Howard County Council passes gender identity law
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: December 6, 2011
Tags: baltimore city, discrimination, ellicott city, gender expression, gender identity, Howard County, howard county council, ken ulman, law enforcement, Montgomery County, public accommodations
ELLICOTT CITY — The Howard County Council has adopted a measure prohibiting discrimination based on gender identity and expression.
The Council voted in favor of the legislation Monday night. It bars discrimination in housing, law enforcement, employment, public accommodations, financing and health and social services. Howard County is the third jurisdiction in the state to adopt [...]
Howard County may hand off murder case 
BY: Andy Marso
POSTED: November 9, 2011
Tags: case, delay, Howard County, Howard County Deputy State’s Attorney Mary V. Murphy, Judge Diane O. Leasure, maryland, murder, Richard Rodola, trial
The trial of Richard Rodola, accused of dousing his girlfriend with gasoline and burning her to death, was scheduled to begin Monday in Howard County Circuit Court.
But it was postponed after prison guards confiscated a letter Rodola wrote to his lawyer and shared it with prosecutors — an incident now raising questions about whether the [...]
Historic Howard County property will stay untouched
BY: Nicholas Sohr
POSTED: September 13, 2011
Tags: Doughoregan Manor property, historic, Howard County, ken ulman, maryland, property, residential
Ringed by crowded residential developments in central Howard County, much of what remains of the nearly 300-year-old Doughoregan Manor property will stay untouched.
The county settled a preservation deal this month with the owners of the property, descendants of founding father Charles Carroll of Carrollton, to leave 500 acres of fields and forests undeveloped.
That easement will [...]
Columbia company has jobs for veterans
BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: August 17, 2011
Tags: Columbia, intelligent solutions for information systems llc, network engineering, phil green, veterans
Intelligent Solutions for Information Systems LLC, a Columbia-based defense contractor, said it intends to hire 50 veterans to meet new growth requirements and the demands of its prime contractors.
Phil Green, founder and CEO and a veteran himself, said the company needs individuals with strong backgrounds in program/project management, systems administration and network engineering. ISIS has [...]
Neuman named Howard County’s economic development chief
BY: Melody Simmons
POSTED: March 4, 2011
Tags: Chesapeake Innovation Center, Howard County, Howard County Economic Development Authority, Howard County Executive Ken Ulman, Laura Neuman, Loyola University, Matrics Inc., Symbol Technologies
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Laura Neuman, a local technology entrepreneur and advocate for rape victims, has been named Howard County’s economic development chief.
Neuman, 46, says she is a “self-made person.” She was appointed by Howard County Executive Ken Ulman to replace Richard W. Story as director and CEO of the Howard County Economic Development Authority. Story retired last month [...]
Howard County’s Ulman makes administrative changes
BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: December 13, 2010
Tags: agencies, cable administrator, director, executive, gary arthur, Howard County, inter-county broadband, john byrd, ken ulman, maryland, parks and recreation, policy and legislative affairs
Howard County Executive Ken Ulman Monday announced executive changes in three county agencies for his second term.
John Byrd, who has been serving as acting director of the county’s Recreation and Parks system since the death of Gary Arthur in May, has been named the new director, effective immediately. Also, David B. Nitkin, longtime reporter and [...]
Howard County could net $13.4M from new downtown
BY: Robbie Whelan
POSTED: November 3, 2009
General Growth Properties’ ambitious plan to remake downtown Columbia has moved forward, with the introduction of two bills outlining the plan and zoning changes that the Howard County Council has three months to amend, discuss and finally choose to accept or reject.
Some say it’s now or never in quest to remake Columbia’s downtown
BY: Robbie Whelan
POSTED: October 29, 2009
Downtown development in Columbia has dwindled to a halt. The last office building in Columbia’s core was built in 1995 and overall office vacancy is at nearly 20 percent. As the locals like to say, Jim Rouse’s visionary city, America’s original planned community, finds itself, ironically, without a plan.
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