Tag: Guilford

The grounds of Ridgely’s Run Community Center at 8400 Mission Road in Jessup, Maryland were decorated this spring by recycling illegally dumped tires and repurposing them as planters. The effort to keep the area free of debris continues. (Photo by Ricardo Whitaker)
News

Ridgely’s Run Community Center Annual Meeting

The Ridgely’s Run Community Center board held its annual meeting on October 10, 2024 to discuss past progress and upcoming events and objectives. Board members in attendance were Bill Exum, Bess Bordenave, Becky McKirahan, Gloria […]

Willis J. Carter (1857 - 1906), a part of the rich history of Guilford, Maryland
History

Spotlight – Willis J. Carter

This Spotlight, Thursday, June 8, 2012, is taken from the Patuxent Trail Park historical marker: Willis J. Carter (1857 – 1906). One of the men who worked in the Guilford quarries was Willis J. Carter, […]

Jon Sperling speaks to bike riders about development at the Patuxent Branch Trail, while. Loc Nguyen holds a sign. Jerry Ueckerman and Min Sperling are seated, while organizer Wayne Davis looks for the next passerby. (Photo by Ricardo Whitaker)
News

Group Determined to Stall Guilford Self Storage

CORRECTION: Councilmember Jen Terrasa (Dist 3) was erroneously named as being uncooperative with Wayne Davis’ efforts to find a remedy satisfactory to local residents regarding the construction of the storage facility. That reference in paragraph […]

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 […]

Silver Alert: Police Request Help to Locate Elderly Man
News

Silver Alert: Police Request Help to Locate Elderly Man

UPDATE: At 8:54 PM HCPD reported missing 91-year-old Bernard Allen was located in VA and is safe/unharmed. Police issue silver alert, ask for public help to locate missing elderly man *please share in VA* Howard […]