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    The Howard County logo seen inside the Banneker Room of the George Howard government building in Ellicott City where the Howard County Council meets.
    Howard County Council members push school officials to keep teacher pay competitive
    The Howard County Council and school system sit down for robust work session regarding the upcoming fiscal year’s budget.
    James Obasiolu, left, and Hafsa Hamdaoui, right, have been elected to serve on the school boards for Anne Arundel and Howard counties.
    Rolling up their sleeves. Students in Anne Arundel, Howard counties pick school board members
    Students in Anne Arundel and Howard County students counties have elected Hafsa Hamdaoui and James Obasiolu as their respective student school board members. Each will serve one year.
    Candidates have been campaigning for months in the 3rd District. Is there a better way to pick a winner?
    Early voting has started. In Maryland’s 3rd District race, that’s plain undemocratic
    Ranked choice voting could flip the narrative in Maryland elections. Voters would rank candidates as their first, second and third choices. The number could be greater, but let’s keep the example simple.
    Unaccompanied migrant children come to Maryland at a higher rate than any other state
    Maryland saw a higher per capita rate of unaccompanied minor children than any other state in the nation between 2015 and 2023. Many of those children are winding up with people other than their parents.
    Columbia Association in Columbia, Maryland, on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024.
    Let’s try it again. 2 villages in Columbia fail to get quorum for CA board elections.
    Columbia villages met last month to choose representatives to serve on the CA Board of Directors. But in some cases a quorum wasn’t reached.
    Four historic buildings at the intersection of Maryland Avenue and Main Street in Ellicott City have been dismantled.
    Ellicott City seeks to save past even as it tears down historic buildings, one brick at a time
    Ellicott City’s Main Street looks a little different, after the monthslong razing of four historic buildings for the Safe and Sound Plan meant to curb dangerous floods.
    A Howard County Moms for Liberty meeting to discuss school library book challenges was met with protests in February.
    Where Howard County school board candidates stand on book ban debates
    Howard County’s school board has historically resisted campaigns to get certain books off the shelves. Could this election flip the script?
    Author Emily Barth Isler is the daughter of WMAR newscaster Andy Barth. At left, she supports him on the picket line in 1982. At right, he supports her at the 2023 Books in Bloom festival.
    Her dad is a Baltimore TV legend. She’s returning to Maryland on her own merits.
    Author Emily Barth Isler, daughter of former local broadcasting legend Andy Barth, comes home with a new book and life-saving message about kids and guns.
    Howard County Executive Calvin Ball announces new fields, basketball courts, a playground and a pavilion at the East Columbia Library Park on April 25, 2024.
    Howard County announces fresh design plans for East Columbia park
    New design plans were announced for the East Columbia Library Park on Thursday.
    The Marriott Autograph Hotel that sits next to the 1970s-era lodge-style buildings on the shores of Lake Kittamaqundi in downtown Columbia. Costello Construction completed the hotel in November 2021. Photo courtesy David Costello.
    $17 million jury verdict paves way for major development on Columbia’s lakefront
    Howard Hughes Corporation now owes more than $17 million in damages to a Howard County construction company.
    The Mint Express will open in Howard County's Columbia Palace Plaza in June.
    Quick-service Indian food is on its way to Columbia, thanks to The Mint Room
    The Mint Express, a new quick-service Indian restaurant in Howard County's Columbia Palace Plaza, will offer diners a faster option for takeout or a quick bite.
    The poster for Finding Us about families torn apart by Georgetown's sale of enslaved people reunite size generations later.
    Descendants of people enslaved by Jesuits tell their stories in PBS doc
    Black Marylanders will be featured in the documentary “Finding Us,” which will be shown on PBS. They are part of the newly formed Descendants of Jesuit Enslavement Historical and Genealogical Society.
    Build-your-own poke bowls from Poke Fresh in Elkridge.
    Five Howard County lunch spots to break up your workday
    No sad desk lunch here: Stave off the 2 p.m. slump with an ever-growing list of food options near the Columbia business district in Howard County.
    The Columbia Association in Columbia on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024.
    Columbia Association board taps Massachusetts town official to be new CEO
    The Columbia Association board has selected a new leader after not having a permanent CEO for over a year.
    An antique tractor by the road marks the driveway to the Howard County Living Farm Heritage Museum, on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, in West Friendship. The museum will hold its final auction at the site on Saturday, April 20, 2024.
    Howard County farm museum to host 29th annual auction as county looks to site’s future
    As Howard County’s Antique Farm Machinery Club hosts its 29th annual auction on Saturday, the club looks to the future of their museum and the county weights what’s to become of the museum grounds.
    Abigail Diehl, a longshot candidate for Congress in the 3rd District, counts off her four campaign priorities during a forum in Annapolis.
    A funny thing happened on the way to the 3rd District forum in Annapolis
    Former Capitol Hill police officer Harry Dunn and state Sen. Sarah Elfreth were among the candidates who participated in a forum in Annapolis. The candidates, who are vying to success outgoing U.S. Rep. John Sarbanes, face off in the May 14 primary election.
    Paper ballot voting booths at Owings Mills High School in Baltimore County.
    Democracy in action: Students in Anne Arundel, Howard to elect student members
    Public school students in the Anne Arundel and Howard County school districts go to the polls soon to elect a student school board member, who will serve one year.
    The exterior of the George Howard Building as seen on Jan. 25, 2024.
    Howard County Executive unveils $2.4 billion operating budget request
    Howard County Executive Calvin Ball unveiled $2.4 billion operating budget request, including $1.14 billion for the Howard County Public School System.
    A composite photo of candidates for the 3rd Congressional District in Maryland (from left): Mark S. Chang, Harry Dunn, Sarah Elfreth and Clarence Lam.
    Former cop Harry Dunn leads fundraising in Central Maryland congressional race
    The district includes all of Howard County, the central and northern parts of Anne Arundel County and a small portion of Carroll County.
    The Columbia Flier building in Columbia was completed in 1978 and has a distinctive design. Howard County plans to turn the vacant structure into a community center.
    Newest plan for the Columbia Flier building: A community center
    Howard County Executive Calvin Ball said Tuesday that he will seek funding to turn a former newspaper building with a distinctive look in Columbia into a community center focused on youths.
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