FREDERICK — The potential in downtown Frederick and the challenge of turning an industrial area into a shopping mecca brought a young Texan to the city nearly 40 years ago. Bert Anderson, who had served as a naval officer for ...

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An Ellicott City senior living facility is being sued for allegedly violating federal law for failing to hire a Muslim woman who would not remove her head scarf. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against Morningside House ...

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The Howard County Circuit Court has scrapped its Labor Day weekend move date because of security issues it could not resolve in the new building. The court is temporarily relocating to the county’s Ascend One building in Columbia while renovations ...

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ELLICOTT CITY — Former Baltimore Colts player Art Donovan finally has his 1958 NFL world championship ring back, more than 30 years after it was stolen. Howard County Police said Tuesday they had located the ring and returned it to ...

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A bicyclist who was in a coma for months after being struck by an 83-year-old driver has died. Twenty-year-old Nathan Krasnopoler died Wednesday morning, his family said in a statement. Funeral services are scheduled Friday in Pikesville for the Johns ...

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Robert Lee “Bob” Bell, one of Maryland’s largest car dealers and a familiar presence from local television advertisements, has died. He was 78. According to an announcement from the Gary L. Kaufman Funeral Home of Elkridge, Bell died Sunday of ...

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The “Highway to Nowhere,” closed since Sept. 10, reopened this week, to much cheering from those of us who commute into Baltimore from the south and/or west. It seemed that since work started on the Baltimore Grand Prix course (also ...

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As Gov. Martin O'Malley's prepares to travel back to Maryland after 10 days spent drumming up business for the state in Asia, Republican lawmakers are asking for total price tag on the trade mission. "As we are sure you will both agree, in this austere fiscal climate, we must be good stewards of the taxpayer dollar," GOP leaders wrote to Gov. Martin O'Malley and Business and Economic Development Secretary Christian Johansson. The letter was signed by House Minority Leader Anthony J. O'Donnell, R-Calvert and St.Mary's, and the No. 2 Republican in the House, Minority Whip Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio, of the Middle Shore.

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Grim news on the residential home sales front released Tuesday by Standard & Poor’s show a first quarter decline by 4.2 percent in the U.S. National Home Price Index. That means housing values continue to turn downward. The report highlighted ...

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HAGERSTOWN — An Ellicott City man has been ordered back to prison for violating his probation in a double manslaughter case. Thirty-one-year-old Matthew Meyer was sentenced Wednesday in Hagerstown to 3 ½ years with another 3 ½ suspended. The sentence ...

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