Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Local businesses will also be adopting parks and green spaces next weekend.
Main Street is in for some spring cleaning, just in time for the Ellicott City Spring Celebration. A group of businesses and neighborhood associations are teaming up with the Howard County Recreation and Parks to clean up Main Street and other green spaces in the Historic District on April 20. People will start getting their hands dirty at 9 a.m., when volunteers will get to work picking up trash, mulching and planting greenery in pocket parks, according to a statement from the Ellicott City Restoration Foundation. At 10 a.m., some local businesses will officially “adopt” designated spaces, encouraging them, and the city, to upkeep and maintain the neighborhood. The project is the kick-off for Adopt-A-Piece of History, which aims to bring…
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Trick-or-treating is on in the Historic District tomorrow.
Yesterday was Hurricane Sandy, bur for the kids, tomorrow is Halloween. And despite power outages, downed trees and one giant sewer overflow, Halloween will go on in the Historic District. "Unless something really unexpected crops up it's a go," said Howard County Tourism's Ed Lilley. Take a picture of you kiddoes dressed in their Halloween best and you could win $5,000 Wednesday will mark the 29th year that Main Street merchants open their doors to families looking for a unique trick-or-treating experience. Kids can trick-or-treat at many of the District’s downtown shops Wednesday from 4 – 6 p.m. Sponsored by the Ellicott City Business Association, Halloween in the Historic District is free and open to everyone. For more local news, …
Thursday, September 13, 2012
The football player is working with local businesses to bring more shoppers to Main Street.
After the Aug. 20 train derailment that left two 19-year-old women dead and shut off a major artery to the historic district, Baltimore Ravens player Ray Rice began posting about the accident on his Facebook wall. “As if the Ellicott City train derailment wasn't already tragic enough, now i'm hearing that businesses are really suffering bad. Please go support the shops and restaurants on Main Street!!,” he wrote the Thursday after the derailment. Read Ellicott City Patch's full coverage of the CSX train derailment Although Main Street reopened the next day and shoppers came out in droves to support Main Street businesses that weekend, Rice hasn’t let up. On Tuesday evening, his publicist announced that the football player is working with …
Denise Stanco
8:38 am on Sunday, April 21, 2013
Take down her license number, make and model of her vehicle, and a description of her. Also, try to take a picture of her actually dumping the trash. Notify the EC Business Association. more ›