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    For sale: Spacious Highland home offers luxury and community allure
    This six-bedroom, five-bathroom home for sale in Highland features beautiful spaces inside and out.
    Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods Howard County is hosting another Holi Color Run/Walk. Participants in the 2024 event, pictured, enjoyed throwing colored dye at each other, creating a kaleidoscopic scene.
    7 things to do in Howard County, from Holi color run to Easter EGGstravaganza
    Here are 7 things to do in Howard County for the week of April 10 through 16, 2025.
    Demonstrators hold signs during a weekly protest in opposition to President Donald Trump, billionaire Elon Musk and the DOGE federal workforce cuts on the Gorman Road I-95 overpass in Laurel.
    Federal workers are frustrated. Some feel better shouting from an I-95 overpass at rush hour.
    Frustrated with the Trump administration, some federal workers and family members said they came to the Gorman Road overpass of I-95 looking for catharsis, community and a form of validation.
    Prospective job seekers speak with recruiters during a Federal Workers Career Fair hosted at Howard Community College in Columbia on Tuesday.
    Condensing resumes and other job hunt tips for former Maryland federal workers
    Career counselors and employers offer advice to Maryland federal workers, some of whom are returning to a crowded job market as Trump's administration dramatically scales back the size of the government.
    Starting next week, blasting will begin for a flood-diversion tunnel that's being constructed under the homes and businesses lining Main Street in Old Ellicott City.
    Explosions expected near Old Ellicott City for tunnel development
    Blasts from ongoing Ellicott City flood mitigation projects are set to resume on or around April 14.
    Albert William Rice Jr., a Laurel resident, has been charged with assaulting two students when he was a bus aide for the Linwood Center.
    Howard County bus aide hit two nonverbal students, police say
    Albert William Rice Jr. was arrested and charged last week with two counts of second-degree assault and one count of fourth-degree sex offense.
    A contracted bus aide in Howard County has been charged with assaulting two students from the Linwood Center, allegations school officials called "especially troubling."
    ‘Especially troubling’: A Howard County bus aide faces sex offense, assault charges
    A Howard County bus attendant, contracted to serve students at the Linwood Center, was arrested and charged with two counts of assault and one count of fourth-degree sex offense this week.
    Views of the University of Maryland Medical Center in downtown Baltimore on November 8, 2024.
    Pharmacist hacked hospital computers to watch doctors undress, breastfeed, lawsuit alleges
    The women further accuse Dr. Matthew Bathula of installing software on hospital computers to steal their personal passwords and take control of their home networks.
    Advocates say Howard County’s police accountability board is failing
    Advocates say Howard County's police accountability board has not pushed hard enough to address apparent racial disparities in policing and failed to fulfill some of their basic duties in 2024.
    For sale: Attractive, fully updated home in West Friendship
    In West Friendship, you’ll find this beautifully designed six-bedroom, 4 1/2-bath home.
    Community members are gathering at the Oakland Mills High track Friday night for the fourth annual Light the Night 5k. The race raises awareness for suicide prevention.
    7 Things to do in Howard County from Daffodil Day to a Columbia Orchestra performance
    Things to do in Howard County from Thursday, April 3, through Wednesday, April 9.
    The Margherita pizza at Pupatella in Columbia.
    The Dish: The most authentic Neopolitan pizza in Maryland is in Columbia
    Columbia’s new restaurant, Pupatella, is the first pizzeria in Maryland certified by the Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana.
    An illustration showing groups of people in various forms of daily life, some are disappearing, one in the center is being erased.
    Maryland immigrants voice fear over threats to legal protections amid Trump crackdown
    Of Maryland’s 1 million immigrants, many are under a giant umbrella of temporary student or work visas, as well as humanitarian protections.
    Howard County Executive Calvin Ball submitted an $367 million capital budget request to the County Council on Tuesday, April 1.
    Howard County Executive Calvin Ball proposes $367 million budget ‘despite uncertainty’
    Ball on Tuesday sent his proposed capital improvement program to the Howard County Council for consideration.
    The Maryland State Police logo.
    Columbia man killed in fatal crash on I-70 in Howard County
    Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal Monday morning crash in Howard County.
    The mixed berry cobbler from Blackwall Barn & Lodge.
    Satisfy your sweet tooth with dessert at these 5 Howard County restaurants
    Check out these restaurants in Columbia and Ellicott City where dessert is just as good as the main course — if not better.
    Brigitta Warren, top center, village manager of the Oakland Mills Village Center, and other advocates for the Columbia village centers stand during testimony at Thursday night’s meeting at the Columbia Association.
    Residents to Columbia Association board: Leave our village facilities alone
    Many Columbia residents and leaders are pushing back against proposals to turn over management of the village community association buildings and neighborhood centers to the Columbia Association.
    Community members review data detailing the budget shortfall facing Harford County Public Schools as a part of a presentation by Superintendent Dr. Sean Bulson at Aberdeen High School in November.
    How a plan to make Maryland schools better is putting budgets in crisis
    Three years in, the Blueprint has become synonymous with budget cuts, leaving school leaders reconsidering how they spend every dime.
    For sale: Custom-built home with distinct touches in Allenford
    The Other Barn in Columbia is a community building managed by the Oakland Mills Community Association.
    Columbia Association board eyes takeover of village facilities. But at what cost?
    The Columbia Association is weighing proposals to take over the community buildings and centers that are now run by the planned community’s 10 villages. The recommendations are triggering a debate about Columbia’s future.
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