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CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield has committed $125,000 over five years in scholarships to nursing and allied health students at Howard Community College. -
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- Stan Ber's Bits & Pieces column for the week of May 2
- Howard Community College unveils new non-credit courses for the summer session.
- Howard Community College graduate Joaness Christie has started La Pearl Waffles, a food truck business that got its start when Christie was a student at HCC.
- Not every play strives to deliver profound insights into the human condition. Marc Camoletti's "Boeing Boeing" only seeks to prove that the human condition is silly. Judging from the laughter at the Rep Stage production, the audience gets the point.
- T. Rowe Price senior financial planner Stuart L. Ritter talks about parents' finances and how they can educate their kids about money matters.
- If there were a dress code for visitors to the current exhibit in Howard Community College's Rouse Company Foundation Gallery, it would stipulate that people must wear blue jeans when going to see Julie van Hemert's "Peopled Jeans." That's because the artist uses blue jean material for her wall-hanging fabric art.
- Scrabble at the Bain Center perfect way for seniors to scrabble their brains.
- HCC men finish third, women take seventh in Division III meet
- Sen. Ben Cardin lamented snowballing damage from federal budget cuts in town hall meetings with federal workers and small business leaders Friday, pledging to work toward an alternative budget solution by October.
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- In many suburban communities, residents are raising their own chickens as pets, for their economic advantages and as a way to forge a closer connection to the food they eat.
- Howard Community College student Katie Dunklee doesn't name the four-year school of her choice that turned her down for admission out of high school, but she doesn't lament the rejection either
- Beethoven is such a dominant figure in classical music history that the Hermitage Piano Trio's all-Beethoven program will be heard by eager audience ears on Saturday, April 6 at 8 p.m. at Howard Community College's Smith Theatre
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- Howard County Executive Ken Ulman unveiled his fiscal 2014 capital budget proposal Monday, a $442.4 million spending program that includes the most funding for public school projects since Ulman took office in 2006.
- Howard County Executive Ken Ulman unveiled his fiscal 2014 capital budget proposal Monday, a $442.4 million capital spending program that includes the most funding for public school projects since Ulman took office in 2007.
- The East Columbia Branch of the Howard County Library System is holding a Money Matters Fair Saturday, April 6.
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- Stan Ber's Bits & Pieces column for the week of March 28
- There was plenty to celebrate when the Howard County Arts Council held its 16th annual Celebration of the Arts in Howard County. Besides the awards handed out in various categories, there was an announcement that wasn't on the scheduled program for this festive event held at Howard Community College's Smith Theatre on March 23.
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- Besides honoring veterans of the local arts scene, the Howard County Arts Council's Celebration of the Arts at Howard Community College's Smith Theatre on March 23 also honors young performers who are just starting out. Its Rising Stars Emerging Performing Artist Award Competition is for performing artists between the ages of 18 and 35. This year there are 10 contestants competing for a cash prize of $5,000.
- When Bruce Nelson accepts his Howie Award as Outstanding Artist, it won't be the first time he has walked across the stage at Howard Community College's Smith Theatre. This actor, who estimates he has appeared in around 12 Rep Stage productions on various stages at the college, is no stranger to receiving audience applause there.
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- A plain set is the congenial setting for the home truths imparted by Samm-Art Williams' "Home" at Rep Stage. Like the several wood platforms on which most of the action occurs, this play gets down to basics. The three actors have very few props or costume changes with which to contend, so they have plenty of time for storytelling.
- Howard County digs in as snow sweeps through the region.
- 'Home,' an endearing, fable-like play by Morgan State alum Samm-Art Williams about the life-journey of a young African American farmer, receives an effective production from Rep Stage.
- The National Weather Service has placed a winter storm watch in effect for a number of Maryland counties including Howard on Tuesday morning that it is expected to expire at 12 a.m. on March 7.
- HCC men's basketball wins regional crown
- When Irish novelist Colum McCann reads from his work as part of the Howard County Poetry and Literature Society's 35th Irish Evening on Friday, March 1 at 7:30 p.m. in Howard Community College's Smith Theatre, the audience has a right to be in a green mood.
- You can expect the music to sound fresh during the Leipzig String Quartet's concert on Saturday, March 2, at 8 p.m., at Howard Community College's Smith Theatre. Like the sponsoring Candlelight Concert Society, this chamber music quartet often likes to introduce audiences to contemporary classical music.
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- No longer a professional athlete, Sanjay Ayre is now using his world class experiences here in Howard County, as a personal trainer and coach at Howard Community College.
- Ed Parvis, president of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church's St Vincent Society, informed me that the church hosts a Red Cross Blood Drive on Sunday, March 3, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., in Harrison Hall.
- The Howard County Arts Council has named the 2012 Howie Award winners. They will be honored with a celebration March 23 at Howard Community College.
