Howard County Executive Calvin Ball is seeking a member of the general public interested in serving on the County’s Board of Health. This specific board position may have had professional or administrative training in a health occupation but shall not currently work as a health professional or have worked as a health professional in the past five years.

Tips to help ensure safe and happy shopping experiences this holiday season. 

HCPD will be working to ensure your safety on the roads; at shopping centers and malls; and in your neighborhoods.

CSX Transportation will begin maintenance on the railroad crossing at Marriottsville Road at the Howard/Carroll County line in Marriottsville, starting around 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 6th. Weather permitting, the project is expected to be completed by 4:00 p.m. on Friday, December 9th.

CSX Transportation will begin maintenance on the railroad crossing at Old Frederick Road at the Howard/Baltimore County line in Ellicott City, starting around 9:00 a.m. on Monday, December 5th. Weather permitting, the project is expected to be completed by 4:00 p.m. on Friday, December 9th.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball today announced that due to steps taken by the County’s Department of Public Works’ Bureau of Utilities to reduce the number of sanitary sewer overflows throughout the county, the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) has terminated its Sewer Consent Decree with the County.

A Howard County project to repair a sewer service pipe along the Little Patuxent River in the vicinity of 10005 Old Columbia Road in Columbia, just south of eastbound MD 32, has begun. Weather permitting, the project is expected to be completed by mid-April.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball, Recreation & Parks Director A. Raul Delerme, and local leaders cut the ribbon on the new playground at Schooley Mill Park designed to be a model of inclusion and age-friendly for all. The 30-year-old playground received an entire facelift and the now includes features to accommodate cognitive, communicative, social/emotional and sensory disabilities.