Elkridge Today: Will Duplexes Replace Historic Home?

The high is 42 degrees today and the low is 29 in Elkridge, according to the National Weather Service.

Tonight the Historic District Commission will discuss a Harwood Park home from the 19th century that could be torn down. A developer has proposed demolishing the home at 6615 Highland Avenue and erecting two duplexes in its place. According to the meeting agenda, "Staff recommends the Applicant consider saving the historic house. However, if the Applicant decides to proceed with demolition, the County Architectural Historian will document the house prior to demolition." The Historic District Commission meeting will be at 7 p.m. at 3430 Courthouse Drive in Ellicott City.

Today Groupon is offering a deal for $19 oil changes in Elkridge at Montgomery Service Center (6205 South Hanover Road). Here's the deal.

Are you involved with a nonprofit that needs help with funding? Today Howard County's Department of Citizen Services is hosting a workshop on submitting applications for assistance. The workshop will be from 8:30–10 a.m. at 6751 Columbia Gateway Drive, Suite 300, in Columbia.

On this day in 2010, Elkridge firefighters helped extinguish heavy fire that was overtaking a three-story apartment building on Tamar Drive in Columbia.

On this day in 1914, Henry Ford introduced a living wage of $5 a day for workers, according to the New York Times.