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Towson-area races for Baltimore County Council and the Maryland General Assembly took shape Tuesday night, when candidates for office were required to file with the state board of elections.

Baltimore County officials on Monday touted the new $3 million Cockeysville Community Center at Padonia International Elementary School as an innovative, collaborative solution to the county's growing school capacity and infrastructure needs.

Today, with nearly five times as many lounges peddling a relaxing experience around a water-filled flavored tobacco pipe — including many that allow patrons to bring in their own alcohol — legislators in Baltimore County are looking for a way to regulate hookah lounges and gain control over what County Councilman Todd Huff described as "a community menace."

Baltimore County will build a $5 million animal shelter to replace its aging facility in Baldwin as part of a plan to improve services for pets, officials announced Monday.

The Baltimore County Council is considering a resolution that asks the county Planning Board to examine and recommend regulations for the county's burgeoning number of hookah lounges.

Four days after the Hereford Library celebrated its 25th anniversary, a birthday gift from Baltimore County arrived in the form of a long-anticipated announcement from 3rd District County Councilman Todd Huff that the county has a signed contract to purchase the building that houses the only rented facility among the county's 19 libraries.

Before a crowd of dozens in the most Democratic precinct in Baltimore County's 5th District, Councilman David Marks, a Republican from Perry Hall, announced Wednesday that he was running for re-election.

A law enacted in September that limits signage around the District Courthouse in Towson has been in the sights of the area's bail bonds businesses.

Baltimore County Councilman Todd Huff, who represents the 3rd District spanning from Lutherville to the Pennsylvania border, filed his paperwork for re-election Wednesday at the county Board of Elections in Catonsville.

Hereford Library has grown from since it opened 25 years ago and is now an honorable part of the North County culture.

After a rough day, holding a single brown egg laid by a pet hen brought a simple sense of joy to Baltimore County resident Lawrence Parr. And the sight of kids playing with "peeps" — "that's worth a million dollars," Parr told the County Council this week.

The demolition of a collapsed whiskey warehouse Sunday marked Baltimore County's first step in mitigating a flood-prone area off York Road in Cockeysville, one surrounding property owners hope will allow them to stay in the area.

A distillery building in Cockeysville that collapsed last year during Superstorm Sandy was purchased by Baltimore County last month and will be demolished early Sunday morning, county officials said Thursday.

A new 14,260-square-foot Padonia Community/Police Athletic League Center at Padonia International Elementary School will allow the school¿s current gym to be used as classroom space Baltimore County officials said Tuesday.

The Baltimore County Council on Thursday approved significantly lowering the fees developers pay to help the county buy parks and recreational land.

Republican Del. Wade Kach has formally announced he will challenge Baltimore County Council Todd Huff next year.

Some Baltimore County Council members want to reduce the fees that developers pay to help the county build parks and buy other recreational space.

Why can't today's pols be more like the Founding Fathers?

Letters went home to parents at West Towson, Stoneleigh, Hampton, Rodgers Forge and Ridge Ruxton on Wednesday advertising a meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 16. A school system spokesman called the meeting an "input work session" on the area's overcrowding issues.

Organizers of the Towsontown Spring Festival said Monday that this year's edition of the annual celebration was largest festival in its 46-year history.

Organizers of the Towsontown Spring Festival believe a set of wholesale changes to the 46th annual festival can provide entertainment to its regular crowd and also bring in younger patrons.

A Baltimore County judge sentenced County Councilman Todd Huff to two years of supervised probation and ordered him not to drink any alcohol during that time, after the councilman pleaded guilty to driving under the influence.

Todd Huff has repeatedly abused alcohol.

Baltimore County Councilman Todd Huff pleaded guilty Thursday to driving under the influence, and told a judge that he's learned from the February incident and is in treatment for alcohol abuse.

It's been ridiculed by some as a "rain tax" and an example of government hitting taxpayers anywhere it can, but on Monday two more Maryland jurisdictions — Baltimore and Anne Arundel counties —

A Baltimore County Council member has withdrawn a controversial bill that sought to bar protests near public and private schools in the county — a measure that drew wide criticism from organizations including the American Civil Liberties Union, the county teachers union and the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform, a national anti-abortion organization

Baltimore County Council members took heat last week over their taxpayer-funded cars, which are a rare perk among local councils in the Baltimore area..

A Baltimore County Councilman wants to restrict protesters from picketing outside of schools at certain times, saying it's a matter of protecting children's safety.

Under pressure from animal advocates and some lawmakers, Baltimore County officials are looking for a nonprofit to take over the county animal shelter.