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Welcome cooler weather and the holiday gifting season with these decorative and fashionable items for home, hearth and more in Howard County.

Reynolds, of Ellicott City, led a NASA team that built a spacecraft which, in 2022, targeted a benign asteroid, hurtled 7 million miles through the cosmos and struck the big rock, nudging it off its orbit.

Turkey, beef, pumpkin pie and wine are on the menu.

Hallowed Ground, which opened in a former Oella church in June, sells plants and planting accessories like pots and trowels; as well as jewelry, candles and other items with botanical themes.

Voting is closed for Howard Magazine’s 2023 Readers’ Choice Contest.

Going to Frederick as a child, Garden City, South Carolina and summers on the beach in Brazil.

There's no denying that the COVID-19 pandemic hit many local restaurants hard, with some closing doors for good. Luckily, many favorites have managed to stay afloat, and now, in 2023, new spots are opening up to restaurant-goers who are more eager than ever to get out there and enjoy some new food.

Fall’s must-have items from Howard County stores.

At 19, Jordan Waters is living her childhood dream of being a professional guitarist and doing it on stage three nights a week for one of Billboard’s hottest singers.

Grab a snorkel at Macgill’s Common Pool and swam through the reefs, fish, octopi and sea urchins from materials like rubber gloves, plastic bags, foam pool noodles and drinking straws.

Three days earlier, at a tense town meeting, developer James Rouse assured 250 anxious residents that, despite the rally, his dreamscape would survive.

Offshore restaurant and Encore music venue, together known as The Collective, moved into the popular plaza once home to Clyde’s of Columbia and its attached music venue, The Soundry.

While some instructors at the county’s three Indian dance studios teach formal Indian classical dance, which is largely religious in nature, other opt for a mix of that and more casual types, which appeal more to children.

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We asked readers, what is your secret for relieving stress?, here's their responses.

In 2021, renovations enhanced playgrounds at Savage Park, Centennial Park North and Blandair Regional Park for those with cognitive, sensory and communicative disabilities.

The story behind Busboys and Poets is well-worn by now: artist and entrepreneur Andy Shallal founded the restaurant/bookstore in 2005 in Washington, D.C., creating a space for creatives and the community to gather for poetry slams, open mic nights and book discussions.

Michelle Paris has turned the central tragedy of her life into a darkly comic romantic novel.

The gourmet toast and coffee chain serves food and drinks that are as aesthetically pleasing as they are tasty.

She was appointed County Executive Calvin Ball’s chief of staff in December.

The president and the country singer appeared together onstage at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia not once, but twice.

Need a roofer or dentist? Looking to join a gym? What about a recommendation for kids’ activities? The Best of Howard County can help.

Fall-inspired decor and items from Howard County stores

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Three things with Doris Ligon, co-founder and director of the African Art Museum of Maryland

A racetrack may seem an odd venue for a stage show, but the site drew fans from both Baltimore and Washington and held nearly four times the crowd that could fit into Merriweather Post Pavilion.

At Heron’s Meadow Farm, its owners are elated that this season will mark their third harvest.