Author: Ricardo Whitaker

Hammond students and parents seen here enjoying the pancake breakfast event in the school cafeteria before preparing for the homecoming parade.
Living

A Pancake Breakfast Tradition at Hammond’s Homecoming

Who doesn’t know about homecoming parades and the accompanying football games that bring out students, alumni, and dedicated community members? At Hammond High School in Columbia, Maryland, they have all that, plus a homecoming pancake […]

Howard County Executive Alan Kittleman standing beside the Remembrance Tree after briefly addressing the a crowd at the Howard County Health Department.
Health

Kittleman Recognizes Breast Cancer Awareness

County Executive Allan Kittleman addressed a crowd of 50 or more people gathered at the Howard County Health Department, 8930 Stanford Boulevard in Columbia, who had gathered for the county’s kick-off of Breast Cancer Awareness […]

Back row, left to right: KC Caldwell, ApexHomeLoans.com/TaymanTeam; Jamal Hampton, SentinelHI.com; Michael Bowden, morganstanley.com; Jackie Salguero, Kneislyteam.com; George Belleville, HeadForHome.net; John Kneisly, kneislyteam.com; | Middle row: Mahina Douglas, GoMDHomes.com; Paula Jeronimo, Reshilow.com; Alicia Small, mihomes.com; Amanda Paris, AmandaParisRealEstate.com; Hari Buck, Expresstaxandcredit.com; Rodney Dotson, Next Step Realty; Randy Mintz, Mintzhomes.com | Seated: Tenay Guvendiren, CalmCastle.com; Ellen Dagold, Amway.com/ellendagold; Anita M. Hicks, Virtual Assistance by Anita.
Business

New BNI Referral Group Growing in Ellicott City

A world-wide networking and business referral group called BNI is forming a new chapter in Ellicott City, Maryland. The group which meets weekly on Thursdays at Mission BBQ on Route 40 has grown steadily under […]

From left to right, Anthony Butler, Co-Advisor of the NAACP Youth Council, Trish Lannon, Assistant Principal at Guilford Elementary School, Jonathan Davis, Principal of Guilford Elementary School, and Paul Wharton, Youth Advisor of NAACP Youth Council chatting about logistics of food deliveries meant for underprivileged children in the GES area.
Living

NAACP Youth Council Rescues Children in Need

This article was updated on 9/29/2018 to include a statement from Thomas Viaduct Middle School. Today the Howard County NAACP Youth Council began its first weekly delivery of food to Thomas Viaduct Middle School and […]

Aerial view of Savage Park, where Bozzuto Homes intended to seal a deal with the county swap some of the flat park land for land that slopes. The park is located at 8400 Fair Street, Savage, MD. (PHOTO COURTESY OF VisitHowardCounty.com)
News

Kittleman Backs Away from Bozzuto Land Swap

Earlier today, Susan Garber, of the Savage Community Association, sent a letter to local residents informing them that the pending land swap deal in Savage, Maryland between Bozzuto Homes and Howard County was voided by […]

Stock photo of a black bear on the side of a road. This is not the actual photo of a bear seen in Laurel.
News

Black Bear Sighting Close to Hammond Middle School

Hammond Middle School in North Laurel sent a notification to parents today that one or more black bears were sighted recently near the school at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU-APL) on the […]