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Howard County acquires site for homeless shelter, apartments

2013-05-09 11:32:00

Howard County government announced plans last week to build 30 efficiency apartments and a day shelter for the homeless near the intersection of Route 1 and Route 32. The facility will encompass about 2 acres of the 8-acre site the county purchased...

Howard selects alternative site for homeless shelter

2013-05-08 13:02:00

Howard County government officials announced plans last week to build 30 efficiency apartments and a day center for the homeless near the intersection of Route 1 and Route 32, effectively ruling out the Beechcrest Mobile Home Park in North Laurel as a...

Howard County purchases site for homeless shelter for $3 million

2013-05-03 08:39:00

Howard County government has purchased eight acres of land near the intersection of Route 1 and Route 32 for $3.25 million with the intention of building 30 apartments and a day shelter for the homeless. The homeless shelter and apartments will...

Anne Arundel County volunteer briefs

2013-04-18 11:53:33

Tawes Garden & Shop Volunteers are needed to help with a variety of gardening tasks, including planting, watering, weeding and mulching. Also needed are tour guides, particularly in April and May, to assist the teacher-naturalist with large groups. Year-...

Madeline L. Healey, assistant to Md. first ladies

2013-04-11 14:59:00

Madeline L. Healey, a homemaker who was an executive secretary to two Maryland first ladies, died of an intestinal blockage April 5 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The former Annapolis resident lived in Cockeysville and was 92. The daughter of Alva...

Group exposes African-American kids to skiing

2013-02-24 17:29:00

James Guyton plays basketball. But skiing? Not so much; especially since it means being out in the cold. When the Chesapeake Ski & Sports Club Inc. invites African-American teenagers to try a day on the slopes, members expect such resistance. It...

Howard County looking for another site to build apartments for homeless

2013-02-20 03:00:00

Howard County will "most likely" drop its plans to build an apartment building for the chronically homeless at the site of the Beechcrest Mobile Home Park, in North Laurel, according to county spokesman Mark Miller. The Howard County Housing...

Ravens' Jameel McClain shows what being a role model really means in USA documentary

2013-02-07 12:19:00

The relationship between some members of the Baltimore Ravens and the community runs deeper than just on-field victories. And Friday, the USA cable channel features one of the those players, linebacker Jameel McClain, in a film about the way he reached...

Raven shares his pain to help another

2013-02-01 18:57:00

Baltimore Ravens linebacker Jameel McClain seems an unlikely victim of bullying – as an adult, that is. But as a child, he was mocked for his threadbare clothing and the place he called home for about a year — a Salvation Army shelter....

Ornamental art project aids victims of Superstorm Sandy in Cockeysville

2012-12-10 10:31:00

Dulaney High School students have embraced an art project that is helping victims of Superstorm Sandy. Art students at Dulaney have been busy designing, creating, painting and selling ornaments with a shore theme, "Shells for N.J. Shore," which will...

Helping Eradicate Homelessness

2013-01-08 06:27:47

Providers of homeless services, community volunteers, police and the Harford County Government will come together Thursday, Jan. 24, in a coordinated effort to conduct a one-day count of homeless people living in Harford County. Like many communities,...

For Republicans, a not so happy New Year

2013-01-06 05:00:00

Author's disclaimer: Today's piece may cause my center/right readers severe irritability, sleeplessness, and a strong desire to limit your cable television options to Fox. The antidote may not arrive until the midterm elections of 2014. Fiscal cliff...

El Centro local Kitty Gay arranges her display of hand crafted angel jewelry in her booth at the Neighborhood house farmers market in El Centro Saturday morning.

2013-05-17 02:59:00

Phil Mills, a volunteer at The Salvation Army in Niles, and Jan Nowak, the organization's director of caring ministries and social services, point out the empty shelves Friday at the Army's overflow food pantry facility. Nowak issued an urgent plea for donations.

2013-04-26 00:00:00

Because the master bedroom had too many hard lines, designer Tamara Kaye-Honey covered a rounded headboard from the Salvation Army with an ikat fabric from Michael Levine. "I've always been into pattern on pattern," said Fay, explaining the choice of a Dwell Studio duvet cover.

2013-04-23 16:28:30