Nearly a year after a Western Howard County resident retroactively applied for a permit to keep a go-kart track on his property for his son, a local county board is poised to decide the track’s fate later this month.
The Maryland Department of the Environment has approved an air quality permit for W.R. Grace to build a pilot plastics recycling plant at its Columbia headquarters.
Kimco, a New York-based company that owns seven of Columbia’s 10 village centers, wants to revitalize the Hickory Ridge location, but the community can’t agree on what redevelopment should look like.
With more Howard County Public Schools students eligible to ride a yellow school bus this August, families can check an online map to verify their transportation for the 2025-26 academic year.
The change follows a directive from the U.S. Department of Education that said schools cannot “administer scholarships, prizes, or other opportunities offered by third parties based on race.”