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The Maryland men's lacrosse team has the No. 1 recruiting class in the country, according to Inside Lacrosse's September issue, which ranks the top 20 classes.

Dayton has announced that it will add women's lacrosse as an intercollegiate sport and begin competition in spring of 2016.

You probably won't hear these buses coming. If they show up as expected on the Howard Transit Green Route in the spring of 2015, they'll be the first of their kind in Maryland to run a municipal loop. They will likely be greeted with ribbon-cutting fanfare, even if they won't make much noise themselves, as they'll run entirely on electricity.

The Anne Arundel County school board names an interim superintendent to replace outgoing mentor Kevin Maxwell

The Anne Arundel County school board names an interim superintendent to replace outgoing mentor Kevin Maxwell

Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot launched an outreach program Monday to encourage small business owners in Howard County to provide health insurance with the help of a state tax credit.

Trady Trobridge takes over as columnist for the Glenwood, Glenelg and Dayton neighborhoods

Babe Ruth's 1927 record-setting home run bat to be on display at the Miller Branch Library in Ellicott City Friday, June 12 from 7-9 p.m.

Plans for a $125 million, two-structure apartment complex in Columbia's Warfield neighborhood were revealed this week, making it the third major housing development announced in the redevelopment of Columbia's downtown.

The Howard County Veterans Affairs Commission, established in 2011, works to help veterans in the county access benefit services.

Stan Ber's Bits and Pieces column for the week of July 4

Director/playwright Suzanne E. Beal and Joseph W. Ritsch, co-founder of Baltimore's Iron Crow Theatre Company, will succeed Michael Stebbins at the helm of Rep Stage.

Carroll Community College students will see a six percent increase in tuition after the college's Board of Trustees voted to formally approve its fiscal year 2014 operating budget Thursday.

Even though young students have a decade or more before they enter the work force, efforts to improve education in science, engineering, technology and math – better known as STEM – are a top priority for business, higher education and political leaders.

German Garduno led the commencement procession, and his first steps were a bit out of sync

Stan Ber's Bits & Pieces column for the week of June 20

Alexander A. Kamantauskas, a computer network engineer and Civil War buff who enjoyed giving highly-detailed battlefield tours, died May 15 from cancer at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was 45.

The name of the accomplishment is a mouthful: certification as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance 2-Year Education

Go to the usual exhibit and you'll visualize how the artwork hanging on the gallery wall would look hanging on your living room wall. An exhibit installed at both the Columbia Art Center and Howard Community College, "Wear Art," encourages one to contemplate how women would look wearing the exhibited clothing and jewelry

At one end of the room, children pressed their faces up to a glass tank with bright eyes as they watched an underwater robot. Off in another corner, kids strained their necks to look at giant telescopes and shuffled through maps of the constellations.

The 26th annual Columbia Festival of the Arts once again brings an impressive roster of performers to Howard County from June 14- 29. Some of these performers are returning favorites, while others are first-timers. Some will take a bow on their own, while others will collaborate with homegrown talent. All of them are booked by the festival in order to provide memorable artistic experiences for local audiences.

The Howard County Conservancy has for 23 years been a staple in the area's western landscape, a sprawling, 232-acre farm in Woodstock that on a given day is teeming with school children or outdoor enthusiasts

Local philanthropist Lisa Hussman was presented the President's Award at The Arc of Howard County's annual Celebration of Excellence on May 8.

When the Columbia Orchestra concludes its 35th season on Saturday, June 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the Jim Rouse Theatre at Wilde Lake High School, it will not go out quietly.

Fun Run recently attracts more than 100 runners, Clarksville Elementary chorus and Middle School orchestra concerts coming up, Dr. Puja Parmar receives dentistry award

Groups meeting in Howard County

The family of Mary-Kathryn Abernathy, who was killed in 2009 while watching a drag race along Interstate 70, has established a memorial scholarship fund in her name. This week, two Long Reach High School students will receive the first-ever scholarships for $500 each.

The wearable arts competition was created to ¿showcase the best in imaginative hair sculpture, special effects makeup, costuming and digital art,¿ according to organizers.

Sandy and Jeff Johnson, a mother and son from Columbia, are graduating from Howard Community College this week after spending nearly a year of homelessness.

Howard County datebook

Scrabble at the Bain Center perfect way for seniors to scrabble their brains.

The Candlelight Concert Society has presented so many chamber music groups that it's fitting that it has assembled a diverse roster of performers for its 40th anniversary gala on Saturday, May 18, from 3 to 6 p.m. at Howard Community College's Smith Theatre.

Stan Ber's Bits & Pieces column for the week of May 16

Freshman Jahlil Petgrave is named Track Athlete of the Year, Darius Bell wins Field Athlete of the Year

Rep Stage, the Equity theater based in Howard County, will include a vintage work by Horton Foote, an evergreen music, and recent plays by Julia Cho and Doug Wright.

As a mother, Howard Community College student Sonia Halboni believes she has her children's best interests at hand, yet she can remember once when her parental peers didn't concur

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Howard County Briefs

The course is "Introduction to Casino Gambling," but upon entering the classroom one might be tempted to place a bet at the makeshift roulette wheel, the craps table or any of the other table game layouts.