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Massachusetts State House, representing one of several states that now mandate that out-of-state businesses collect and remit sales taxes. (Stock Photo)
Opinion

Surplus Money Should be Used to Repair Infrastructure

OPINION Barry Rascovar is a regionally syndicated, independent columnist who specializes in covering state government and politics Oct. 9, 2018 –At the moment, Maryland is sitting on a $503 million surplus from the last fiscal […]

Townhouse fire in the 10300 block of College Square in Columbia. (Photo by HCDFRS)
News

Columbia House Fire Causes $50,000 Worth of Damage

Columbia, MD – Shortly before 7:00 AM this morning, firefighters and paramedics from the Howard County Department of Fire & Rescue Services were dispatched to a report of a townhouse fire in the 10300 block […]

Man Arrested in Attempted Purse Snatching
News

Man Arrested in Attempted Purse Snatching

HCPD Daily Crime Bulletin, Friday, October 5, 2018 Robbery arrest update Police have made an arrest in an attempted purse-snatching robbery Sept. 19 in the CVS parking lot in the 6400 block of Waterloo Road […]

Larry Jackson leads boys at the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center in a yoga pose on Sept. 25, 2018. (Courtesy of Eric Solomon)
Youth

Baltimore Juvenile Justice Promotes Yoga to Change Hearts

by Savannah Williams Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS, Maryland — Ten young men file into the gym, wearing identical maroon polos, white undershirts, navy sweats, white socks and black, laceless shoes. Soon, they’re removing those shoes […]

Lt. Cmdr. Angela Domingos (left) a Columbia, Maryland, serves on the USS Gerald R. Ford'. (Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ryan Carter)
News

Columbia Native Honored Aboard USS Gerald R. Ford

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Oct. 1, 2018) Lt. Cmdr. Angela Domingos (left) a Columbia, Maryland, native assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) operations department, receives the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation medal from Cmdr. […]