Making education the “top funding priority of his administration,” Howard County Executive Calvin Ball is proposing to fund the county school system $605.2 million in his inaugural spending plan for fiscal 2020. Ball released his $1.7 billion proposed budget Thursday evening, including the $16.2...
Statewide, Howard County had the largest population growth over the last eight years, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual population estimates released Thursday. Howard data revealed the county had a 12.6% population change between April 1, 2010, and July 1, 2018. The number of residents...
A photo gallery featuring the top point scorers in Howard County boys lacrosse during the 2019 season. (NOTE: Stats not provided by all teams; minimum 12 points)
A photo gallery featuring the 2019 Howard County baseball standings.
After Tuesday’s one-goal loss in the final minute to Glenelg Country, a game the Notre Dame Prep girls’ lacrosse team was outnumbered in ground balls, coach Mac Ford implemented a new drill for Wednesday’s practice. The 2018 Baltimore Sun All-Metro girls’ lacrosse Coach of the Year divided his...
Here’s a roundup of the varsity action around Howard County on Thursday, April 18, 2019: BOYS LACROSSE: Howard won its annual spring break Karl Wolfe Tournament for the seventh straight season on Thursday by defeating Huntingtown and South Carroll. The Lions, who lost their last previous two games...
The Howard County Education Association received a three-year $438,720 grant to support the implementation of restorative practices within the school system. The union for teachers and most education support employees, was awarded a Great Public Schools Fund Grant from the National Education Association....
While a review committee found the Howard County Office of Human Rights to be effective in its investigations, compliance and resolutions, the group found there is still room for improvement, according to a report released Monday. Composed of community leaders and experts, the Office of Human Rights...
The family of a Folly Quarter Middle School student who they say was the victim of an alleged sexual cyberbullying attack is calling on top Howard County school officials to review bullying policies at county schools. In a statement Sunday night, the family asked schools Superintendent Michael...
A Howard County middle school principal sent an email Friday to the school’s community regarding a “serious sexually explicit cyberbullying incident.” Scott Conroy, principal of Folly Quarter Middle School in Ellicott City, said in the email the school has recently been made aware of the alleged...
U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings reflected Monday night on his illness and the importance of having relationships with diverse people. His remarks came at the final installation of “Courageous Conversations,” an interfaith, four-week event that brought together Howard County residents to discuss religion,...
Fatal opioid-related overdoses in Howard County in the first six months of 2018 decreased from the same period last year, while the number of non-fatal drug overdoses increased, according to Howard County Police. There were 24 fatal overdoses in the county through June, and 30 in the first six...
Dr. John Peter Robinson, a retired University of Maryland sociologist who found that people have more leisure time than they admit, died of stroke complications March 22 at Glendale Adventist Hospital in Glendale, Calif. The former Columbia resident was 83. Called “Father Time” by his academic...
Would you like to buy some Obama Kush to help you sleep? Or how about some Grape Ape to alleviate your pelvic pain? If you are unattuned to cannabis culture, you likely have no idea what those things are, but the more than 51,000 Maryland residents certified to purchase medical marijuana likely...
The Howard County Board of Education voted unanimously last week to recommend multiple amendments to a school purchasing agreement currently before the County Council. Last September, county government agreed to purchase nearly 80 acres of land in Jessup to build the county’s 13th high school to...
Since 1995, Laurel Little League has been fielding baseball teams for kids ages 4 to 16. This past Saturday marked only the second time the league has celebrated the start of the season with an opening day ceremony. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., players, coaches, family members and the community gathered...
A group of prominent American horse racing organizations and tracks — including Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Course, site of the Preakness stakes — pledged Thursday to begin phasing out the use of Lasix, an anti-bleeding medication critics say is overused. Tracks signing onto the initiative include...
The RMS Titanic, the high-tech marvel of the early 20th century that sank into the sea, has inspired art in many forms over the past 100 years. It seems fitting that American playwright Jeffrey Thatcher’s “Scotland Road” — a psychodrama written in 1992 that takes place more than 80 years after...
Optional black tie will mingle with vintage Sixties attire as members of the Laurel Historical Society raid their closets for “groovy” remnants from the Sixties to wear to “The Laurel Pop Festival: 1969,” the group’s fundraising gala being held Saturday evening at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel...