Neighbors of Druid Hill Park are balking at a massive cell phone tower proposed for the historic green space as the city aims to erect a structure it says could save millions in taxpayer dollars.

Five hundred public housing residents were selected for a tablet giveaway as part of an initiative to help more people access the internet.

A proposal to expand the existing office building on the Jones Advisory LLC property off of Route 924 south of Bel Air, plus build a second office building there, has prompted concerns from residential neighbors about increased traffic.

Property stolen while being moved by moving company

Community for all? More like CAPTIVITY for all...

Bel Air Town Center, which will soon be home to Maryland's first drive-through only Starbucks, recently got a facelift. The 93,000-square-foot neighborhood shopping destination, at the intersection of Routes 1 and 24, has undergone a $1 million renovation and improvement program.

Developers have completed $1 million in renovations to Bel Air Town Center that include new facades, lighting, signage and outdoor restaurant seating.

On Friday, Apple will release the latest version of its flagship phone, the iPhone 5S, along with a colorful budget conscience model, the iPhone 5C. As with other product launches, the new phones are expected to be in demand, so much so that area retailers have geared up for the occasion.

Wireless carrier MetroPCS begins offering its no contract plans in Baltimore

Seven people were shot — at least one fatally — in Baltimore between Tuesday afternoon and early Wednesday morning, with the violence stretching from Brooklyn in the south to Gwynn Oak in the northwest and Darley Park in the east.

T-Mobile USA Inc. launched its 4G LTE network service in seven metropolitan areas on Tuesday, including Baltimore and Washington D.C.

The FCC's proposal to leave some of the wireless spectrum available for unlicensed use serves the public interest much more than auctioning it to wireless communications companies.

iPhone 5 launch

Just in time for the Baltimore Grand Prix on Labor Day weekend, a local technology company is offering spectators a way to keep their cellphone batteries charged as they watch the races.

Green Spring Tower Square shopping center in Hampden is repositioning itself to attract national tenants, now that it has Giant has an anchor, says Mark Manzo, whose family owns the center. Manzo also says he wants to be a partner in redevelopment of the Rotunda and the building of 25th Street Station. And he hopes to get the on-again, off-again Skyview condo development off the ground, on land that overlooks the center, and that that project is closely linked with the repositioning of the

Meet Nick Hyson, manager of the new Giant store in Hampden. He came over from the Rotunda, knows many of his customers by name, and is a tireless, youthful, engaging, rise-through-the-ranks kind of guy, who says he has not had a day off in three weeks — "by choice."

Longtime Rotunda Giant closes March 29 at 6 p.m., and new Giant opens in Green Spring Tower Shopping Center at the same time.

Hampden: Converted former SuperFresh and Fresh and Green's store in Greenspring Tower Shopping Center in Hampden will reopen March 29 as the new Giant for the area. The Giant in the Rotunda will close the same day.

Editorial: A towering question: Where the cell do we put them all?

Cell phone towers often go unnoticed in the populous parts of Howard County, as antenna are often attached to existing structures, such as government and commercial buildings. But in the rural western part of Howard County, where farmland and residences stretch for miles, the proliferation of cell phone towers has caused quite an uproar in the community.

Readers sound off about Irene, Facebook and MTA

Earthquake in Maryland: People struggled to make phone calls and instead turned to Facebook, Twitter and text to contact loved ones after the earthquake.

Kweisi Mfume says poor and minorities will especially benefit from expanded broadband and tele-health advances