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Howard County Police made a total of 21 DUI arrests on St. Patrick's Day weekend leading the department to categorize the increased saturation patrol as a success.

Four designated public shelters were stocked with a two-week supply of survival items supplied by the civil defense director. Employees of Harford Memorial Hospital along with the county highway department and assisted by high school boys, loaded more than 6,000 pounds of food, water drums, medical and sanitation kits to the following shelters: Aberdeen High School, Harford Memorial Hospital, the County Health Department and Slate Ridge Elementary School.

St. Patrick's revelry muted, but police busy elsewhere in Baltimore

By Sunday evening, police did not have figures for arrests made and citations issued over St. Patrick's Day weekend, but they did not experience anything out of the ordinary for the holiday, according to Anthony Guglielmi, the department's chief spokesman.

A man was shot in northwest Baltimore on Sunday night, police said, the third incident that day homicide detectives were investigating.

Baltimore City Police are advising residents that as they celebrate St. Patrick's Day on Sunday, they should be aware that police are also out on the streets to mark the holiday.

Baltimore Police Department ramping up patrols after problems last year

Police officers in three surrounding counties and the city of Laurel Police are beefing up enforcement of drunk driving this weekend, as St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on Sunday.

Bars around the Bel Air, Aberdeen and Havre de Grace areas said they have been gearing up for their largest event of the year.

For a week before St. Patrick's Day, everybody is Irish

The Columbia Orchestra has been doing so well at the box office that it's giving people two opportunities to hear its Symphonic Pops concert this weekend. The concert on Saturday, March 16 at 7:30 p.m. will be repeated on Sunday, March 17 at 3 p.m., with both performances in the Jim Rouse Theatre at Wilde Lake High School.

Somewhere along the line Hal Cummings, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate and retired U.S. Navy line officer who lives in Arnold, came up with the slogan, "Have Pipes, Will Travel."

The St. Patrick's Day holiday is a dangerous one on the roads due to drunk driving, according to Howard County Police. As a result, they will be increasing patrols this weekend.

Several Bel Air and Aberdeen bars got the green light for their St. Patrick's Day celebrations during the county's liquor control board meeting on Wednesday.

Several hundred Baltimore and state police officers will be saturating the city's bar districts this St. Patrick's Day weekend, looking for drunken drivers and people drinking in the streets.

Rob Tisch of Bel Air surfed a green tide to victory Sunday, leading all masters-division runners in the Kelly St. Patrick's Day Shamrock 5K race in Baltimore.

Andy Thurston and Drew Vervan teach Celtic guitar and Irish sessions respectively at Appalachian Bluegrass on Frederick Road

Green burger buns, boxty and beer all general all over Baltimore

Happy St. Patrick's Day on Sunday, March 17. Remember to wear something green and declare your "Irishness." March is Irish-American Heritage Month. Erin go bragh! March is a time to remember the many ways that America is enriched and strengthened by contributions from people of Irish heritage

Roads in Rodgers Forge and Gaywood to be resurfaced, Sundays at Central Concert features The Philmore Ensemble at it sMarch 17 concert, Hilary Hahn performed recently at New Jersey Performing Arts Center

The Bainbridge Museum, at the foot of Jacob Tome Highway in Port Deposit, was damaged by water back in December, and several displays were ruined. Luckily, the leaking pipes were discovered by museum association secretary Carolyn Spencer when she stopped by the museum before Christmas to retrieve a picture for the newsletter.

Sun fails to give a full accounting of last year's St. Patrick's Day violence

Irish flutist Laura Byrne of Hamilton in demand around St. Patrick's Day and will perform nine shows in nine days. She has also organized an Irish Arts Festival in Towson running April 26-27.

St. Patrick's Day Parade in Ocean City

He's across the Atlantic from his native Ireland, but Ken Keady was wearing the green Sunday as he bobbed his three-year-old daughter on his shoulders to see Baltimore's St. Patrick's Day parade.

West Howard County briefs

Ellicott City briefs

Eager to avoid a repeat of the violence last St. Patrick's Day that saw youths fighting in downtown streets and a tourist beaten unconscious, Baltimore police are stepping up patrols in nightlife centers starting this weekend.

Unlike Wednesday's snowstorm that failed to materialize in the dire dimensions predicted by the National Weather Service and local forecasters, leaving them chagrined, the Blizzard of '93 rolled into Maryland with a wallop and before racing up the East Coast dumped a foot of snow on Baltimore.

Unlike Wednesday's snowstorm that failed to materialized, the Blizzard of '93 rolled into Maryland with a wallop and before racing up the East Coast and dumped a foot of snow on Baltimore.

Scrabble at the Bain Center perfect way for seniors to scrabble their brains.

Jane Sawyers at the Port Deposit VFW Post 8185 organizes a canteen party on the last Saturday of each month at the post home for VFW members. Each month, Jane conducts a fundraiser at the party to benefit a different charity. January's fundraiser benefited the Department of Maryland Ladies Auxiliary President's Special Project and February's recipient was the VFW's National Home for Children. Last week, I incorrectly identified Jane; but…by any name…she is very much appreciated at

Jim Dryden with the Friends of the Concord Point Lighthouse informed me about the 2013 volunteer orientation and briefing to be held March 9 at 10 a.m. at the Havre de Grace Police Department meeting room. Information? Call 410-939-3213 or email concordpointlighthouse@verizon.net

Kathleen M. Zeidler, a retired legal secretary and homemaker, died Friday from complications of Alzheimer's disease at an assisted living facility in Kensington. The former Roland Park resident was 85.

Dancers from the McHale School of Irish Dance will perform in the Baltimore St. Patrick's Day Parade, taking place this year March 10, as they have for the last 25 years.

West Howard County briefs

Will the old adage of lions and lambs ring true? Will we be in like a lion an out like a lamb, or in like a lamb and out like a lion? One never knows. Will March be traditionally windy? Hold onto your hat and we shall see

West Howard County briefs

Feb. 27 is National Polar Bear Day. The Susquehanna Hose Company volunteers successfully sponsored a Havre de Grace/Chesapeake Bay equivalent polar bear/Duck Dunk on Jan. 19. Let's hope it continues as a fun, frigid tradition in Havre de Grace. Nonetheless, you can celebrate the upcoming day by hugging and snuggling with your own favorite polar bear, but make sure it's plush and lovable; the real bears are not prone to snuggling

Despite two stabbings in the aftermath of the Ravens victory, downtown Baltimore has enjoyed a string of safe, big events.