ellicott city flood

Howard County is expected to award at least $141,563 in grants to those whose properties were damaged by the deadly May 2018 Ellicott City flood.

By Erin B. Logan

Jul 2, 2019

An Ellicott City shop owner says an offer by Howard County to buy her property was insufficient. The county may invoke eminent domain to take the building.

By Erin B. Logan

Jun 24, 2019

Former Ellicott City store owner Jason Barnes testified in front of a Senate committee this week in support of disaster relief programs.

By Jess Nocera

Jun 21, 2019

The Howard County Council on Wednesday approved the nearly $1.9 billion operating and capital budgets for the next fiscal year.

By Erin B. Logan

May 30, 2019

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball's plan to mitigate flooding in Ellicott City does not require a trade-off with school funding.

After months of waiting to learn the fate of flood reduction efforts in historic Ellicott City, Howard County decided on an expensive proposal.

By Erin B. Logan

May 15, 2019

Howard County officials on Monday announced they will raze four buildings on lower Main Street and bore a tunnel to reduce future floodwater in Ellicott City.

By Erin B. Logan

May 13, 2019

Howard County officials on Thursday night hosted a meeting to further explain its proposals to mitigate flooding in historic Ellicott City, an old mill town that has seen two deadly floods since 2016.

By Erin B. Logan

May 3, 2019

The announcement comes nearly one year after the old mill town was ravaged a second time by floods that left one person dead.

By Erin B. Logan

Apr 17, 2019

In Ellicott City, randon acts of kindness are the rule, not the exception. The new executive director of the Ellicott City Partnership wants to build on that selflessness.

The speech took place at Turf Valley in Ellicott City and was attended by President of the Howard County Chamber of Commerce Leonardo Mcclarty, Councilwomen Deb Jung, Christiana Mercer Rigby, Police Chief Lisa Meyers and Fire and Rescue Services Chief Christine Uhlhorn.

By Erin B. Logan

Feb 27, 2019

This year, having recorded 84.56 inches of rain in the gauge in his backyard, Catonsville resident Tom Atkins may have broken a state record that will be recognized by the National Weather Service for the most rainfall measured in one location during a calendar year in Maryland.

By Cody Boteler

Feb 20, 2019

Maryland is slated to receive $4.5 million in federal funding to help repair roads damaged during floods in Ellicott City and Western Maryland last June.

By Sarah Meehan

Feb 13, 2019

Howard Executive Ball seems to be paralyzed about what to do with Ellicott City's flood-prone business district.

A proposal intended to impose higher flood standards in Ellicott City has been pulled by a state lawmaker based on comments from the Maryland Department of the Environment.

By Erin B. Logan

Feb 4, 2019

Robin Holliday reopens her gallery, HorseSpirit Arts Gallery, in Savage Mill after two floods destroyed it an historic Ellicott City. The artists remaining in Ellicott City think of the future.

By Katie V. Jones

Nov 9, 2018

The Democrat voted against funding Howard's five-year flood mitigation plan and committed to increasing school funding.

By Erin B. Logan

Nov 9, 2018

A proposal revealed Thursday night shows a riverfront park, pedestrian bridge and parking deck.

By Erin B. Logan

Oct 26, 2018

Legislation that could streamline the process to allow historic buildings to be torn down in Ellicott City is drawing concern from a commission that reviews changes to historic properties in Howard County.

By Erin B. Logan

Oct 5, 2018

The Howard County Council approved two bills Monday night to help pay for the removal of 19 buildings in historic Ellicott City, which has been ravaged by floods twice since 2016.

By Erin B. Logan

Oct 1, 2018

The Howard County Council will vote tonight on funding the controversial flood mitigation plan that would remove 19 buildings in Ellicott City.

By Erin B. Logan

Oct 1, 2018

Baltimore is on pace to set a record for its wettest year ever. All the rain has residents weary, after so many canceled events and even two deaths. "I am just done with this rain," Columbia resident Ian Kennedy said.

By Scott Dance

Sep 26, 2018

74 percent would support a plan that does not include removing 10 buildings from lower Main Street and 51 percent said the county has not acted effectively to mitigating flood risks since 2016.

By Erin B. Logan

Sep 25, 2018

Ellicott City residents have spoken - it's time to initiate County Executive Kittleman's plan for historic district.

Maryland's Howard County — a swing jurisdiction that’s had two Democrats and two Republicans as county executives since 1990 — often mirrors the sentiment of the state as a whole, and political observers are watching the Allan Kittleman-Calvin Ball race for signs of trends.

By Luke Broadwater

Sep 14, 2018

The rebuilding of Ellicott City should be a top priority for Howard County with all the care and speed that requires.

A preview of Howard County Arts Council' Road to the Arts taking place on Sept. 14-15.

Wilderness Farm, the 32nd annual Decorator Show House of Historic Ellicott City Inc., will be open to the public Sept. 21 to Oct. 21.

To prevent destructive flooding in the future, Howard County officials have decided to buy up some buildings along Main Street in historic Ellicott City with plans to demolish them. But what is fair market value for property some consider rather unique.

By Meredith Cohn

Sep 5, 2018

History buffs can't put old buildings in front of practical solutions to flooding.

Su Casa, a furniture and home goods store, plans to more than double the size of its Ellicott City location this fall as the shop expands into an adjacent space on the town’s historic Main Street.

By Sarah Meehan

Aug 30, 2018

Radical action is needed to protect Ellicott City from flooding, but we need a lot more deliberation before we know that County Executive Allan Kittleman's demolition plan is the right one.

Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman and County Councilman Jon Weinstein announced a “master five-year plan,” to mitigate future flooding in Ellicott City at the Baltimore & Ohio Ellicott City Station Museum Plaza located on Main Street Thursday morning.

Under a plan announced Thursday, 10 buildings along Ellicott City's historic Main Street will be torn down. Here is a look at which ones will go.

By Yvonne Wenger

Aug 23, 2018

On Monday, Maryland senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen hosted a “field hearing” to discuss the Ellicott City flood and potential methods to prevent future devastation.

By Lauren Lumpkin

Aug 20, 2018

The city of Laurel is hosting a Main Street Block Party on Aug. 17 with proceeds benefitting Ellicott City flood relief efforts.

After Ellicott City's devastating flood, good Samaritans have come out in force, launching fundraisers and volunteering to help those affected by the flood.

As the threat of more flooding looms in the Baltimore region, the Small Business Administration will open three centers in the Baltimore area this week to provide information about disaster loans available to Maryland residents and businesses affected by the first major floods of the season.

By Sarah Meehan

Jul 30, 2018

Howard County Council enacts one-year building moratorium around Ellicott City to study how to prevent major flooding.

Days of rain and flood warnings, and forecasts of more to come, are complicating the decisions of homeowners, residents and businesses in Downtown Ellicott City. The district, built on the Patapsco and Tiber rivers, has been hit by two catastrophic floods in less than two years.

By Meredith Cohn

Jul 27, 2018

Howard County should not dip into water quality fund to help victims of latest flooding.

Maryland's representatives in Congress called on President Donald J. Trump to declare a disaster in the May flooding that devastated Ellicott City and parts of

By Ian Duncan

Jul 2, 2018

It's been one month since Ellicott City's second deadly flood in less than two years, and the town is slowly coming back to life.

By Kate Magill

Jun 28, 2018

Gov. Larry Hogan has asked President Donald Trump to declare last month’s deadly Ellicott City flood a major disaster for Baltimore, and Howard and Baltimore counties, which would qualify those areas for federal relief funding.

By Colin Campbell

Jun 25, 2018

Ellicott City’s historic district has long been a shopping and dining destination for many, despite the threat of periodic floods throughout its history. But after the second major flood in two years, business owners are facing the difficult question of whether to rebuild — again.

Howard County's shifted focus to disaster recovery in Ellicott City has meant other public works projects have had to shift their timelines. Other projects, including highway maintenance and annual storm drain repairs, have been pushed back as much as a month.

By Kate Magill

Jun 14, 2018

Reporter Libby Solomon offers a first-person account of covering the Ellicott City flood May 27, right in her own neighborhood.

By Libby Solomon

Jun 11, 2018

Preview performances of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” benefiting Ellicott City flood relief are set for 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 20 and Thursday, June 21 at Patapsco Female Institute Historic Park, 3655 Church Road, Ellicott City.

In the aftermath of the second deadly flood in just 22 months, some have asked whether we will rebuild the town. Others worry we will turn our backs on nearly 250 years of history.

Staff Sgt. Eddison Hermond Jr. “put his life at risk for someone he didn’t even know,” Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said before a packed room of hundreds of mourners, including many military service members, during funeral services at the Church at Severn Run in Severn.