Howard County Executive Calvin Ball today announced the completion of the County’s 2023 Downtown Columbia Redevelopment Monitoring Report. The 2023 report revisits the Plan’s original recommendations, documents what has been accomplished and lays out the progress anticipated over the next five years.

This plan will transform Gateway as the new, innovation district on the east coast.

Howard County Government offices, courts, 50+ centers and animal shelter will be closed in observance of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday on Monday, January 15th. There will be regular Monday trash, recycling, food scrap and yard trim services on the 15th and the Alpha Ridge Landfill will be open.

A Howard County construction project to replace the Henryton Road bridge, located 500 feet south of Crows Foot Road in Marriottsville, is underway. While the work is being done, the bridge will be closed to all traffic. New temporary traffic signals will be in place to direct traffic around the work area and alternate traffic onto a temporary bypass road constructed adjacent to the old bridge. Weather permitting, the project is expected to be completed by late July 2024.

Celebration, “Living the Dream” Award and student contest winners recognized and “Day of Service” highlight Howard County’s commitment to honoring Dr. King

Detectives are asking anyone with information, including any other children who may have been victimized by Patterson, to contact police at 410-313-STOP or HCPDcrimetips@howardcountymd.gov.

No indication anyone else was involved in the incident

A Howard County construction project to stabilize an exposed public sewer at a stream crossing located in a wooded area off Broken Land Parkway in Columbia, is underway. During construction hours, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., southbound Broken Land Parkway will be temporarily reduced to two lanes just south of Cradlerock Way to allow construction vehicles access to the job site. Weather permitting, the project is expected to be completed by late April.

A Howard County construction project to improve the existing storm drain adjacent to 4701 Hale Haven Drive in Ellicott City, is underway. The project is not expected to impact the flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic. Weather permitting, the project is expected to be completed by mid-February.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball today announced the County’s Department of Corrections is only the second local jurisdiction in the State to earn prestigious national accreditation from the American Correctional Association (ACA).

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball announces County’s Department of Public Works has been awarded a transformational $6,200,000 from the Maryland Department of Transportation’s State Highway Administration’s Federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act program for the County’s Rehabilitation of Nine Structures bundle bridge project.

Howard County Department of Public Works’ Stormwater Management Division will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, January 30th to discuss the Cedar Acres Stormwater Pond Repair project.

Anyone with information should contact police at HCPDcrimetips@howardcountymd.gov or 410-313-STOP.

Ball provides update on progress of lower Main Street building demolition and summer groundbreaking for the Extended North Tunnel and H-4 Pond.

Police are now offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information in the case.