Things to Know About Elkridge Today: July 11

Avoid exercising outside and doing strenuous activity outdoors today, cautions the Maryland Department of the Environment. It has issued a code red air quality alert for Howard, Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Harford and Carroll Counties, meaning that today’s level of air pollution is unhealthy for the general population.

The high for Monday is 92 degrees in Elkridge, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). After a sunshine-filled day, evening temperatures will go down to 74 degrees, said the report.

On this day in 2007, Elkridge-based real estate development company closed a deal on what one staffer called the “back door” to Columbia. sold previously industrial land at Snowden River and Broken Land Parkway to Chevy Chase Bank on July 11, 2007. The bank changed to its current name of with the acquisition of Chevy Chase in 2009.