Community Corner
Elkridge Today: September 3
County still offering free bottled water and meals, and Elkridge has some end-of-summer treats.
- More than 1,500 Howard County customers were without power as of midnight Saturday. The county is providing ready-to-eat meals and bottled water at Glenwood Senior Center and North Laurel Community Center from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday. Call 410-313-2900 for more information (and tell those without power of this service).
- There’s a high of 85 degrees and a low of 69 today in Elkridge, according to the National Weather Service. Sunday will bring a slight chance of rain, so people may want to get those outdoor activities in today.
- Sept. 3 is the last day for summer cupcake flavors at . in Elkridge. What does a summer flavor taste like, you ask? Try s’mores, root beer float or cotton candy.
- The Baltimore Grand Prix continues today in downtown Baltimore. For a list of road closures, check the Grand Prix traffic site. Get a taste of the festivities minus the traffic by staying in Elkridge; the is featuring a special prix fixe menu in honor of the Grand Prix.
- On this day in 1993, the Baltimore Sun reported that three Elkridge families had to evacuate their homes due to explosive methane levels. According to the article, the homes—on the 7000 block fo Calvert Drive in Elkridge—were built on a landfill.
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