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July 22, 2018

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Howard summer restaurant week turns 10

Friday, Jul 20

Now in its 10th year, the biannual event is a celebration of the county’s local food scene and helps to promote businesses in the area, said Howard County Tourism Interim Director Amanda Hof.

Orioles can't hold late lead, are swept out of Toronto with 5-4 loss to Blue Jays

The Orioles allowed two two-run homers in the eighth inning in their third straight loss after the All-Star break.

Threat of flooding in Baltimore area remains on tap Monday and into the week

The risk of serious flooding will increase throughout the week in the Baltimore area, as rain continues to fall on water-soaked ground.

Ravens training camp highlights: Joe Flacco demonstrates why he is the incumbent

In his first extended practice against the defense Sunday afternoon, the incumbent starter threw with authority and accuracy and even showed off his wheels.

One year after a devastating tornado, Kent Island reblooms

One year later, the worst of the damage has been hauled away and repaired, thanks partly to neighbors helping neighbors. Yet Kent Island is still a community scarred by scattered blue roof tarps, scorched yards stripped of the shade of lost trees and the lingering fear of storms to come.

Flood damage suspends light rail service from Patapsco to Cromwell and BWI; repairs will take 2 weeks

Sections of Baltimore’s light rail will shut down for at least two weeks following flood damage, officials said Sunday night. 

John Taylor, dancer and songwriter who entertained scores of children as Kinderman, dies at 82

John Taylor, a popular song-and-dance man who created the role of the Kinderman as he performed in a derby and bow tie for children, died of heart disease Saturday at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Columbia.

For Clark family, new research tells the tale of kin and county

Nearly 100 descendants of the three Clark brothers who left Ireland in 1797 to settle in what would eventually become Howard County learned new details about their ancestors’ earliest beginnings in America at a recent outdoor reunion at Clark’s Elioak Farm.