Clarksville

Soccer Clarksville woman pleads guilty in Davies crash A Clarksville woman pleaded guilty in Alexandria, Va., federal court Tuesday to two alcohol-related charges in connection with a one-car crash that killed University of Maryland classmate Ashley J. Roberta , 22, in October 2009 and severely injured U.S. star forward Charlie Davies . Maria Alejandra Espinoza , 23, faces sentencing Feb.18 before U.S. District Judge ...

The two contenders for Howard County's largest geographical County Council district spent 90 minutes Wednesday night in a Lisbon fire hall answering questions that ranged from deer hunting to downtown Columbia redevelopment. "This may have been longer than all the forums I've done since 1998 combined," incumbent Councilman Greg Fox, a Republican, told the more than 100 campaign partisans and residents who gathered for the Concerned Citizens of Western Howard County forum. He and Democratic candidate Zaneb Kahn "Zee" Beams were the sole participants, unlike most candidate forums that include the full range of county executive, council and General Assembly candidates.

There are vegans, and there are vegetarians. And then there are those of us who dine out with vegetarian and vegan friends, who have been entertained by inspired vegetarian chefs (and lousy ones, too), and who are generally open to the idea of an occasional meatless or dairy-less meal. We might even have briefly considered the a vegetarian lifestyle. Great Sage , the all-vegan restaurant in Clarksville, keeps us all in their thoughts. Holly and Jeff Kaufman opened Great Sage as a vegetarian restaurant back in 2004.

Legislation that would have created zoning regulations to allow wineries in Howard County was withdrawn from County Council consideration Tuesday night, delaying the issue at least until December. The council voted unanimously to withdraw the measure. Administration officials and council members said an effort to craft amendments that would ease critics' fears about large social events at rural wineries and satisfy farmers who want to begin commercial operations failed to jell in time.

Republican National Party Chairman Michael S. Steele smiled broadly as he pressed the flesh Tuesday night in the large study of businessman J.P. Bolduc's 8,077-square-foot Clarksville mansion, where he was the guest of honor for a fundraiser to benefit Dennis R. Schrader's County Council campaign. A reporter was asked to leave the premises after getting that one glimpse, though Schrader and others who attended said Wednesday that Steele's comments were ordinary campaign fare. Steele had insisted the event be private, Schrader said.

Back in 1972, 13-year-old Kathleen Koch made a habit of scrutinizing every detail of her new bayside home in Mississippi each time her family pulled out of the driveway to evacuate in the face of a storm, attempting to commit its every feature to memory. The Clarksville resident said she adopted her anxiety-driven routine after seeing remnants of Hurricane Camille's wrath flung randomly about Bay St. Louis, a picturesque town on the upper Gulf Coast where her family had just moved.

A small fire seemingly started by an electrical light fixture forced popular Roots organic market in Clarksville to close until Saturday. Howard County fire department spokeswoman Julia Lynch said an employee saw flames in a ceiling light fixture at 7:25 a.m. Sunday, and firefighters responded from the Clarksville Station two blocks away. Sprinklers in the ceiling controlled the fire and flames were out by 8 a.m. But heavy smoke and water damage forced the store to close for the week.

After months of negotiations, Howard County has sold the surplus former Gateway school site in Clarksville to a local couple who plan to build a green mixed-use development that could involve Kendall's Hardware next door. "We've reached another milestone — a business milestone," said George Stone, who with his wife, Holly, hopes to settle the $5 million transaction within months and submit plans to the county for processing. The sale agreement was signed May 4 and disclosed last week.