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Verizon Store awarded EPA's Energy Star

Laurel, Md. The Verizon Wireless Communications Store in Columbia, Md., has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star designation, the national symbol for superior energy efficiency and environmental.

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Mon Feb 08, 2010

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The crew aboard space shuttle Endeavour includes an accomplished musician whose latest exploits are with the cello and steel guitar, an engineer who helped launch shuttles and a second-generation space program worker.

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Sat Feb 06, 2010

WJZ Baltimore

Howard County Teacher Charged With Pushing Student

Share + Comments Feb 4, 2010 5:27 pm US/Eastern Reporting Mike Schuh COLUMBIA, Md.

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Thu Feb 04, 2010

WJLA-TV Arlington

Teacher Accused of Assaulting Girl

A Howard County teacher is facing charges after police say she pushed an 11-year-old girl.

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WJZ-TV Baltimore

New Plan Will Turn Columbia Into Urban Area

Share + Feb 3, 2010 5:51 pm US/Eastern Reporting Derek Valcourt COLUMBIA, Md. After years of debate, the Howard County Council has approved a major long-term plan intended to transform part of the town of Columbia into a bustling urban area.A As Derek Valcourt explains, the county is partnering with a developer to bring their vision of an urban ...

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Wed Feb 03, 2010

The Baltimore Sun

Central Columbia renewal plan celebrated

Fans of a plan to urbanize central Columbia celebrated Tuesday at the cold, snowy statues of founder James W. Rouse and his brother, Willard, on the frozen shores of Lake Kittamaqundi.

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Tue Feb 02, 2010

The Baltimore Sun

T. Kittleman plans to run for Howard Co. executive

Former Ehrlich administration transportation official Trent Kittleman plans to officially announce her candidacy for Howard County executive on Feb.

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Sun Jan 31, 2010

The Baltimore Sun

The B.Y.O.T. debate for Columbia's three gyms

As the clock neared midnight Wednesday, a patient but angry Joel Prescott of Thunder Hill rose after waiting four hours to tell the Columbia Association board of directors exactly what he thinks of plans to eliminate free towels from the three association gyms.

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The Baltimore Sun

Move to Columbia changed judge's life

Alice "Gail" Clark isn't sure how her life would have turned out had her husband, John, not read up about James Rouse 's planned community while attending graduate school at Howard University in the late 1960s.

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Sat Jan 30, 2010

The View

County offers series on surviving recession

Howard County's housing department will host a three-part series for residents on "Surviving the Recession." Sessions include seminars on budgeting, savings and home ownership.

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Thu Jan 28, 2010

GO Columbiamo

City Manager Names Sustainability Manager

The Public Communications Office coordinates several programs that are designed to link citizens with their city government.

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Tue Jan 26, 2010

The Baltimore Sun

Session discourages advocates for low-income Columbia housing

With a final Howard County Council vote scheduled Monday on rezoning downtown Columbia for three decades of urban-style redevelopment, advocates for housing affordable to low-wage workers feel their hopes for a last-minute compromise are dead.

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Mon Jan 25, 2010

The View

Owen Brown man indicted in killing pedestrian, 82

A Howard County Grand Jury indicted a Columbia man Jan. 6 for killing an 82-year-old Owen Brown woman as she crossed Cradlerock Way near Lake Elkhorn and the Owen Brown Village Center in late November.

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Sat Jan 23, 2010

North County News

Pikesville resident charged in fatal street race

Nearly seven months after two spectators, including a Columbia woman, were killed at an alleged street race in Baltimore County, a 26-year-old from Pikesville has been charged in the case.

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Thu Jan 21, 2010

The Baltimore Sun

Affordable housing remains a dispute in Columbia rezoning

With the struggle over how to rezone central Columbia for transformation into an urbanized downtown fast approaching a final Howard County Council vote, the thorny issue of affordable housing remains in dispute.

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The View

Columbia resident rewarded for love of Disney

Bernie Edwards, of Kings Contrivance, stands with Mickey and Minnie Mouse at Disney World, in Florida.

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The View

Charges dropped in beating death at senior facility

By Mike Santa Rita msantarita@patuxent.com Posted 1/20/10 Charges against an 88-year-old man accused of killing a fellow resident at a Columbia assisted living facility in August have been dropped.

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Tue Jan 19, 2010

Examiner.com

Central Maryland chapter of AAHGS to host author Millie L. McGhee-Morris in Columbia this Saturday

The newly-revived Central Maryland chapter of the Afro-American Historical Genealogical Society will be hosting Millie L. McGhee-Morris, author of What's Done in the Dark and Drifted Back in Time, Deep Secrets Revealed , this Saturday, January 23, 2010, at the Owen Brown Community Center in Columbia, Maryland.

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Mon Jan 18, 2010

Gazette.Net

In the house

Bob Sima is in the Netherlands. By phone, he describes the landscape. "It's beautiful here, lots of snow," the singer-songwriter says.

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Sat Jan 16, 2010

The View

Teen seriously injured in Columbia crash

A Columbia teenager suffered serious injuries early Friday morning following a single-vehicle collision in Columbia in which police say alcohol probably was involved.

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