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June 18, 2018

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Development group picked for new Howard courthouse

Monday, Jun 18

A development consortium to spearhead the design, building, financing and operation of a new 237,000-square-foot courthouse on county-owned land in Columbia was announced Monday.

Solicitation for campaign workers forwarded by principal on Howard public school email

A Wilde Lake High School principal used his school system email address to disseminate literature from Democrat Mary Kay Sigaty’s state senate campaign last month to the school staff, in violation of school system policy, an administrator confirms.

Amendment added to proposed Howard dog legislation, bans tethering and expands to cover all weather conditions

Howard County residents and animal rights advocates said the proposed legislation for penalizing pet owners for keeping their dogs outside in the cold weather months doesn’t cover all the bases.

Maryland weather: 'Pulse thunderstorms' cause outages, damage in Baltimore and Carroll counties

Sudden thunderstorms felled trees and power lines in Baltimore and Carroll counties, leaving over 20,000 BGE customers without power as of Monday evening.

Many Maryland crab houses expect to go without migrant workers this summer after again losing visa lottery

Maryland crab houses hoping to get lucky in a bonus lottery for 15,000 immigrant guest worker visas mostly lost out again, meaning they will likely go the summer without their normal work force. The Eastern Shore picking houses supply most of the local meat sold in restaurants and stores.

Trotz resigns as coach 11 days after winning Stanley Cup; Capitals will consider associate Reirden

Barry Trotz won an NHL-best 205 of his 328 regular-season games (63 percent) since taking over as Washington's coach in 2014 — and, of course, the 2018 Stanley Cup. Now he's gone. 

Orioles players balancing acknowledging team's circumstances while trying to change them

A slowdown in the schedule could give Orioles players a chance to recognize how things got out of control so quickly and gain some perspective on where they are.

Swimmer braves Baltimore's Inner Harbor waters, as captured in Facebook video

The video had been shared more than 2,500 times as of Monday morning, with many ruing the diseases the individual had possibly contracted.