Cooksville News

Teen Scene> Applications are still being accepted from high school students residing in Howard County interested in writing once a month for the Teen Scene during the 2008-09 school year.

The Glenwood library, 2350 Route 97, Cooksville, offers preschool classes to teach social skills, comprehension and the foundations of reading.

The Lisbon/Cooksville post office at 1280 Hopkins Alley, Lisbon, will hold the second day of its Community Passport Fair and USPS Officially Licensed Retail Sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today.

The Glenwood branch library, 2350 Route 97, Cooksville, will offer free, walk-in blood pressure screening and monitoring by Howard County Hospital staff.

Kangaroo Kids will hold jump rope workshops Wed., July 2 and Thu., July 3, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Columbia Presbyterian Church, 10001 Route 108.

The new contract is effective July 1 and is subject to the approval of the State Superintendent of Schools, Nancy Grasmick.

Photographs of the General Growth Properties building, designed by architect Frank Gehry and built in 1974 as headquarters of the Rouse Co., will be on display at the Columbia Archives until Aug.

Foundation hosts 'Take Steps Walk' A regional chapter of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation, based in Columbia, will participate in the national organization's campaign to raise awareness of the disease and ...

Howard County Executive Ken Ulman invites residents to join him for an open public forum, to be held at 7 p.m. June 26 at the Glenwood Community Center, 2400 Route 97, Cooksville.

June book clubs at the Glenwood branch library include a new club focused on biography that will meet at 7 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month.

Howard County government offices, courts, the animal shelter, library branches and the landfill will be closed in observance of the Memorial Day holiday Monday.

“About June, it really gets going”

"Nice to see you again," Stephanie Fleming, the owner of Hillside Nursery in Mount Airy , said to customer Stephanie Fontaine of Glenelg. via The Baltimore Sun

Howard Community College has engaged the Howard County company GenderStrategy, to teach women strategies for managing their careers and moving up the corporate ladder. via The Baltimore Sun

Community Notes County to launch 3 farmers' markets The Howard County Economic Development Authority's Agricultural Marketing Program will launch farmers' markets at three locations in the county: the east ... via Baltimore Sun

Program to launch farmers' markets The Howard County Economic Development Authority's Agricultural Marketing Program will launch farmers' markets at three locations in the county: the east Columbia branch ... via The Baltimore Sun

“ABCs of Designing a Woman's Journey”

Strings, clarinet, piano // Sundays At Three Chamber Music Series will present the BSO's Ilya Finkelshteyn, Kenneth Goldstein and William Jenkin, with pianist Sylvia Beaudoin, in an afternoon of music for ... via The Baltimore Sun

'Thom Pain' // Rep Stage, the professional theater-in-residence at Howard Community College, will conclude its run of Will Eno's Pulitzer-nominated play, Thom Pain , with a performance at 2:30 p.m. at the ... via The Baltimore Sun

County to hold its first GreenFest As part of its celebration of National County Government Week, Howard County will sponsor its first GreenFest from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Glenwood Community Center, 2400 ... via BaltimoreSun.com

Success In Style fashion show is set Success In Style, a local nonprofit organization that provides free business wardrobes and coaching to disadvantaged women seeking employment, will hold its seventh annual ... via The Baltimore Sun

Medicare workshops planned for April The Howard County Department of Citizen Services' Office on Aging will sponsor "Medicare 101: What You Can Expect from Medicare -- The Basics" at 10 a.m. April 15 at the ... via BaltimoreSun.com