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- Last week, the Howard County farmers markets kicked off the 2014 season with five markets — two in Ellicott City — that are now open through the last week of November.
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It's time to stock up on fresh fruits and veggies while enjoying some long-awaited spring weather. - Donna Ellis, a longtime writer for the Columbia Flier and other publications, died of pneumonia April 23 at Howard County General Hospital. She was 72 and lived in Columbia.
- Janis Ahalt Riker, a retired attorney and business owner who also ran a Howard County antiquarian bookshop, died of cancer April 8 at her home in Portland, Ore. She was 69 and had lived in Columbia for many years.
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- Martha E. Roach, a retired seamstress and teacher's assistant who was a Sharp Leadenhall community activist, died of pneumonia Saturday at Howard County General Hospital. She was 90 and had lived in South Baltimore.
- At the three-year-old Kupcakes & Co., an Elkridge bakery that produces 10,000 cupcakes a week, there's more to the story than cupcakes, custom cakes and other baked goods.
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- Pay a visit to the seventh annual Daffodil Day at Whipps Cemetery on Saturday, April 12.
- Steven Snelgrove, the new president of Howard County General Hospital, is quick to discuss intricacies of the changing landscape of health care both locally and across the country.
- Construction on the final phases of a $5 million multi-use bike and pedestrian pathway connecting east and west Columbia could begin as early as this summer, with the project's completion scheduled to happen in spring 2015.
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- Maxim Kozlov will conduct a cello exploration program on Saturday, March 29, for kids ages 5 to 8 at 11 a.m. and ages 9 to 12 at 12:30 p.m. at Ellicott City's Miller Branch Library, at 9421 Frederick Road.
- The pathway will connect Blandair Park and Howard County General Hospital. A spokesman for the project said the meeting will focus on phase three and four of the project, which would connect a path on South Entrance Road over the Route 29 footbridge and into Blandair Park.
- Howard County Executive Ken Ulman said Thursday he has proposed a bill that would force downtown developer Howard Hughes Corp. to relinquish ownership of Merriweather Post Pavilion as early as later this year.
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- The National Weather Service is predicting between four and nine inches of snowfall in Columbia and Howard County beginning early Monday morning and continuing until the afternoon.
- In the early years of Columbia, William Cochran often rode his bike from his family's home in Clarksville to explore the new city, where the fountain in man-made Wilde Lake and other examples of public art made an indelible impression.
- Orioles public relations director Monica Pence Barlow died early Friday morning after a long battle with cancer. She was 36.
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- The Howard County Health Department and two health-focused groups have created a targeted assistance program aimed at reducing hospitalizations in the county.
- As much as a few more inches of snow were forecast to accumulate by midday Saturday, further straining government snow removal budgets and setting back efforts to clean up from the region's heaviest snowfall in four years.
- Howard County officials said Thursday that three county men died while outside their homes during the snowstorm, and that two were shoveling snow when they collapsed.
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