Ellicott City

Political pizza: Obama bear-hugger Van Duzer swarmed on Yelp

2012-09-11 08:41:00

It’s never just a simple bear hug when President Obama is involved. For Florida pizza parlor owner Scott Van Duzer, lifting the president off the floor this weekend has wrought an onslaught of impassioned political commentary from customers on...

Cliburn amateur piano winners include doctors and a retired database programmer

2011-05-30 16:33:08

County weighs dueling visions for Maple Lawn South

2013-05-23 14:57:11

Gene Iager and Chris Pereira live on opposite sides of Scaggsville Road in Fulton, and take conflicting views of a 91-acre expanse of grass and woods that lies between them. Iager looks out his front window and across the road at the land and sees a...

Daughter, boyfriend indicted in Howard blogger's killing

2013-05-23 15:33:35

A 14-year-old girl and her 19-year-old boyfriend arrested in the killing of her father in his Ellicott City home this month were indicted and charged as adults by a grand jury this week, according to court records. Morgan Arnold, a Mount Hebron High...

Moonrise Festival canceled

2013-05-23 17:02:46

The Moonrise Festival, a new electronic dance concert that was expected to draw thousands to South Baltimore, has been canceled only weeks before the event, after organizers failed to obtain the necessary permits, city officials said. The festival had...

Ellicott City

2013-05-22 15:02:56

GOP Women's Club The Howard County Republican Women's Club meets on Wednesday, May 29, with a discussion of current GOP issues. A social hour begins at 6:30 p.m., with the meeting beginning at 7 p.m., at VFW No. 7472 Yingling-Ridgley Post, 4225 VFW Lane,...

Stevenson relying on defensive midfield in NCAA tournament

2013-05-22 05:00:00

At Stevenson, playing defensive midfield is almost as much about athleticism as it is about defensive commitment. A unit composed of long-stick midfielders Chad Williams, Ryan Rubenstein and Warren Pumphrey and short-stick midfielders Connor Curro,...

A sensitive portrait of a troubled child

2013-05-22 06:00:00

Thanks very much and congratulations on Kevin Rector's very informative and sensitive article, "Girl charged in father's death struggled with mental health" (May 19). As educators and professional counselors, and as residents of the Mount Hebron area with...

The Sun buries Obama scandals

2013-05-22 07:00:00

It looks like this heavily Democratic state's main publication is going to ignore the problems of this administration just like the White House is. What is on the front page of The Sun? is there any mention of Benghazi? The IRS and their illegal actions...

Asperger's does not make a murderer

2013-05-21 11:00:00

Regarding your article about the teen girl accused of plotting her father's murder with her boyfriend ("Troubled child on a dark path," May 19), I found the article filled with misleading information and misinformation. First, the article tells us she...

John E. Barger, 93

2013-05-20 21:52:00

John Edward Barger, 93, of Hagerstown, died Sunday, May 19, 2013, at Coffman Nursing Home in Hagerstown, Md. Born Sept. 11, 1919, in Hagerstown, he was the son of the late John Franklin and Maude Estelle Barger. He was preceded in death by his wife of...

Burning girl dives into brook to douse flames

2013-05-20 12:37:40

An article in the May 17, 1913, edition of The Argus commended a young girl for keeping her wits in an emergency situation. The presence of mind of 8-year-old Isabelle Smith, of Cedar Hill, near St. Denis, probably saved her life about 6 o'clock Saturday...

Bob Leedom of Glenwood performs a card trick for Patsy Crisamore of Gaithersburg and Ed Goldsmith of Ellicott City.

2013-05-23 07:43:00

Ellie Verni of Ellicott City watches as Theo Rushin performs a trick during the Columbia Conjurors' annual Tommy Ivey Close-Up Magic Show.

2013-05-23 07:43:00

Ralph Fowler of Ellicott City performs a trick during the annual Tommy Ivey Close-Up Magic Show hosted by the Columbia Conjurors.

2013-05-23 07:43:00