Tuesday, April 9, 2013
All information was provided by the Howard County Police Department.
Elkridge Assault, Attempted Break-in Officers responded to a domestic violence call to learn a woman’s husband was intoxicated and attempting to leave in their truck. In an attempt to enter the truck, the man had broken a window on the vehicle. In addition, a neighbor nearby the scene, in the 8500 block of Tufts Drive, said the man had attempted to enter his residence by kicking down the front door. The man was arrested and charged with burglary and second-degree assault at 10 p.m. on April 4. Residential Burglary Flat screen TVs, a safe, and various video game systems were stolen from a residence in the 8000 block of Keeton Road sometime around midnight on April 5. Police reported entry was gained through an unlocked rear door. Ellicott …
Monday, March 11, 2013
A wooden fence now surrounds the property, but no updates have been made to the lot.
Questions still remain on the status of the former location of the Buttermilk Hill Tavern in Elkridge. In October, Elkridge Patch reported the empty lot at 6100 Washington Blvd. was being used by two men, who declined to identify themselves, to sell used automobiles. Since then, a large wooden fence was installed to enclose the property and orange barrels alongside the fence have been knocked over, some crushed. Do you think the site is an eyesore? What should be done with it? Tell us in comments. Spray paint seen recently on the wooden fence on Feb. 27 reads, "Viva la revolucion" and "You are a slave!" A sign that previously read, "for sale, lease options, owner will finance", according to a Google street view picture, now only reads, "…
'I know what I did was wrong.' - Josiah David Martin.
A former Michigan resident received a nine-month jail sentence for his role in an Elkridge hotel room’s methamphetamine lab operation stemming from last June. This past December, Josiah David Martin, 23, originally from Mesick, Mich., pleaded guilty to manufacturing a controlled dangerous substance and to reckless endangerment after Howard County police discovered a meth lab at a Holiday Inn Express in Elkridge. At a hearing this past Friday, Martin apologized for his role, stating, “I know what I did was wrong," according to T. Wayne Kirwan, a spokesman for the Howard County State's Attorney's Office. Howard County Circuit Court Judge Richard S. Bernhardt handed Martin an eight-year sentence but suspended all but nine months on the …
Friday, March 8, 2013
In late February, bikers were gathering at Daniels Bar, which sees more business in the spring and summer, according to the bartender.
At Daniels Restaurant and Bar on Route 1 in late February six bikers, all driving Harley Davidson motorcycles were drinking beers, were talking politics and guns. When one biker rolled in on a blue Harley with classic rock blasting from his speakers, another biker sitting at the bar turned to him and said, "Hey, you want to listen to the radio, buy a car." The bartender, Mary Martin, said now that the weather is getting warmer, business is starting to pick up. On May 5, the bar hosts its annual Blessing of the Bikes celebration. The event starts at 3 p.m. and will include live music by Great Train Robbery and $2 Budweiser bottles, according to a sign posted near the horseshoe pit in the back of the bar. The Blessing is "kind of sort of" …
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
The announcement came when Governor Martin O'Malley visited to talk about sequestration.
FLIR's vice president of operations Roger Wells announced recently that the company is set to expand its Elkridge location in a move that will double the company's current space. FLIR, which makes thermal imaging and infrared cameras for police and military uses as well as the private sector, will soon move across the street from its current location at 6610 Amberton Drive, said Wells. The announcement came as Governor Martin O'Malley and Howard County Executive Ken Ulman warned of the negative effects the looming sequester may have on local business such as FLIR. Wells said at a recent press conference that the sequester, automatic cuts in defense and domestic spending at the federal level, has slowed down hiring and investment plans for …
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Find out when the Elkridge institution will officially open for the 2013 season.
It's just not summer in Elkridge without Cindy's Soft Serve. Claude Sacker, who runs the iconic snoball and soft serve ice cream stand on Route 1, said the business will re-open on Thursday, March 28, 2013. Every year, the business closes at the beginning of October and then re-opens around the beginning of April. And each year, after the stand closes, the sign out front reads, "Gone Fishing, see you in April... Thanks for your patronage!" Despite the sign saying April, Sacker assured Patch the stand will re-open at the end of March. In 2012, Elkridge Patch readers selected the stand as the best place to get ice cream in Elkridge. Related Article An Elkridge Ice Cream Institution Sign up for the Elkridge Patch newsletter here and follow us…
Thursday, February 21, 2013
A school bus clipped a car while transporting 12 students to Elkridge Elementary on Thursday, school officials said.
A school bus on its way to Elkridge Elementary Thursday morning clipped a car at the intersection of Main Street and Levering Avenue around 8:55 a.m., according to Diane Mumford, the school's principal. Mumford wrote in a letter to parents that the 12 students on bus 497 were not injured. The assistant principal, Tony Esposito, went to the scene to make sure the students were safe and warm as police worked to document the accident, according to Mumford. After the officer completed a report, the students were taken to school on the same bus while another bus was sent to complete bus 497's route, Mumford wrote. "All our honeybuns are safe," wrote Mumford. "Thank Goodness!" Sign up for the Elkridge Patch newsletter here and follow us on …
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
The two men pleaded guilty to being involved with a methamphetamine lab inside an Elkridge hotel room.
Two Oklahoma men pleaded guilty this week to charges stemming from their role in a methamphetamine lab set up inside a Holiday Inn Express in Elkridge last June. Joshua Wade Matthews, 34, of Sallisaw, OK and Forrest Derrick Rhoades, 35, also from Sallisaw, pleaded guilty to manufacturing a controlled dangerous substance and to reckless endangerment. Rhoades was sentenced to nine months in jail by Judge Timothy J. McCrone, according to Wayne Kirwan, spokesperson for the Howard County state's attorney's office. Matthews, who prosecutors described as forthcoming with authorities, is scheduled to be sentenced on March 27, 2013, according to Kirwan. Two other out-of-state men have also pleaded guilty to drug charges related to the meth lab. …
Sunday, October 14, 2012
The suspected door-kick burglars posted bail, Main Street parking issues and Wegmans reveals what they're going to use that second-floor space for.
Suspected Door Kick-in Burglars Released on $15,000 Bail Police said the duo stole more than $22,000 in firearms, jewelry and electronics, but were able to post bail of $15,000 each the day after their Oct. 4 arrest. Missing Columbia Woman Last Seen Oct. 1. Friends and family are worried about the whereabouts of Carol Choe, 30, who was last seen at her residence in Columbia on Oct. 1. Main Street Parking: Residents Weigh in The County has scheduled a meeting with Ellicott City Historic District Residents to discuss the possibility of implementing a residential parking permit program alongside a new parking meter system set for Main Street and Maryland Avenue. Wegmans Reveals Use for Upstairs Space The space that was proposed for a liquor…
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Candidates for the Board of Education will be speaking at a forum in Elkridge Thursday at 7 p.m. - follow along here.
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Tom Polcari
9:57 pm on Friday, March 15, 2013
I contacted Courtney Watson's office about this matter in November 2012. I received a response from her assistant only, stating that there was an active zoning investigation underway and that she would contact me with further information soon. I never heard from her again. This property as well as several others in the area are an eye sore that bring down property values and reflect negatively on… more ›