townhouse. He and his wife can walk out to the porch and find a stream of people walking by on the path below.
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Bel Air commissioners approve contract to bring police department into '21st Century'
One of the three contracts awarded by the Bel Air town commissioners during Monday night's meeting will help bring the town's police department into the 21st Century, one of the commissioners said. A contract for $7,467 was awarded Harford Alarm for...Tags: Lawyers, Values, Ethics, Labor Legislation, Linthicum
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Major's Choice residents to be billed for stormwater pond work
Many residents in the Major's Choice development in Bel Air are about to get bills for repairs being made to two of the three stormwater management ponds in the neighborhood. The Bel Air Board of Town Commissioners is set to vote at its meeting Monday to...Tags: Values, Ethics, Satellite and Cable Service, Collective Contract, Wage Contract Issues
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Bel Air's proposed budget a $640,000 decrease over this year
The town of Bel Air's proposed budget is to go down by more than half a million dollars in the next fiscal year and its property tax rate will remain the same. The proposed budget for fiscal year 2012-1013 was submitted to the Bel Air town...Tags: Property Tax, Budgets and Budgeting
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It's time to pay
In the grand scheme of things, it's not the kind of issue most people regard as a political hot potato, but it is a matter that's likely to end up sporadically adding to property tax bills in neighborhoods across Harford County in the coming years. It'...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Bel Air (Allegany, Maryland), Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Heavy Engineering, Clubs and Associations
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Quarry Lake development combines homes, stores, offices ... and a lake
Sherrie Becker recalled how she came to live at Quarry Lake, the residential, retail, office complex in Pikesville. Becker bought a home there in 2007, picking out a lot in the single-family residential area before any of the houses had even been built....
Tags: Jones Falls, Pikesville, House Building, Real Estate Sellers, Condos
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Howard moves to stem erosion, pollution in Ellicott City waterway
When it rains, not only does storm water flow downstream, but so do the banks of small streams emptying into Red Hill Branch, bringing other pollutants with the eroding soil. In a move to stem environmental problems and add wildlife habitat, Howard County...Tags: Bodies of Water, Environmental Politics, Howard County, Environmental Pollution, Bodies of Water
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Bel Air struggles to understand, explain Richardson killing
The substitute teacher doesn't know Robert Richardson III. Neither does the school bus driver, or the stay-at-home mom.
It doesn't matter to them. They're driven to help the 16-year-old who is being held in the Harford County Detention Center. Police say...Tags: Lawyers, Abusive Behavior, Murder, Child Abuse, Court Preliminary
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Bel Air commissioners approve BB&T purchase financing
The Bel Air town commissioners approved bank financing to cover some of the costs of its purchase of a former bank building on Main Street and accepted two resolutions during the business meeting Monday evening. Commissioner Rob Reier voted against...Tags: Lisa Moody
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February 1st and mild in Harford? Yes, indeed!
The newly renovated Friends Park in Forest Hill had several visitors by mid-morning Wednesday, from families playing on the playground and feeding the geese to joggers on that portion of the Ma & Pa Trail.
And who could blame them? With the sun shining,...Tags: Golf, Salt, Tourism and Leisure, Tourism and Leisure, Gardens and Parks
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