Friday, May 17, 2013
An issue with the weather kept most of the balloons deflated.
Update - 12:40 p.m. - This article was updated to include information about why balloons were grounded. Breezy conditions at Turf Valley Thursday night kept the 25 or so hot air balloons deflated as hundreds of people looked on at the Preakness Hot Air Balloon Festival. The balloon glow was scheduled to take place as soon as it began to get dark, around 8 p.m. But by that time many of the balloon operators were already packing up their equipment into trailers and leaving the site. At 8:30 p.m., a DJ announced over loudspeakers, "Due to breezy conditions the balloons will not conduct the ballooon glow this evening," leading to a mass exodus of attendees from Turf Valley. Earlier in the day, most of the balloons were inflated, but handlers …
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
The annual hot air ballon festival is scheduled for May 16 - 18 at Turf Valley.
The annual hot air balloon festival at Turf Valley floats off this year May 16 - 18 at Turf Valley and includes a two-night balloon festival as well as evening and early morning launches. The festival, which takes place May 16 and 17, starting at 4 p.m., includes family activities, crafts, retail stands and live entertainment. Guests are invited to walk-through an inflated hot air balloon, or float up into the sky on a tethered balloon. Balloon rides will be available for purchase. Ballons launch at 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. on Thursday and Friday as well as 6:30 a.m. on Saturday. At dusk, the nightly balloon glow takes place, in which pilots use lights to make their balloons glow. Parking is located at the Howard County Fairgrounds, with …
Sunday, February 24, 2013
The supermarket will be opening in April, amidst reports that the North Carolina-based chain is up for sale.
Friday, February 22, 2013
The supermarket will be opening in April, amidst reports that the North Carolina-based chain is up for sale.
It’s Ellicott City’s turn to elicit jealousy in the supermarket department. Harris Teeter is set to host a grand opening at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 2, according to Danna Jones, spokesperson for the North Carolina-based chain. The store will announce "grand opening activities," including specials, a week before the opening. The 48,000-square-foot grocery store in the new Turf Valley Towne Square shopping plaza, will have a variety of sustainable features, Jones said, including LED spot lighting throughout. LEDs are more energy and cost-efficient than traditional bulbs. The building at 2700 Turf Valley Road also has a white, reflective roof which will help keep the store cool during the summer months; ultra low-flow urinals and low-flow …
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Tuesday, August 7, 2012
The specialty supermarket will anchor a new development.
Elkridge has Trader Joe’s. Columbia has Wegmans and, soon, Whole Foods. Now Ellicott City is joining the specialty supermarket game. Harris Teeter will open its doors by early next year, according to Bmore.com. The website reports that the 48,000 square foot grocer will be the anchor in Ellicott City’s new Town Square at Turf Valley shopping center. Harris Teeter spokeswoman Danna Jones told Bmore.com that this will be the chain’s 8th store in Maryland and that it will have a staff of 115. Residents slept outside of Wegmans to be the first inside on opening day, June 17 and Whole Foods recently signed a lease at the former Rouse Company headquarters in downtown Columbia. Related articles: For more local news, sign up for the Ellicott …
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Hundreds of people showed up at a hearing to share stories of power loss, frustration.
Early Tuesday morning, residents in several Ellicott City neighborhoods briefly lost power. The timing of the outage provided a brief reprieve of laughter during a three-hour hearing later that evening with the Public Service Commission in which residents discussed the ways they said unreliable power service had affected their lives. The hearing is part of a PSC investigation into reliability issues in some of the older Ellicott City neighborhoods. David Rubin has lived in the Font Hill neighborhood for two decades during which, he testified, he’s had “at least 100 outages from as brief as five seconds up to eight consecutive days, following Irene.” He told Public Utility Law Judge David L. Moore that power outages are particularly …
Monday, February 20, 2012
A truck knocked down utility poles in the Turf Valley neighborhood.
Updated 3:45 p.m. Residents of the Turf Valley neighborhood are stranded at home today after a truck knocked down utility poles. According to police, a dump truck tore the utility poles just before 9:30 a.m. Monday, blocking the street. The truck was also caught in the wires, according to police, but no injuries have been reported. Resident Linda Spencer said she heard what sounded like an explosion at the time of the crash. Then her power went out. “Checking outside I saw a dump truck pointed south on Turf Valley Road, heavy power lines draped across the front of the dumper,” she said in an email. “It appears that the driver had not lowered it after depositing a load of soil at the end of the street, where the extension of Resort Road is…
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
Head into the day a little more informed.
There’s a 60 percent chance of rain after 1 p.m., and the National Weather Service (NWS) reported that it’s definitely going to rain this evening. The high is 48 and the low is 42 in Ellicott City today, according to the NWS. Ellicott City resident Marc Norman will be appealing plans for development near Turf Valley today. The hearing is at 6:30 p.m. in the George Howard Building. At a previous hearing on the issue in May, the Board of Appeals vice chair said the meeting turned into a "'circus'" when the testimony went in an unexpected direction. Speaking of theatrics, on this day in 1988, Phantom of the Opera opened at Majestic Theater in New York, according to the New York Times. It is the longest running opera on Broadway.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
A change in the Turf Valley Hotel and Country Club's liquor license will allow drinks to be served earlier in the day.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Head into the day a little more informed.
Commencement is next week for Ellicott City's public high schools. Is there a graduate that you think stands out or deserves a little extra attention? Create an announcement, or send a picture and short bio to brandie (at) patch.com and we'll share his or her achievements with the community. Interested in development at Turf Valley? The decade-long zoning and appeals process continues tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. with the continuation of the Board of Appeals hearing. The meeting will take place at the George Howard Building. Howard County Public Schools are looking for parents and guardians who are licensed nurses in Maryland to help with flu mist vaccinations in elementary schools next fall. If you're interested in volunteering, contact …
BluePeace
1:02 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
This area/region has such high competition in the supermarket industry. Now with Super Walmart in the marketplace, how can all of these markets remain competitive? more ›