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Howard County police are investigating a fatal car crash in the afternoon on June 14 after an 83-year-old woman ran her car into a parking garage wall in Vantage Point. - This Saturday, a local nonprofit is teaming up with the Howard County government and other community organizations to imagine what one segment of the parkway would look like if it became more accessible to bicyclists and pedestrians.
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- Traffic was backed up on several major roads in Columbia Thursday morning. But instead of angered honking, drivers cheered as the Special Olympics Maryland Torch Run paraded through the streets, led by local law enforcement officials and athletes.
- Proposed nutritional guidelines for Howard County vending machines are similar to those implemented by a 2012 executive order during former County Executive Ken Ulman's administration and repealed by current County Executive Allan Kittleman in December; but these guidelines include more wiggle room. Popular county events such as Wine in the Woods and the Fourth of July fireworks on Columbia's lakefront would be exempt from the rules, as would nonprofits that collect money through concessions sales, such as youth sports booster clubs.
- A Westminster man is charged with assault and child abuse for allegedly striking a child and causing injuries.
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- People packed the Howard County Council's Ellicott City chambers Monday night to testify on a bill that would create nutritional standards for food and drink sold on county property, in a hearing that was reminiscent of another held almost a year ago.
- The Bits and Pieces column, written by Carol Gralia, for the week of May 21
- Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman has formed a task force to look at early childhood education, his office announced Monday.
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- A 30-year-old Sykesville man was killed early Tuesday evening after his motorcycle crashed into an SUV along Route 32, Howard County Police said.
- Jeanette Mitchell, of Upper Marlboro, was sentenced to 18 months in jail for repeatedly stabbing her son-in-law with a letter-opener during an assault at his North Laurel home last summer.
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- Howard County's Kittleman should endorse compromise plan to push healthier food and beverage choices on county property
- This year's Earth Day celebration will be held Saturday, April 25, from noon to 7:30 p.m.
- No hospital in Maryland earned a top score under a new, simplified ranking system from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that adds to the collection of sometimes conflicting assessments of the nation's health care facilities.
- Howard County is partnering with two of the county's biggest public health institutions on a new mental health initiative, County Executive Allan Kittleman announced Tuesday.
- Joyce Snow plans to write a poem about surviving a brutal sexual assault as her contribution to a national project, but she's waiting for inspiration to strike at a special event in Fulton next weekend before composing it.
- Come to the Elkridge Branch Library on Tuesday, April 14, from 1 to 3 p.m. for a free, walk-in blood pressure screening and monitoring offered by Howard County General Hospital
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- One runs the intensive care unit at Howard County General Hospital. Another designs wastewater and sewer systems. A third oversees fire and rescue crews for the county fire department. While their jobs are dramatically different, the three have a few things in common. They are all women. They all work in professions dominated by men, which means they occasionally have to put up with snubs, insults and an old-boy network that can leave them out. And, they all love what they do and have done it with great success ¿ male-dominated profession or not.
- The Ellicott City Partnership has several events planned for the spring season. First, on April 25, is the Spring Fest. This is a day of free live music, Earth Day activities for the kids, great local food and craft beer.
- If you feel like you need to de-stress a bit, why not try Appreciating Art Through Fiction, a program for adults at the Elkridge Branch Library.
- Dominic J. Pistorio, a Baltimore home builder and World War II veteran who lived to 104 and wore suits almost everyday until the last week of his life, died of pneumonia at a Howard County General Hospital on March 25.
- John H. Schmidt, a retired Lucent Technologies manager who had served for nearly four decades with the Maryland Air National Guard, died March 20 at Howard County General Hospital of heart failure. He was 80.
- Three weeks into her new job, Patapsco Heritage Greenway Executive Director Mary Catherine Cochran has been keeping busy attending retreats, learning how to be an environmental steward of the park's natural resources and writing grant proposals for the group.
- Happy 75th anniversary to the Kiwanis Club of Ellicott City.
- Pamela Mattie Joseph, 64, a retired Air Force nurse who became an advocate for cancer awareness, died of multiple myeloma, a blood plasma cell cancer, March 7 at her Columbia home.
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- Jack F. Beck Sr., former CEO and president of Enterprise Electric Co. who enjoyed collecting and driving vintage Buicks, died Monday at Howard County General Hospital of pneumonia. He was 83.
- One year ago, Essien Ture was a talented if unspectacular basketball player at Columbia's Hammond High School, hoping to make the varsity squad in the fall. Today, after enduring agonizing foot pain, a grueling series of tests and surgeries that culminated with his right leg being amputated below the knee and a remarkable return to Hammond's basketball team, the 16-year-old has become an inspiration. The 16-year-old's quiet grit and determination have wowed his family, his friends and coaches
- Alfred I. Daniel, who worked for various pharmaceutical companies, died.
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- Howard County General Hospital has hired Elizabeth Edsall Kromm as Senior Director of Population Health and Community Relations, the hospital announced last week.
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- An Upper Marlboro woman accused of stabbing her son-in-law with a letter opener at the man's North Laurel home pleaded guilty to an assault charged this week.
- Natalie Grossman, of North Laurel, became the first baby born in Howard County in 2015 this week.
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- A Baltimore woman has sued the Johns Hopkins Health System, saying she had to have her legs and arms amputated after doctors at one of its hospitals failed to diagnose a uterine infection.
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- Studies show a healthy lifestyle can prevent a number of illnesses and diseases, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity and certain types of cancer. And in Howard County, achieving that lifestyle is easier than you might think.
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