Elkridge News

A Washington-based environmental group has been given $4 million in federal economic-stimulus funds to remove two old dams on the Patapsco River that make it difficult for fish and boaters to pass.

Firefighters are currently battling a 3-alarm fire at an apartment complex in Elkridge.

* National Road , the historic path that connected Cumberland, Md. with the port of Baltimore in the early 1800s.

Howard County Police have found 28 cats and a guinea pig in a home in Elkridge. Two dead cats were found in a freezer.

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A Maryland Transit Administration police officer has been charged with raping a 15-year-old Elkridge girl who asked him for help finding her way home on the light rail, according to charging documents.

Convenient Care, an Urgent Care clinic in Elkridge, Maryland has achieved Urgent Care Center Accreditation from the American Academy of Urgent Care Medicine .

The Coast Guard rescued a man and four children who were stranded on a boat in the Chesapeake Bay after a minor engine fire Thursday.

Howard County's first Holiday Inn Express, a 98-room hotel located at 6064 Marshalee Drive, held its grand opening in Elkridge this week.

The Thomas Viaduct that spans the Patapsco River between Relay and Elkridge is the oldest multiple arched masonry railroad bridge in the country, and was considered an engineering marvel when it was constructed.

Laura T. Neugebauer, of Elkridge, graduated from St. Francis University May 10. She was also named to the dean's list for the spring 2009 semester.

Forty-year-old Deborah Frock was sentenced Tuesday for sex trafficking of a minor.

By GREGORY KARP Ever feel loyalty-card overload?It's not only groceries and drugstores that ask you to tote a loyalty card for sale prices and goodies.

A teenager and his girlfriend were standing by the side of an interstate highway to supposedly watch a drag race when they were hit and killed in a chain-reaction crash early Sunday morning.

The Baltimore chapter of the NAACP called for criminal charges against two city police officers who are accused of driving a 16-year-old to a Howard County state park last month and leaving him there without shoes, an incident that leaders said Tuesday might be more commonplace than reported.

Amy Lamke, of People Acting Together in Howard, helped organize a Chick-fil-A fundraiser for the parents of Vincent Anastasi, who was killed June 6 when his scooter collided with a van in his Elkridge neighborhood.

"Gotta move. Gotta dance." That was the mantra of local businessman Matt Eyre and his lovely wife, Alison, who along with three other couples, danced the night away during the "Soiree" annual fundraiser for Howard County Tourism.

Pure Wine Cafe's menu includes the Tuscan Asparagus Roll, one of the Small Plates and a Charcuterie and Cheese Plate.

Posted 6/10/09 An Elkridge man was sentenced to seven years in prison in Howard County Circuit Court Wednesday after being convicted of robbery and assault for an incident that occurred while he was already on probation for an attempted robbery conviction.