Author: Ricardo Whitaker

Time to Meet Your Neighbors and Enjoy Outdoors
Opinion

Time to Meet Your Neighbors and Enjoy Outdoors

Yes, the temperature is rising, the sun is mostly shining, and folks in Howard County are beginning to spend more time outdoors. This is the season of fairs, festivals, yard sales, picnics, pool parties, barbecues, […]

Opinion

County Voters to Make Major Decisions at Polls

There is no presidential election on the horizon to create excitement about the upcoming primary in June, but if the adage ‘All politics are local’ is actually true, then this upcoming election is a watershed […]

Bessie Bordenave, Fred Dorsey, Julie Schablitsky, and Wayne Davis gathered at the Guilford  Quarry Cemetery in Kings Contrivance, investigating the Howard County history from the 1800s. (Photo by Ricardo Whitaker)
Living

Land in Kings Contrivance Could Be Slave Cemetery

In the Columbia, Maryland Village of Kings Contrivance, there is a little-known cemetery behind an office park along Guilford Road. In the background you hear the roar of the automobiles from Route 32 where it […]

Opinion

Community News: Personal and Very Much in Need

The newspaper industry in America is in tatters in comparison to the news media of the twentieth century. With the onset of social media, not only have newspapers fallen in popularity, but also every other […]

Benny Mardones: A ‘Savage Legend’ with Neighbors
Living

Benny Mardones: A ‘Savage Legend’ with Neighbors

Twenty-two Savage residents came out last week to the monthly Savage Historical Society meeting at the Faith and Ministry Center, 9032 Baltimore Street in Savage, Maryland. The group had to shift to a larger room. […]