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A newly released video shows the now-wife of NFL player Ray Rice trying to hug him shortly after he knocked her out cold at a casino in New Jersey. The video obtained by ABC News shows the couple in handcuffs immediately after the February elevator fight.

The annual Holiday Open House at the Howard County Living Farm Heritage Museum in West Friendship is decked out in splendor for Dec. 13 and 14, noon to 4 p.m.

Churches host Christmas bazaars and fire company plans Breakfast with Santa – all in Central Carroll area

Laurel senior centers are offering a variety of events during December.

The Carroll County Sheriff's Office has once again partnered with the United States Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Foundation to collect new, unwrapped toys from now until Christmas, and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to less fortunate children in our community

AAA Mid-Atlantic is pleased to serve as a public donation site to the Marine Corps Toys for Tots gift drive to benefit local children in need.

Carroll Lutheran Village's annual benefit quilt raffle continues until drawing Dec. 6

Holidays feeling a bit ho-hum? Take a quick day trip to one of these events to get into the spirit.

A gun buyback will take place Dec. 6 at St. Mark's United Methodist Church in Laurel. You don't have to be a city resident to turn in a gun. St. Mark's Young Adult Ministry is holding its third annual Toys for Tots toy drive. Donations of new, unwrapped toys will be accepted through Dec. 13. American Legion Post 60, 2 Main St., will be the sight of a Breakfast with Santa, Saturday, Dec. 6, 8 till 11 a.m., sponsored by Girl Scout Troop 383. The Department of Parks and Recreation and the city's

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Sparks resident Harry Smith collects items for Toys for Tots as he has done for more than 60 years

Seasonally speaking, Jerusalem Mill Village is the perfect setting to recreate "A Dickens Christmas Village."

River Hill grad Michael Campanaro makes appearance back home in front of family and friends

Stan Ber's Bits & Pieces column for the week of Nov. 14

Michael Campanaro, a River Hill football standout who played four years at Wake Forest University and is now a first-year wide receiver/return specialist for the Baltimore Ravens, will help kick off a Marine Corps Toys for Tots campaign at River Hill on Friday, Nov. 14, from 5:15 to 6:30 p.m. The event will be followed by River Hill and Reservoir High's football playoff game.

The Perryville Farmers Market is open every Friday from 3 to 7 p.m. at the corner of Broad Street and Roundhouse Drive in Lower Ferry Park downtown Perryville. Vendors are selling produce, crafts, baked goods and more.

Daniel "Rocky" Hyde, a former tavern owner and a retired Maryland State Lottery employee, died of heart failure Wednesday at Franklin Square Medical Center. The Rosedale resident was 65.

Eleven-year-old Sydney Kirby of Brooklyn Park saved her birthday and Christmas money to sponsor adoption fees for five cats at Anne Arundel County Animal Control's shelter.

Many thanks to the members of the West Friendship Volunteer Fire Department for all they do and have done for our community this year.

The Carroll County Sheriff's Office and the United States Marine Corps Reserve collected 1,050 toys through the annual Toys for Tots campaign in Carroll.

Starting in January, the Darlington Library will be begin having a monthly Pre-hours Preschool Party at 11 a.m. This is a storytime and playtime for children from birth to 5 years old This program will be held before the library opens. It will be on the first Thursday of each month, so the first one is on Thursday, Jan. 2

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Santa and his helpers from West Friendship Volunteer Fire Department Station 3 will make the yearly rounds through the neighborhoods

St. Barnabas Episcopal Church has good news to share. On All Saint's Sunday, Nov. 3, the Sykesville parish broke ground on a new hall,

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Glenwood Middle School student Ellie Feaga handed over two checks last week. After the sweet success of a charity bake sale that ultimately earned over $5,400 in donations and sales, the sixth grader delivered the funds to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and to the Shaughness Education Fund.

On behalf of the Town of Bel Air and the Bel Air Downtown Alliance, I would like to thank the citizens of greater Bel Air for their attendance and enthusiasm at yesterday's (Sunday, December 1) Bel Air Main Street Christmas Parade and Shamrock Park Celebration.

HDG Ambulance Corps 6th Annual Toys for Tots Campaign

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Thanksgiving is a time to start thinking about giving to organizations and advocacy groups that help the less fortunate during the holiday season.

Students at Mount View Middle are busy drilling on the most remote regions of the world. From Zimbabwe to Addis Ababa, the kids are readying for the National Geographic Bee on Dec. 4.

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Employee volunteers from Booz Allen Hamilton's Aberdeen office delivered more than 200 backpacks filled with school supplies, in addition to several boxes of additional materials, to support Edgewood Elementary School students as they kicked off the new school year

The fun loving "cabbagers" of the Pink Cabbage shop kick off the holiday season on Nov. 16 and 17 when the shopkeepers hope to fill a Thanksgiving basket for a Howard County family in need. Turkey, all the fixin's, pies and more.

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Aberdeen's city council introduced its version of the bill that would create a joint SWAT team with police in Bel Air and Havre de Grace.

Anne Arundel County Police are warning drivers to expect heavy traffic on Saturday, especially in Annapolis and Crownsville.

The large horse that "stands guard" over Bel Air's South Main Street a block from the Harford County Courthouse will be leaving its post next week when the Dark Horse Saloon closes.

Carroll County law enforcement officers were recently recognized at the Maryland Chiefs of Police and Maryland Sheriff's Associations Annual Awards Program, which recognizes statewide law enforcement excellence.

Howard County rec sports results for the week of Sept. 12

Marianne Ferguson, branch vice president with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Harford County, was recently named as the 2013 Realtor of the Year, announced by Simon Nwaigwe, president of the Harford County Association of Realtors

On behalf of the officers and members of the Havre de Grace Ambulance Corps, I would like to thank everyone who contributed to our fifth annual Toys for Tots campaign this season.