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Three stages and plenty of action at Spring Celebration [Mostly Main Street]
Mark your calendar for the big blasty Spring Celebration coming to the historic district on Saturday, April 20. Sponsored by the Ellicott City Business Association, this event promises to be legendary. Plans are for three stages set up for live music...
Tags: Ellicott City, Howard County, Arts, Museums, Restaurants
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Restoring prayer garden is Hannah Roberts Girl Scout project [Marriottsville/Sykesville/Woodstock]
In October 2011, Marriotts Ridge High School student Hannah Roberts told in this column how she earned her Girl Scout Silver Award by teaching preschoolers at her church, First Evangelical Lutheran in Ellicott City, ways in which they could worship...Tags: Ellicott City, Howard Community College
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Lack of crowd fails to diminish Carroll County commissioner's fervor regarding school budget
Acknowledging the sparse turn-out of about a dozen residents at his March 18 Town Hall Community Meeting at the South Carroll Senior Center, in Eldersburg, County Commissioner Doug Howard jokingly confessed that he'd considered ways to drum up more...Tags: Walmart, Easter, Budgets and Budgeting, Teachers, Sykesville
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Port Deposit area news
Hope you are all up to your necks in jelly beans, chocolate bunnies and Peeps! Happy Birthday to Michael Smith Jr. as he celebrated on March 30. And Sara Bryanne Stanley enjoyed birthday greetings on March 31. Mike Lowe, N. Main Street, added a year to...Tags: Chesapeake City, Jay McKee, American Legion, Havre de Grace, Bodies of Water
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Susquehanna River clean up day planned April 20
Lower Susquehanna Heritage Greenway's 13th annual River Sweep, a volunteer shoreline and roadside clean-up in honor of Earth Day, is planned in Havre de Grace, Perryville and Port Deposit plus on Garrett Island for April 20, a Saturday. Registration...
Tags: Bodies of Water, Rivers, Canoeing and Kayaking
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Recycled crayon craft
In honor of Earth Day (April 22), here’s a simple way to recycle broken or stubby crayons. The resulting multicolored creations will delight any little artist. What you’ll need: Crayon pieces Muffin tin 1. Take paper wrappers off crayons....
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May the luck of the Irish be in Havre de Grace
Uh, oh, dear readers! Unlike Julius Caesar, beware of the Ides of March, today, March 15. March is Read Across America Month. Check out a book from our local public library, 120 N. Union Ave., 410-939-6700. Happy St. Patrick's Day on Sunday, March...Tags: Festive Events, Leprechauns (legendary entities), Shamrock, Ides of March, Lent
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Carroll County middle school students act to aid the environment
Last year, Sykesville Middle School's green team took on emissions. Students would go out into the parking lot during the month of February and ask drivers to turn off their cars while waiting for their children. The practice won them several awards...Tags: Carroll County (Maryland), Sykesville
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Five cents for common sense on bottles and cans
It's one of those things that make sense but we do not do: Have a nickel deposit on every bottle and can of beer, soda and all the other liquid beverages we drink. Maryland does not have it. Some states do. Every state should. I first looked into why...Tags: John A. Olszewski, Jr., Inner Harbor, Consumers
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Aberdeen approves loan for unique sewer lining equipment
Aberdeen will soon be just the second jurisdiction on the East Coast to install special pipe-bursting equipment to line its sanitary sewers, Public Works Director Matt Lapinsky said Monday. The city council approved a resolution at its meeting Monday...Tags: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Values, Finance, Water Supply, Ethics
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Hardware store owner prepares to step in as Annapolis alderman
During a quiet morning at his hardware store, owner Jared Littmann strolled down an aisle to chat up a regular customer who was looking at smoke alarms. "Good to see you. Let me know what you need," Littmann told Ben Derrick, a handyman for Annapolis...
Tags: Republican Party, Annapolis, Josh Cohen, University of Maryland, College Park, Sales
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Tips for a greener 2013
Happy New Year! Many folks make resolutions on this day -- to lose weight, exercise more, spend less, get a new job. Major life changes like that can seem pretty daunting. For those thinking they'd like to live greener in 2013, here are a half-dozen...
Tags: Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Accounting and Auditing
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