Cooksville News

5, 1-2:30 p.m. Ali Kahn and Peggy Fox discuss their book, "Patapsco: Life Along Maryland's Historic River Valley," a collection of oral history narratives, essays, and photographs that bring to life a bygone era in Central Maryland.

The Glenwood Senior Center, 2400 Route 97, Cooksville, is offering a painting and drawing open studio, 9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays.

Extracting hydrogen and oxygen from water and burning the gas in your vehicle engine to boost gas mileage and cut emissions? Crazy, many engineers and other experts say.

Limited space; tickets are available at children's desk 30 minutes before class.

Noelle Conely, a kindergartener at the Woodmont Academy, in Cooksville, exercises using a can of food as a weight during physical education class Oct.

About 25 third-graders at Woodmont Academy in Cooksville eagerly raced to get their weight of choice at the beginning of class and immediately began their 10-lap warm-up run inside the school's gym.

Pennsylvania artist Linda McCloskey will give a three-day workshop starting Friday at the Glenwood Community Center, 2400 Route 97 in Cooksville.

Note: All branches of Howard County Library except Central will be closed on Monday, Sept.

Congratulations to Anastasia MacDonald and Jody Cutler, co-owners of Nest in the Clarksville Square Shopping Center.

A start-up wind company official said with federal stimulus funding and state permits, the doors to the former Bayliner plant at Mexico Farms could have local people back to work by the holiday season.

Howard County Library sponsors a mother-daughter book club event from 7 p.m. to at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Glenwood branch, 2350 State Route 97 in Cooksville.

Shaunak Mirani, of Cooksville, was recently honored at a statewide awards ceremony for gifted children held by The Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth .

Howard County Recreation and Parks is offering residents the chance to get discounted tickets to area theme and water parks this summer.