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Howard County's Watershed Protection and Restoration Program is launching a project to repair a stormwater pond on Old Mill Road in the vicinity of Millwick Drive in Ellicott City. The project will include replacement of the pond's metal principal spillway with a new concrete spillway.

County Executive Kevin Kamenetz is on the side of the taxpayers — and good sense — in nixing Superintendent Dallas Dance's convoluted school construction plan.

Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz is proposing a new, 700-seat elementary school near the center of Towson, rejecting the school system's plans for renovations to several other schools.

A week after a contentious meeting with next-door Rodgers Forge residents, Towson University officials have canceled plans for an electric conduit as part of planned renovations to the university's softball field. The conduit would have allowed lighting to be installed at a later date.

The Columbia Association broke ground Wednesday morning on a $4 million lakefront, wellness retreat to be built on the ground floor of the Rouse Co. building in downtown Columbia.

The Tred Avon is targeted for a $14.3 million oyster restoration effort, jointly underwritten by Maryland and the federal government, to begin later this year. NOAA has been fishing the river monthly from spring through fall since last year to see how many fish and crabs also hang out in the water near Oxford.

The Savage Branch of the Howard County Public Library is once again set to become an open book after an extensive renovation designed to modernize the aging facility and highlight a science and technology theme.

They say it ain't over until the fat lady sings, and the colorful life of the Havre de Grace Opera House is clearly far from over.

The current owner and future owner of Merriweather Post Pavilion announced this week the two sides have signed a joint development agreement for the venue – a move that officials say signifies a major step toward achieving a $19 million renovation plan.

Government officials involved in the multistate Chesapeake Bay cleanup pledged Monday to broaden and accelerate the long-running effort, including a vow to address the impacts of climate change on the ailing estuary.

Nearly 20 years afterward, the Kennedy Krieger Institute continues to defend itself against lawsuits alleging that a study it sponsored seeking less costly methods of remediating lead paint in homes poisoned some of the children whose families were recruited to participate in the research.

Howard County Executive Ken Ulman, with a little help from renowed singer Jack Johnson, revealed details of long awaited renovation plans Thursday for Columbia's Merriweather Post Pavilion.

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said Sunday that residents who live along the city block in Charles Village that collapsed during heavy rains in April will return to their homes this week.

The Howard County Council on Wednesday passed capital and operating budgets for fiscal year 2015 that together totaled about $1.29 billion and provided funding for a plan that will accelerate the renovation and hand-over of Columbia¿s Merriweather Post Pavilion

Howard County government and Howard Hughes Corp., the primary land owner in downtown Columbia, have agreed to terms of a deal that will bring $19 million in renovations and upgrades to Merriweather Post Pavilion over the next five years.

With oysters showing signs of revival in the Chesapeake Bay, some are trying to bring the bivalves back in the bay's second largest tributary, the Potomac River.

Towson area state and local officials have written to Baltimore County Public Schools Superintendent Dallas Dance asking for assurances that the Loch Raven Elementary School building, which operates as a community center, will not be demolished make room for a new school.

To combat pollution plaguing the marsh habitat, about 250 volunteers picked up trash, dredged debris, planted trees and tended the wetland's gardens Saturday as part of a cleanup event hosted by the aquarium and the National Parks Conservation Association.

The proposed $15.8 million FY 2015 budget includes several substantial public works renovation projects said Randy Robertson, Bel Air's director of public works, during a work session Tuesday evening.

But many of the local attractions including Ladew Topiary Gardens, the Maritime Museum and the Havre de Grace Opera House only received partial funding from General Assembly.

The Maryland Department of the Environment has not followed up on at least 900 rental housing units with hazardous lead paint whose owners failed to maintain annual registration with the agency, state auditors have found.

The Baltimore City Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation on Tuesday approved a developer's exterior renovation plans for the conversion of an historic former home for unwed mothers into apartments.

It's seven days and counting until the 2014 session of the Maryland General Assembly ends at midnight Monday, and the fates of a number of Harford County centered bills remain to be decided in those waning days.

Howard Hughes Corp., Howard County in discussion about upgrades for Merriweather

Some Mount Vernon residents are concerned about the impact of the restoration of the Washington Monument.

From loose carpets to lead paint, your house can be hazardous to your health

The City of Aberdeen was approved a $450,000 grant by the Maryland Board of Public Works during a meeting Wednesday to make upgrades to Ripken Stadium.

Pikesville High School undergoes major renovation that will include installation of air conditioning

The Baltimore Housing Authority's plan to sell 22 of its 28 apartment and townhouse complexes drew dozens of concerned tenants and workers Wednesday to a City Council committee hearing.

Maryland legislators on Wednesday allocated $4.8 million to complete the renovation design plans for Baltimore's Enoch Pratt Central Library.

Ballet Theatre of Maryland is starting its 2014 season in history-making fashion, offering its first full-length production of "Swan Lake," in three performances over the Feb. 21-23 weekend at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts.

In an effort to jump start Howard Hughes Corp.'s anticipated redevelopment of Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Howard County Executive Ken Ulman has levied a call to action to the developer, which he feels has shown a "lack of urgency" toward its promise to makeover the downtown concert venue.

The Howard County Board of Education approves schematic design plans for Patuxent Valley Middle School, the first step toward renovations at the 25-year-old school.

Ron Spencer, an artist who twice restored the painted designs on a Linthicum Heights church's ceiling and walls, died Wednesday of bone cancer at Stella Maris in Timonium. He was 67.

Who exactly J.W. Hogg was and what, if any, contribution he made to Baltimore's Washington Monument may be a question left for the ages. Hogg's name, written in block letters with a pencil next to the date 1829, was among dozens of 19th-century signatures and drawings discovered this week by a restoration crew using hand tools to delicately remove loose plaster from the monument's subterranean vaults.

Who exactly J.W. Hogg was and what, if any, contribution he made to Baltimore's Washington Monument may be a question left for the ages. Hogg's name, written in block letters with a pencil next to the date 1829, was among dozens of 19th-century signatures and drawings discovered this week by a restoration crew using hand tools to delicately remove loose plaster from the monument's subterranean vaults.

The Maryland Hall is starting an $18 million renovation project.

Aberdeen's long-dilapidated historic train station might finally be moving forward with a new foundation, the Historical Society of Harford County said.

The Mount Airy Branch Library will close for a month beginning in mid-February as it undergoes interior renovations.

A 1.2 million-square-foot warehouse in Cecil County leased to Restoration Hardware sold last month between $74 and $75 million, the latest sign of strength in the area's industrial market, Cushman & Wakefield of Maryland said Monday.

A century-old Station North movie theater, an East Baltimore church and two downtown office towers are among the renovation projects selected for financing next year under Maryland's historic preservation tax credit program.

Thursday's wrestling match was a good measuring stick for Winters Mill and host Owings Mills. For one, it was a step in the right direction. For another, maybe a little hiccup.

Harford County crews restored water service to five Joppatowne homes that were without water for five hours Thursday afternoon and evening, following a water main break, as temperatures dipped into the 20s.

Some long-gone oysters from prehistoric times are going to play a role in restoring the Chesapeake Bay's current crop of bivalves. Maryland has purchased 112,500 tons of fossilized oyster shells for $6.3 million from a quarry in Florida to help rebuild the state's degraded oyster beds.

Storied shopping area in transition

High-profile Maryland lobbyist Bruce Bereano was fined $10,000 in October for a lead paint violation in two Annapolis rowhouses he owns, the Department of the Environment announced Thursday.