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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 stron...
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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On this day in history
On Nov. 9, 1731, mathematician, astronomer, compiler of almanacs and inventor Benjamin Banneker was born in Ellicott City, Md. In 1938 Nazis looted and burned synagogues as well as Jewish-owned stores and houses in Germany and Austria in what became...Tags: Judaism, Nazis, Death and Dying
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Master gardening
Master gardeners will answer questions about plants and gardening 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Mondays and 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays at the Miller branch of the Howard County Library, 9421 Frederick Road, Ellicott City. Information: 410-313-1950.Tags: Museum Dioramas
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Women's opportunity award
Soroptimist International of Howard County seeks applicants for the Soroptimist Women's Opportunity Award. Annual award provides a cash grant to a woman head-of-household who needs financial assistance to go back to school to obtain additional education,...Tags: Further Education
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Around town
Chess The Elkridge branch of the Howard County Library, 6540 Washington Blvd., sponsors a chess club for ages 13 and older from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays. Players of all abilities are welcome. Call 410-313-5077. English conversation The Miller...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Museum Dioramas, Dining and Drinking
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A driving tour of Maryland's byways offers beauty, history and more
The fall colors may have peaked, with more leaves clinging to turf than trees, but it's still not too late for an autumn auto tour. Last month, the Federal Highway Administration designated four Maryland routes as America's Byways, placing them among the...Tags: Chesapeake Bay, St. Mary's City, Bucktown, Georgetown, College of Notre Dame
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Broadway bound
For weeks before a new Broadway production of "Ragtime" began previews, Christopher Cox and Sarah Rosenthal kept coming up with creative excuses to sneak a peek inside the Neil Simon Theatre in Manhattan. Even though Chris and Sarah are child actors in...Tags: Pikesville, Christopher Cox, Kathy Cox, Neil Simon, Tony Awards
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Howard County Council study predicts revenue gains from remaking Columbia
If Columbia's proposed downtown redevelopment is completed, Howard County stands to gain an average of $6.9 million to $13.9 million in new net revenues each year, according to a detailed county government analysis of the financial impact presented to the...Tags: Local Authority, Economic Policy
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Ulman plans to cut back on cell phones
The Ulman administration is preparing to cut back on cell phone use by Howard County government employees - a move expected to save the county up to $500,000 a year, top county officials said. "We're using this process department by department to take...Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Television Industry, Internal Revenue Service, Health and Safety at Work, Emergency Planning
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Community group tries to block plan for Doughoregan
An Ellicott City community group is trying to block the Carroll family's latest plan to cluster 325 detached new homes on the same northeastern corner of Doughoregan Manor that was to have become an Erickson retirement community. The Chateau Ridge Lake...Tags: Carrollton, Family, Charles Carroll, Local Elections
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Comfort food in the burbs
Dining@LargeRobert of Cross Keys has made my day, maybe my week, with this fine guest post. My Pikesville source, a guy who tells my husband about restaurants to pass on to me, has been going on for a couple of......Tags: Pikesville, Garlic, Restaurants, Cilantro, Cheese
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Gathering Saturday at Pratt to honor Sherlock Holmes -- and his enemies
Baltimore Sun reporterTo most of the world, Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character, a master of deductive reasoning created by British writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle over the course of 60 novels and short stories. But true Sherlockians, like those who will be gathering at the...Tags: Robert Downey Jr., Museum Dioramas, Basil Rathbone, Jude Law, Christmas
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Crime in Little Italy, pumpkins and pizza
Dining@LargeThere are so many restaurant- or blog-related things I want to link to in today's paper I hardly know where to begin. I'll start with the story by Peter Hermann about a meeting called by the owner of Cafe Gia in Little......Tags: Fires, Foods and Beverages, Italy, Pumpkin, Pizzas
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