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Today Sheep, wool // The 35th annual Sheep and Wool Festival, featuring farmers from around the country, crafts and artisans, contests, demonstrations, musicians, more than 250 vendors, 1,000 sheep, and goats, ... via Baltimore Sun

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Baltimore County prosecutors have filed to move the robbery case against an alleged armored car guard imposter from District Court to Circuit Court.

Prosecutors cited the complexity of the case for the decision. A trial date for 38-year-old Robert Flanagan has not been set.

The York County, Pa., man was originally scheduled to go on trial Monday in District Court.

Flanagan is accused of taking $72,000 in deposits from a Target store in Baltimore County in October, and faces a separate trial in Howard County for the similar theft of nearly $200,000 from an Ellicott City bank. Read more

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“I've worked at every firehouse in the last month”

Lt. Thomas Gerber didn't know what to make of the round of handshakes and congratulations that greeted him last month at the door for the Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue awards ceremony.

Then he picked up a program and was 'shocked' to discover that he had been named the Career Firefighter of the Year.

But to those who know him, there was nothing at all shocking about his winning the award.

'He's very dependable, solid as a rock,' said Lt. Chris Alliger, who nominated Gerber for the award and called him 'one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet.' Read more

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SLIDESHOW Kelly Schmidt and Shaun Hagglund are considering buying a 1.1-acre lot in Ellicott City where they can build a house with a Mission-style exterior and an open interior. via The Washington Post

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“Imagine walking into a building surrounded by debris, caution tape and plaster. Imagine dirt everywhere”

The question before the Howard County Council is whether to side with the School Board and fund a renovation at Mount Hebron High School or side with teachers and delay the project in favor of a new school. via Baltimore Examiner

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“There was always a sense of pride about the history of the family in Baltimore”

Carey Street, named after 18th-century port merchant, councilman and Quaker abolitionist James Carey, runs through some of the most challenged neighborhoods of West Baltimore.

A mile and a half east in the downtown commercial district stands the gleaming Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, which is celebrating this week the inauguration of its first dean, thanks to a $50 million gift in 2006 from William Polk Carey, the merchant's great-great-great-grandson.

The New Yorker's commitment to his hometown and family legacy does not end there. The 77-year-old real estate financier said yesterday that he wants to help restore the city to the commercial glory his forebears knew and intends a major bequest that could permanently ensure that the Carey name is once more associated with Baltimore's economic revival. Read more

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The County Council has a schedule of public hearings and work sessions on the capital and operating budgets that is to culminate in a vote May 22. via Baltimore Sun

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“There is only so much a community can do on its own”

Maureen Eiker warned the County Council last week to be wary of County Executive Kenneth Ulman's proposal to sell 25 acres of county-owned land in Ellicott City. via Columbia Flier

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“The health of the Bay is a sum of its contributions”

Apr 22, 2008 4:58 AM by Sara Michael , The Examiner Fourth-graders from the Resurrection-St. Paul School in Ellicott City pick up litter from the Patapsco River on the border between Ellicott City and Oella as ... via San Francisco Examiner

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To commemorate National Victims' Rights Week , a public memorial ceremony in remembrance of Howard County crime victims will be held at 7 p.m. today at the county government's office complex in Ellicott City. via Baltimore Sun

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