The Taylor family is facing fierce opposition from residents wary of a development project after flooding in downtown Ellicott City that shuttered businesses and threatened people’s livelihoods. A 2017 hydrological study showed that development partially exacerbated the devastation.
A speaker mounted on an East Pratt Street light pole repeatedly played the song 'Baby Shark' at pedestrians last week, possibly to shoo away an unsheltered man from sleeping on the street.