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A new event that sounds like a lot of fun is the Courtyard Concerts’ 4th of July BBQ Bash, to be held in the courtyard behind Tonge Row in Ellicott City from noon to 4 p.m. July 4.
- The recent — and brief — gas shortage when the Colonial Pipeline experienced a ransomware attack was just a blip compared with two separate gas shortages in the 1970s. Recent photos of people filling up every conceivable type of container with gasoline triggered memories of coping with much more serious shortages.
- The Howard County Board of Education voted 5-3 in a board meeting Thursday night to keep school resource officers in public schools next year.
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- Through the new Communications Initiated Referral to Crisis program, Howard County 911 dispatchers will now divert certain calls to certified crisis hotlines run by Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center. These calls will need to meet certain criteria before being transferred, including that the caller does not present any immediate harm to themselves or others.
- A Windsor Mill woman was found dead from a gunshot Wednesday in a Columbia parking garage, Howard County police said in a news release Thursday morning.
- The Koreatown Planning Committee Board, originally formed in summer 2019 to rebrand Koreatown in Ellicott City, has been fundraising for the past nearly two years for the installation of two traditional, Korean palace-style signs to replace the current “Korean Way” signage on either side of Route 40.
- "Let us all commit to working together to stop all hatred, bigotry and violence to anyone based upon their race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation and gender identity."
- A Howard County teacher and lacrosse coach will serve two years in prison after pleading guilty to the sexual abuse of a student, the Howard County State’s Attorney’s Office said Tuesday.
- Rise Above Aerial Arts, a new aerial arts studio offering classes in Columbia and Ellicott City, celebrated its grand opening last weekend by holding free pole fitness classes for women in the community.
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- "Programs like Head Start are just the beginning of what is possible when we invest and support our working families in Howard County. We’ll continue to work toward a community where all our children have the resources and support needed to thrive."
- Howard County entrepreneur and former school board vice-chairman Brian Meshkin has been indicted in Southern California on federal conspiracy charges and accused of a kickback scheme that reaped millions of dollars.
- Lightning struck a house in Howard County on Monday evening amid severe thunderstorms across Maryland, a county fire and rescue services spokesperson confirmed.
- Four star athletes from Laurel play baseball for the Salisbury Sea Gulls and recently won the Coast to Coast Athletic Conference National Championship.
- A sampling of Howard County police reports from June 11 to 18.
- Paula Lynette Deadwyler, a former Housing Authority of Baltimore City manager who later purchased former Gov. William Donald Schaefer’s home in West Baltimore, has died. She was 61.
- Through the new Communications Initiated Referral to Crisis program, Howard County 911 dispatchers will now divert certain calls to certified crisis hotlines run by Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center. These calls will need to meet certain criteria before being transferred, including that the caller does not present any immediate harm to themselves or others.
- As homicides and non-fatal shootings mount in neighborhoods across Baltimore, Cherry Hill Safe Streets leaders this week marked an upbeat milestone: One full year without a murder
- Harford County Public Library’s Tails and Tales Summer Reading Adventure 2021 is seeking to encourage people young and old to accomplish reading goals and continue learning throughout the summer.
- The recent — and brief — gas shortage when the Colonial Pipeline experienced a ransomware attack was just a blip compared with two separate gas shortages in the 1970s. Recent photos of people filling up every conceivable type of container with gasoline triggered memories of coping with much more serious shortages.
- The grant for DPW’s six-month job training program is part of a multimillion effort to address environmental justice by providing jobs and more services for communities that have born the brunt of pollution.
- Look for winners of Howard Magazine Howard Magazine’s 2020 Readers’ Choice Contest in the December issue.
