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There was plenty of noise, laughter and smiles Saturday, Feb. 23, when the Howard County Library System held its premiere fundraiser, "Evening in the Stacks: Sparkle and Spurs" at the Miller Branch in Ellicott City. -
- Peter H. Anderson, a former professor of electrical engineering at the Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. School of Engineering at Morgan State University, died Sept. 19 from complications after brain surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was 66.
- Westminster's annual Fallfest kicks off on Thursday, Sept. 27, and runs through Sunday, Sept. 30, filling the downtown area with days and nights of activity and celebration. Hours are 6 to 10 p.m. on Thursday and Friday; 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday; and noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday.
- The governor appears poised to call lawmakers back for a special session on gambling, but it looks like he will only succeed by agreeing to convoluted restrictions.
- Clarksville: Clarksville, Dayton Oaks and Pointers Run elementary schools all have teams competing in the Howard County Library System's Rube Goldberg Challenge
- Starting at sunset Saturday, artist Kelley Bell will place Baltimore's venerable landmark the Bromo Seltzer Tower at the exact center of the solar system.
- Maryland's new teacher evaluation system created as part of its successful Race to the Top competition is complicated and somewhat unwieldy, but the reforms must go ahead without further delay
- Pink poodles, Big Brains and giant caterpillars — they're all part of the glory that is the American Visionary Art Museum's annual Kinetic Sculpture Race
