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• Maryland

Audubon Society to hold nature walk, bingo events to be held

Everyone knows that birds fly south for the winter.

• Features

Serial Season 2 on Bowe Bergdahl launches

Season 2 of Serial is now available for fans of the popular podcast series.

By Sean Welsh

Dec 10, 2015

• Wandering Eye:

How the Ravens' win actually hurt them, internet radio copyright is dumb, and more

• Maryland

Annual Christmas concert to be held at Westminster High School

For many, the annual Carroll County Jazz Ensemble's Big Band Merry Christmas Concert has become a tradition, and it's back again for its 14th year.

• Maryland

Carrollton Church of God to hold annual fall festival

The Carrollton Church of God, at 2151 Bethel Road, Finksburg, is having its 5th annual Fall Harvest Festival at the church from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10.

• Maryland

Bingo night to support school playground fund

Manchester Elementary School's Playground Fund Committee will hold a bingo night Saturday, Oct. 3.

• Baltimore City Paper

Legendary radio jock Jonathan Gilbert, better known as Weasel, returns to the air

• Health

Health insurance enrollment deadline looms

Health advocates have begun the final push to enroll citizens in insurance plans through the Maryland health exchange.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Feb 8, 2015

• Maryland

Bazaars, Santa are holiday highlights in the area

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

• Baltimore City Paper

Despite a stroke, actor and athlete Chris Conlon keeps running

• Obituaries

Leonard George Getschel III, Smyth executive

Leonard George Getschel III, a graduate gemologist and Smyth Jewelers executive who managed its Ellicott City store, ended his life Oct. 19. The Lutherville resident was 37.

By Jacques Kelly

Oct 30, 2014

• Opinion

Vote 'no' on Question 2

Ballot question allowing mail-in votes opens a Pandora's Box for fraud

• Maryland

Farm Fest: fun and funds

Char-Lene Farm, between Taylorsville and Mount Airy, will host its annual Farm Fest from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 27, with 10 percent of proceeds going to For 3 Sisters breast cancer organization

• Entertainment

10 steps to starting an awesome video game band

When you think of rock music you probably don't think about "Super Mario Bros." or "Space Invaders." To our surprise and probably yours too, a sub-culture of video game rock bands? A thing.

• Howard County

Richard Walton brings his smooth jazz combo to Columbia lakefront

Among the changes guitarist/bassist Richard Walton has seen over the decades he's been involved in the area music scene, some of the more recent ones have taken wind from his sails.

• Politics

Md. campaigns adopt national voter targeting techniques

The candidates running in Maryland's June 24 primary election are slowly beginning to embrace an increasingly sophisticated campaign technique known as micro-targeting that allows them to identify potential supporters and aim advertising — as well as personal contacts — directly at those individuals.

• Maryland

Singers to compete for 'Idol' title at Century High

• Human Interest

Southall family welcomes baby boy to the world Feb. 10

Welcome to the world to our new grandson, Caden Jacob Southall, who was born on Monday, Feb. 10 at 8:20 p.m. He was 8 pounds, 3 ounces and 21 ¼ inches (he weighed the same as his daddy did back in 1977).

• Crime

After the gunfire, shoppers and workers confront emotional toll

Some who were at The Mall in Columbia during the shootings are experiencing restless nights, troubled dreams, anxious thoughts. Counselors have stepped in to help, saying these are natural after effects but should they persists, people need to seek additional help

• Howard County

Plenty going on at Clarksville Middle School [Clarksville]

There is plenty of good news from Clarksville Middle School this week. The CMS Band Concert is scheduled for Jan. 16 at 7:30 p.m.

• Baltimore City Paper

Greenspan reaches for his dreams with a long-awaited debut

• Howard County

Glenelg High track teams shine at NYC meet [Glenwood/Glenelg/Dayton]

Glenelg High School boys and girls track teams recently competed at the Bishop Loughlin Games in New York City.

• Howard County

Mt. Hebron High's Robotics Club could use your unwanted tools [Ellicott City]

Got unwanted, functional tools? Consider donating the tools to Mt. Hebron High School's Ragnarok Robotics Club. The student club members are hosting their annual tool drive in order to build a 150 lb. custom robot for their entry in the international FIRST Robotics FRC competition.

• Maryland

Locals annoyed by preemptive holiday advertising, but are still shopping early

• Howard County

Celebrate the season at Grace Episcopal's Fall Fest [Elkridge]

Fall is a beautiful season, and a wonderful way to celebrate is at Fall Fest, on Saturday, Oct. 19, 4-8 p.m., hosted by Grace Episcopal Church, 6720 Montgomery Road, in Elkridge.

• Colleges and Universities

'HopHacks' puts Hopkins students' skills on display

HopHacks — a 36-hour, sleepless, caffeine-fueled, mad-rush of computer programming — came to an end Sunday with bleary-eyed Johns Hopkins University students unveiling their (mostly) finished inventions ... and then crashing.

• Maryland

For the Birds: Machado teaching Showalter Smartphones 101

• Entertainment

Great Baltimore cocktails, The Evil Ruby, David's 1st and 10 Sports Bar

A guy walks into a sports bar in Hampden and ¿ wait, back up, back up. A bar catering to a bunch of jocks located in Hipsterville, Maryland?

• Opinion

Comcast to roll out a new system to compete with Netflix, Apple TV

For all the hype and all the "next big things" that have flashed across the screen and died small, it really does feel like the revolution in TV viewing has arrived.

• Maryland

Millennial Media looking past market swings to chart growth

Millennial Media isn't letting stock market swings distract it from a mission to compete with Google, Apple and Facebook in the mobile advertising market.

• Howard County

Veteran performer Richard Walton releases 10th album [Ellicott City]

• Vehicles

Students and parents fundraise to help teacher, quadruple amputee, drive again

A former Cathedral of Mary Our Queen School teacher, who lost her arms and legs, has passed a special driver's test but needs funds to buy a car and get it specially adapted. The latter alone may cost $14,000. But she has help from a bevy of former students. The children are continuing to raise money, most recently at a fundraiser at the eatery Zen West Sept. 30.

• Education

Woofound wants to help personalize the web

With the release of its iPhone app last week, Woofound, a Middle River startup, took its first big step into a competitive, cutting edge and sometimes controversial part of the digital economy: Web personalization.

• Opinion

Rachel Marsden: Are government's 'strategic communications' coming to America?

Government propaganda doesn't belong on U.S. airwaves

• Maryland

English class goes high-tech

• Latest

Mobile ad leader Millennial Media goes public

Baltimore's Millennial Media founded in 2006, now dominant in mobile ad market

• Baltimore City Paper

Marriage equality finally passed in Maryland. Now the real battle begins

• Business

Valentine's Day helps drive sales of luxury goods

A resurgence in spending by the luxury consumer is expected to benefit stores that sell accessories, jewelry and apparel, as sales of luxury branded goods jumped 10 percent to $252 billion worldwide.

• Business

Investors may soon be able to buy into their favorite Internet companies

For many small investors, some of the companies they are most familiar with are the e-commerce and social media sites they use every day.