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 Thursday, Dec 20 Loud applause broke out at a city of Laurel planning commission meeting last week when a plan to replace Tastee Diner, an iconic city landmark, with a medical marijuana dispensary was rejected by the commissioners. |   | |
| A Howard County Conservancy has completed an internal restoration of the homestead of the late Ruth and Frances Brown, sisters who taught in the HCPSS for 50 years and who bequeathed their 232-acre family farm to establish the Conservancy. |
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| James Wolfe of Ellicott City, a former Senate intelligence committee staffer, was sentenced on Thursday to serve two months behind bars after pleading guilty to lying to the FBI . |
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| Another round of heavy rain could produce more flooding Thursday night and Friday across Maryland. A flood watch is in effect across the Baltimore region from Thursday evening through Friday afternoon. At least an inch or two of rain is forecast, with chances for 3-4 inches in some spots. |
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| Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday appointed six more members to a commission charged with redrawing Maryland’s congressional district map after a federal court ruled one of the state’s districts was unconstitutionally drawn to diminish Republican influence. |
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| The River Hill Hawks varsity wrestling team defeated the Mt. Hebron Vikings in a high school wrestling dual meet in Ellicott City on Thursday, December 20, 2018. |
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| As an ambulance snaked its way through the University of Maryland’s campus, a police officer grew exasperated. |
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| It is the unwritten rule that almost everyone seems to accept as fact: If John Harbaugh’s Ravens do not make the playoffs, he will be fired as head coach. That might be true, but with a caveat: If the Ravens get into the playoffs and lose ugly in the first round, Harbaugh could be fired, too. |
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