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Howard County

    Massive data centers invaded Virginia — and Maryland wants to be next
    Virginia’s rapid accumulation of nearly 600 data centers now feels like a warning for some Marylanders, as businesses and local governments look to attract the giant facilities.
    The 503,000-square-foot 72MW Corscale Data Center is the first of five planned data centers to be opened by Corscale in the Gainesville Crossing Data Campus in Gainesville, Virginia.
    What happened to Oella Cemetery? Restoring Maryland’s only company-owned burial ground.
    Oella Cemetery, a Baltimore County burial ground owned by a mill company, never had long-term maintenance. The local community is stepping in to restore it.
    Ann Garvey rests a hand on a gravestone at the Oella Cemetery in Catonsville.
    Top Maryland prosecutors who investigated police-involved deaths will leave posts
    Allison Green, chief of the Maryland attorney general’s office’s Independent Investigations Division, and her deputy, Renee Joy, have resigned, office spokesperson Jennifer Donelan said in a statement. Both will leave the office after this week.
    Sources said last week that Allison Green had left as chief of the Maryland Attorney General’s Office’s Independent Investigations Division.
    Howard schools say some union bus drivers used students to spread pay message
    The school system says unionized Zūm bus drivers passed out flyers to students, encouraging families to join their pay fight.
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    Kitty treadmills aren’t the only luxury in Howard County’s first cat café
    The most luxurious amenities inside Luna Cat Collective, Howard County’s first cat café, aren’t for humans.
    Luna Cat Collective, Howard County’s first cat café, hosts several adoptable cats that guests can interact with and adopt.
    Revitalizing the old Ellicott City Jail means reckoning with its racist past
    Preservation Maryland plans to restore the old Ellicott City jail while also not shying away from the jail’s racist past.
    Laura Houston, Preservation Maryland’s director of revitalization initiatives, holds a flashlight during a tour of the old Ellicott City Jail.
    Redistricting Centennial Lane Elementary is back on the table in Howard County
    Two brand-new redistricting options could quell concerns at one school and reopen the floodgates at another.
    Thursday's public hearing at the Howard County Board of Education was well-attended as officials discussed redistricting.
    Columbia’s lakefront is getting a new band shell
    Columbia is getting a new $1 million band shell at Lake Kittamaqundi to house dozens of free concerts and events staged at the lakefront each year.
    A rendering of the Columbia Association's plans for a bandshell at Lake Kittamuqundi.
    Tersiguel’s restaurant in Ellicott City to bid adieu after 50 years
    Tersiguel’s French Country Restaurant is closing its doors after five decades on Ellicott City’s Main Street this December.
    Tersiguel's on August 6, 2025, around their 50th Anniversary.
    One Howard County school may escape redistricting. Another is bracing for impact.
    If approved, a redistricting plan would increase the portion of students living in poverty at a Columbia elementary school.
    Bryant Woods Elementary at 5450 Blue Heron Lane in Columbia on July 2, 2025.
    For sale: Brick colonial with a pickleball court in Glenwood
    The home is located on three acres, close to several area parks and golf clubs. Downtown Baltimore is about 35 minutes away.
    7 things to do in Howard County, from trick or treat to banned books story time
    Here are seven things to do in Howard County from Oct. 9-15, from a banned books story time to a firefighter obstacle course.
    Kids will get a chance to use a real fire hose, like the one pictured here at a Clarksville Volunteer Fire Station open house, during the upcoming community day on Oct. 12.
    The problem with Columbia’s aging cluster mailboxes
    Columbia’s cluster mailboxes are among the oldest in the country and the subject of a yearslong dispute between federal and local authorities over maintenance responsibilities.
    One of Columbia's aging cluster mailboxes is seen on Manor Hill Lane.
    Dundalk crisis center named after 4-year-old boy killed on Christmas Eve
    TurnAround has named its Dundalk center after Jacobi Sa’fiir Marcelle — a 4-year-old Rosedale boy shot to death, allegedly by his father, in a domestic violence incident on Christmas Eve last year.
    Promyss Marcelle, left, cuts a ribbon marking the renaming of the Jacobi Center in Dundalk.
    The Dish: One of Howard County’s favorite restaurants is expanding
    The Walker’s Tap & Table team are preparing to launch a sister concept in Marriottsville called Barrington Tap & Table.
    Ma's Lasagna pizza at Walker's Tap & Table.
    The food trucks making tacos that are worth eating on the hood of your car
    In and around Baltimore you can find food truck tacos so delicious they’re worth eating on the spot.
    Birria tacos at Tacos El Guero Food Truck off Merritt Boulevard  comes with herbs worth savoring.
    As the federal shutdown stretches on, let’s say thank you to civil servants
    Before the president and his party continue their wanton disassembly of the federal workforce, it’s a good moment to appreciate what we’re about to lose.
    Julie Reed took a buyout from her job at NASA. She doesn't think people have appreciated federal employees' devotion to public service since at least President Ronald Reagan's days.
    Howard County school bus drivers could strike
    Zūm School Bus Services drivers, who handle roughly a third of the Howard County Public School System’s routes, authorized a strike Thursday.
    Zum, a California based tech company, will handle 230 of Howard County Public School's roughly 500 school bus routes for the next three years.
    Howard County schools cancel vaccine clinics, leaving students to seek shots elsewhere
    The Howard County Public School System canceled its free flu and COVID vaccine clinics due to a lack of grant funding.
    A student receives an injection during a Vaccine Clinic offered at BCPS Fest held at New Town High School on August 16th, 2025 in Owings Mills, MD.
    For sale: Attractive home with community amenities in Laurel
    In Laurel’s Emerson community, you’ll find this attractive brick-front home that’s completely move-in ready. The home boasts one of the largest floorplans in the neighborhood, and has been expertly updated.
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