 07/01/09 A 23-month-old Howard County girl died of heatstroke after one of her parents unintentionally left the child strapped in her car seat in front of the family's Ellicott City residence last week. Neither the identity of the child nor her parents was released. Police spokeswoman Sherry Llewellyn said Tuesday that no criminal charges will be filed. She said that emergency responders were called to ...
06/29/09 Aberdeen Proving Ground physicist and ballistics researcher was active in charitable organizations Emerson V. Clarke Jr., a retired Aberdeen Proving Ground physicist and a decorated World War II infantryman, died Thursday of pneumonia at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. The longtime Bel Air resident was 85.
 06/27/09 The Howard County Department of Police conducted a Sobriety Checkpoint between Friday, June 26 and Saturday, June 27.
06/26/09 Police in Howard County say they are looking for vandals who spray-painted racial slurs on the cars.
 06/25/09 Developer Carl Paladino bought the Adam's Nursery property on Sheridan Drive in the Town of Tonawanda on Wednesday, putting him in position to complete plans for a Rite Aid drugstore and an expanded medical office building on three adjoining parcels. The nursery will remain in business.
06/21/09 Howard Neighbors A n Ellicott City tavern that has long blended into the scenery along rural Frederick Road has recently morphed into an eye-catching piece of public art.
06/18/09 Downtown developer Rocco Termini plans to spend $80 million to $100 million on redeveloping the former AM&A department store downtown, possibly in as little as a year, but said he'll need government help to do it.
 06/18/09 Everyone knows the economy's been a little rocky lately, with many houses going into foreclosure. Th...
06/15/09 NIAGARA FALLS--The 20-story former United Office Building on First Street will open its first six floors as a boutique hotel this month, while another project to renovate a 1920s-era Rainbow Boulevard hotel is behind schedule.
06/15/09 When talking to clients about living in Beaufort, I am always interested to learn the various reason...
06/05/09 Local projects supporting the homeless, disadvantaged youth and the arts were among those who picked to receive grants from the Columbia Foundation. The foundation this year awarded $85,000 in project grants to 20 local charitable organizations, according to a June 3 announcement.
 06/02/09 Corrected information has been received for the obituary of Suann Doutt, published Tuesday. Her adoptive parents are Inez Tustin Dulaney of Waynesburg and the late Hiram Dulaney.
06/02/09 Massages, lottery tickets among gifts given to honor teachers Park Elementary School faculty Barb Waters (left) and Jason Williams (right) stand with school PTA president Stephanie Hinshaw, holding a flag that was among gifts that the PTA gave to faculty. Amid a national recession and hard economic choices for families, parents say they still want to recognize what teachers do.
06/02/09 Massages, lottery tickets among gifts given to honor teachers On a recent day, Linthicum Elementary School's science lab got a complete makeover, being transformed into a spa with soft lighting, relaxing music and two massage therapists to soothe the necks and backs of those who challenge young minds.
06/02/09 Ann Dobbie Barrett, 81, died May 13, 2009, in Lawton, Okla. She was a 1945 graduate of Washington High School. Mrs. Barrett married Bill Barrett in 1952. They traveled extensively with the military.
06/01/09 Korean War veteran and Silver Star recipient worked as a mechanic maintaining the H & S Bakery truck fleet George Dayton Dodge, a mechanic and former fleet manager for the H&S Baking Co. who earned two Silver Stars in combat during the Korean War, died of cancer May 22 at a daughter's Dundalk home. He was 80.
 05/30/09 Larry E. Fuss, 67, of 11547 Englewood Road, Hagerstown, Md., died unexpectedly at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, May 28, 2009, at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, Md.
05/29/09 Supporters praise the Harbin Farms produce stand as a local treasure, but some neighbors worry allowing it to stay in place could be the start of a slippery slope leading to more commercial development on Route 99.
05/29/09 A Wilde Lake High School teacher embroiled in an ongoing legal battle with the school system over allegations of racism and retaliation has lost her lawyer.
05/29/09 ALBANY -- Dozens of companies in the Buffalo area -- including Rich Products, Chef's Restaurant and the downtown Hampton Inn -- are poised to lose their lucrative tax breaks under the state's evolving Empire Zone economic-development program.
 05/26/09 The Notre Dame women's lacrosse team has announced its team award winners for the 2009 season that ended with a 16-5 overall record and a trip to the NCAA quarterfinals. In voting done by the players, senior attack player Jillian Byers (Northport, N.Y.) was selected as the team's Notre Dame Monogram Club Most Valuable Player. Fellow senior, defender Beth Koloup (Phoenix, Md.) was awarded the ...
 05/24/09 Know your city. Know it beyond maps and neighborhoods and good restaurants, your favorite bar, blue lights, your kid's school, the good and bad parts of town. Know its ghosts. | 
