Howard County News

Maryland historian Dan Toomey will visit the Ellicott City B&O Railroad Museum, 2711 Maryland Ave., at Main Street, at 2 p.m. Saturday to speak about the Civil War. via The Baltimore Sun

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“He's got lots of administrative experience”

David Allan Minges, a 49-year-old veteran administrator for several public service nonprofits, has been hired as executive director of the Healthy Howard program, the Ulman administration's attempt to extend access to affordable health care to the uninsured.

'I think it's a great opportunity, based on my experience working on new initiatives,' Minges said yesterday.

And since he's lost 50 pounds in five months through diet and exercise, he said, and lowered his blood pressure in the process, he's especially ready for the kind of preventive health care the program is aimed at. Read more

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“She knows what happened. She's in the healing process. She believes it was premeditation.”

A judge today denied bail for the 83-year-old Howard County man accused of attacking his wife with a hammer and called the incident "a very scary situation." Calvin Ralph Payne, who appeared for today's bond ... via The Baltimore Sun

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Poet Sue Ellen Thompson will lead a workshop that examines approaches to writing free verse at 1 p.m. May 16 at the Ellicott City Senior Center, 9401 Frederick Road, Ellicott City. via Baltimore Sun

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“I have to deal with the bitter truth of facing reality”

Changes to Maryland's foreclosure laws have come too late for Kwaku Atta Poku. The Ghanaian immigrant had built a new life in Maryland, only to lose his Howard County home, despite making every mortgage ... via The Baltimore Sun

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Howard County police this morning released the names of two officers involved in the shooting of a 62-year-old woman yesterday at the senior citizen apartment complex in Columbia where she lives.

Police said Pearl Harris, 62, was waving a large knife while confronting Officer Matthew Mehrer. When another officer, Pfc. Mark Baxter, ordered Harris to drop the knife, she lunged at Mehrer, police said. Baxter fired his gun once and struck Harris in the hip, police said.

The officers were responding to a call around 4:30 p.m. about a disturbance in an apartment at the 99-unit Park View at Snowden River complex in the 8600 block of Snowden River Parkway. The complex is for residents 62 and older. Read more

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“One of his lawyers characterized him as being a big gorilla that sits on the projects he wants to take”

Reported by: Jeff Hager Last Update: 5:15 pm New numbers reflect a worsening foreclosure crisis across the country, and Maryland had filings on more than 11,000 properties in the first quarter of this year ... via WMAR

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“It's one thing to create the task force, to create the pretty pictures, then to do the rezoning”

Seeking to accelerate redevelopment of the U.S. 1 corridor, Howard County Executive Ken Ulman wants to change the county's complex growth laws to allow builders to move forward more quickly.

A bill submitted by Ulman for County Council introduction May 5 would make as many as 250 additional housing allocations available annually from future allotments for projects on U.S. 1 -- some similar to the mixed-use Patuxent Square apartment/retail building where a ribbon-cutting was held last week. If approved, that would double the number of allocations available to 500 a year. Read more

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“Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est”

Some students quibbled over a solution while others looked intently at their textbooks for the answer. via Howard County Times

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A 46-year-old Taneytown man faces drunk driving and homicide by automobile charges for killing a man trying to pour gasoline in his stalled truck along Route 32 near Sykesville late last night. via The Baltimore Sun

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