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September 2008 Articles (32)

Varsity Football Standings Week 4

Conf Overall Points Winning%
W L W L F A
River Hill 4 0 4 0 214 15 1.000
Wilde Lake 4 0 4 0 120 58 1.000
Marriotts Ridge 3 1 3 1 128 19 0.750
Reservoir 2 1 2 1 62 35 0.666
Howard 2 1 2 1 84 54 0.666
Glenelg 2 2 2 2 118 77 0.500
Long Reach 1 2 1 2 48 70 0.333
Oakland Mills 1 2 1 2 20 103 0.333
Atholton 1 3 1 3 74 118 0.250
Centennial 1 3 1 3 40 108 0.250
Mount Hebron 1 3 1 3 38 149 0.250
Hammond 0 4 0 4 15 155 0.000

Added by Ilana Bittner on September 27, 2008 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Varsity Football Results Week 4

Atholton 20, Centennial 19
Glenelg 42, Hammond 0
River Hill 63, Mount Hebron 0
Wilde Lake 7, Marriotts Ridge 6

Added by Ilana Bittner on September 27, 2008 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Howard County Police Department Receives Governor’s Crime Prevention Award

The Howard County Police Department has been selected to receive a Governor’s Crime Prevention Award for 2008. The department is being recognized for “incorporating an overall outstanding crime prevention program as an integral part of its daily operations.”

“Howard County’s continued low crime rate is a true testament to the work of our police department and the community those officers serve,” said Howard County Executive Ken Ulman. “Chief McMahon truly believes in… Continue

Added by Ilana Bittner on September 25, 2008 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Farm-City Celebration Kicks off Harvest Season

Howard County’s 5th annual Farm-City Celebration kicked off today as County Executive Ken Ulman traded places with local dairy farmer Dave Patrick for the morning. This year’s 12-day Farm-City Celebration runs through October 4 and features events and activities that highlight the benefits of having local farms in our community.

“Last year I was at a grain farm, and this year I spent the morning at Maple Dell Farm with Dave’s wife Ann and their family,”… Continue

Added by Ilana Bittner on September 25, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

Macbeth on the Move

This October, audiences will experience Shakespeare’s Macbeth as they never have before. Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, Maryland’s premier classics company, will remount its sell-out 2007 production of Macbeth with a new and highly imaginative version that puts Macbeth on the move.

The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company will bring its award-winning production of Macbeth outdoors to the grounds of the Patapsco Female Institute Historic Park, October 10-26, 2008. On,… Continue

Added by Ilana Bittner on September 25, 2008 at 9:30am — No Comments

Columbia Woman Convicted of Animal Cruelty

A County jury convicted Ayten Icgoren, 80, of animal cruelty this afternoon, after authorities found more than 50 live cats and some dead ones in her home during a raid in August 2006, prosecutors said. Icgoren was found guilty on all of the 21 counts and could face more than 5 years in jail. She will be sentenced Jan. 8.

Neighbors in her Swan Point community had complained to police that Icgoren's townhome had an unbearable smell and that bugs in her home were causing an infestation… Continue

Added by Ilana Bittner on September 24, 2008 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Corporate Office Properties Trust Prices Stock Offering

Corporate Office Properties Trust (COPT) (NYSE:OFC) announced today the pricing of its public offering of 3,250,000 newly issued common shares at $39.00 per share. The offering was increased in size from the originally contemplated 2,000,000 shares. The Company has granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 487,500 shares during the next 30 days to cover over-allotments, if any. The Company estimates that the net… Continue

Added by Ilana Bittner on September 24, 2008 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Tecore Introduces Industry's First UMSC Designed for Rural Mobile Networks

Tecore Networks, a Columbia-based provider of GSM, CDMA, 3G and multi-protocol mobile networks, today announced that it has augmented its software-defined, IP-centric core network platform with a UMTS Mobile Switching Center (UMSC) and Home Subscriber Server (HSS) to expand support for 3G services. As software plug-ins to the existing core on a blade, Tecore's UMSC and HSS represent a more cost-effective and streamlined platform than… Continue

Added by Ilana Bittner on September 24, 2008 at 10:00am — No Comments

Columbia Council Meeting With GGP

The Columbia Association (CA) Board of Directors will host a meeting with General Growth Properties on Wednesday, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. at CA Headquarters. Topics to be discussed will include plans for downtown redevelopment in Symphony Woods and the Town Center lakefront at Lake Kittamaqundi. This meeting is open to the public and residents are encouraged to… Continue

Added by Ilana Bittner on September 23, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

General Growth Pursues Debt Reduction and Strategic Alternatives

General Growth Properties, Inc. (NYSE: GGP) today announced that the Company’s Board of Directors and management team is pursuing a comprehensive evaluation of its alternatives, both financial and strategic, in an effort to align the market value of the Company’s common stock more closely with the intrinsic value of the Company’s stable, high quality portfolio of real estate assets in good locations with significant barriers to entry. Occupancy reached a record… Continue

Added by Ilana Bittner on September 23, 2008 at 8:30am — No Comments

Howard County Government Announces “Employee of the Year”

Howard County Government’s 2008 Employee Recognition Winners were announced Friday. Top honor went to Lieutenant Joe Ross of the Department of Fire & Rescue Services who was named Howard County’s “Employee of the Year.” Ross was recognized for his work as a skilled firefighter and paramedic who now serves as a full-time instructor at the James N. Robey Public Safety Training Center. As the lead instructor for Emergency Medical Training (EMT) courses and paramedic continuing education… Continue

Added by Ilana Bittner on September 22, 2008 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Grace and Co-Proponents File Joint Plan of Reorganization

W. R. Grace & Co. (NYSE:GRA) today announced that it has filed a Plan of Reorganization and an accompanying Disclosure Statement with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware. The Official Committee of Asbestos Personal Injury Claimants, the Representative for Future Asbestos Personal Injury Claimants, and the Official Committee of Equity Security Holders are co-proponents of the Plan. The documents are consistent with the terms of the previously announced asbestos personal injury… Continue

Added by Ilana Bittner on September 22, 2008 at 12:07pm — No Comments

Aquatic Ecosystem Arrives in Elkridge

Art students from Patti Battaglia’s class at Elkridge Landing Middle School joined County Executive Ken Ulman, elected officials, school principal, teachers and other community representatives at the Howard County Library Elkridge Branch to dedicate “Underwater Treasures,” a mosaic mural the students created under the direction of local artist Mary Deacon Opasik. Ms. Opasik was an artist-in-residence at the school last year.

The outdoor mural, which can be seen… Continue

Added by Ilana Bittner on September 22, 2008 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Message Systems Integrates New Technology Into Email Solutions

Message Systems, provider of the world's fastest and most flexible email management solution, Edge of Network (EoN), announced today a new partnership with Vade Retro, the security division of GOTO Software, to protect service providers from massive spam attacks automatically.

With the partnership agreement, Message Systems has integrated Vade Retro's filtration and analysis engine into its EoN platform as an optional module to protect end users from spam, email-borne viruses and other… Continue

Added by Ilana Bittner on September 22, 2008 at 11:56am — No Comments

ADG|Creative Expands Senior Strategy Team

ADG Creative, a Columbia, Md. strategic communications, marketing, design and interactive media firm, has brought on Jack Gilden and Evan Davis, founding partners of Gilden Integrated, to lead the firm’s senior strategy practice. The duo previously lead the Baltimore-based advertising and public relations agency Gilden Integrated that focused on bringing emerging technologies to market. Their contribution to ADG brings the strength of their combined 35+ years of experience to bear for ADG’s… Continue

Added by Ilana Bittner on September 22, 2008 at 11:44am — No Comments

Varsity Football Standings Week 3

School W L Pct. PF PA
River Hill 3 0 1.000 151 15
Marriotts Ridge 3 0 1.000 126 12
Wilde Lake 3 0 1.000 113 52
Howard 2 1 .667 84 55
Reservoir 2 1 .667 62 38
Glenelg 1 2 .333 76 77
Long Reach 1 2 .333 49 70
Mt. Hebron 1 2 .333 31 108
Centennial 1 2 .333 21 88
Oakland Mills 1 2 .333 20 103
Atholton 0 3 .000 54 99
Hammond 0 3 .000 22 92

Added by Ilana Bittner on September 21, 2008 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Varsity Football Results Week 3

Howard 37, Long Reach 7
Marriotts Ridge 35, Reservoir 6
Mount Hebron 28, Atholton 21
River Hill 55, Centennial 0
Wilde Lake 38, Glenelg 35
Oakland Mills 9, Hammond 7

Added by Ilana Bittner on September 21, 2008 at 2:00pm — No Comments

MidAmerican Energy Acquires Constellation Energy

MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company and Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG) today announced the companies have reached a definitive merger agreement in which MidAmerican will purchase all of the outstanding shares of Constellation Energy for cash consideration of approximately $4.7 billion, or $26.50 per share. As agreed under the terms of the tentative agreement announced on Sept. 18, Constellation Energy is issuing to MidAmerican $1 billion of preferred equity yielding 8 percent upon signing the… Continue

Added by Ilana Bittner on September 20, 2008 at 11:30am — No Comments

Recreation & Parks Announces Deer Management Program

The Howard County Department of Recreation & Parks has announced its fall/winter schedule of managed deer hunts. The hunts will be held in an effort to help maintain a stable, balanced white-tailed deer population in our parks where deer browsing has been shown to reduce biodiversity.

Since the program began in 1998, there has been an observable improvement in habitat quality and vegetation abundance in many of the parks where managed hunting has taken place. As a result, the… Continue

Added by Ilana Bittner on September 19, 2008 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Howard County Housing Purchases Columbia Landing

The Howard County Department of Housing and Community Development announced today that the County’s Housing Commission has completed a $36 million acquisition of Columbia Landing, a 300-unit apartment community on Tamar Drive in Columbia.

“We have said from the beginning that offering moderate income housing was important to this Administration, and today’s announcement is proof of that,” said County Executive Ken Ulman. “With this acquisition, the Housing Commission has increased… Continue

Added by Ilana Bittner on September 18, 2008 at 3:00pm — No Comments