March

A single winning ticket for a record Powerball lottery jackpot worth $590.5 million was sold in Florida, organizers said late Saturday, but there was no word about who won. The winning numbers from Saturday night's drawing were: 10, 13, 14, 22 and 52, with a Powerball number of 11. The odds of winning were put at one in 175 million. The winning ticket was sold at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, a suburb of Tampa, according to the Florida Lottery. The prize tempted many Marylanders to buy tickets for the lottery game before the 11 p.m. drawing.

U.S. Army Capt. Sara M. Knutson-Cullen, a former Eldersburg resident who died in a helicopter crash in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on March 11, will be among the honorees at the May 27 Memorial Day service at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens in Timonium. Knutson-Cullen, 27, was a 2003 graduate of Liberty High School and a 2007 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. She was assigned to Headquarters Company, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia, and had previously served at Fort Wainwright in Alaska.

With nearly every eye at Pimlico fixated on either the uncatchable leader, Oxbow, or the Kentucky Derby winner and heavy betting favorite, Orb, Itsmyluckyday cruised under the radar to earn a little bit of redemption in Saturday's Preakness. After failing to challenge Orb on the muddy track at Churchill Downs two weeks ago and finishing near the back of the pack, Itsmyluckyday finished in second place in the middle jewel of the Triple Crown. "We did run our race, but we just weren't lucky enough to win," trainer Eddie Plesa Jr. said.

A task force appointed last year by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to study the city's speed and red-light camera program violated Maryland law when it met behind closed doors in March, the state Open Meetings Compliance Board ruled this week. The task force also violated the open-meetings law by not giving reasonable advance notice of meetings and by failing to take proper minutes, the board said in the ruling published Monday. While the decision carries no penalty, a judge could assess a $100 fine on members who "willfully" participated in the meeting.

Frederick Restaurant Week runs March 4-10. The some two dozen restaurants participating in the seven-day promotion are offering two- or three-course dinners for $20.13 and $30.13, respectively. Most are also offering two- and three-course lunches for $15.13 and $20.13, respectively. At these prices you wouldn't expect Volt to be among the participants, and you'd be right. However, Bryan Voltaggio and Hilda Staples' two other Frederick restaurants, Lunchbox and Family Meal , are joining in. Other participating restaurants include Alexander's, Brewer's Alley, Firestone Culinary Tavern, Isabella's Taverna and Tapas Bar, The Orchard, Quinn's Attic and the Tasting Room.

March 15, 2002: Maryland's march to the NCAA men's basketball championship begins with an 85-70 victory over Siena in the East Regional. Juan Dixon (Calvert Hall), the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year, scores 29 for the Terps (27-4). March 10, 1983: More than 6,000 fans at the Civic Center watch Dunbar rout Cardinal Gibbons, the Catholic League champion, 82-53 in the first Metro Basketball Classic. It's the 59th consecutive victory for coach Bob Wade's Poets, the mythical national champions, who get 37 points from All-American Reggie Williams, their Georgetown-bound forward.

The Harford County Department of Community Services Volunteer Harford program has announced that fifth annual Volunteer Expo is planned Saturday, March 23, from 9 a.m. to noon at Patterson Mill Middle-High School, 85 Patterson Mill Road, in Bel Air. The Volunteer Expo will feature numerous vendors looking for volunteers. The Expo provides an opportunity to hear from and learn about local organizations and agencies about available volunteer jobs. The Volunteer Expo is free and open to the public; no registration is required.

Discount retailer Marshalls expects to open its planned Inner Harbor store on March 21, a spokeswoman for TJX Cos. Inc. said. The company signed a lease last year for more than 31,000 square feet at Lockwood Place on East Pratt Street in the former Filene's Basement spot. The space has been vacant for about a year, since the Filene's closed as part of the chain's bankruptcy filing. Marshalls, known for selling brand-name apparel at a discount, will open on the second floor of the three-story retail center, also home to restaurants P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Fogo de Chao Brazilian Steakhouse and Panera Bread.

The top producers for March at the Bel Air Central Long & Foster office are top sales team: Andrew and Kelly Hacke; top sales group: Diana Hirschhorn; and top sales individual: Kathy Goff; top listing team: Andrew and Kelly Hacke; top listing group: Diana Hirschhorn; top listing individual: Dan Carson. The top producers for March at the Aberdeen Long & Foster office are top sales individual: Patricia Lindley; top listing individual: Bruce Hechmer; and agent with the most new listings: Debra Rettberg.

The first Baltimore location of Nando's Peri-Peri, an informal Afro-Portuguese restaurant specializing in flame-grilled chicken, will open on Baltimore and Paca streets on March 20. The location is close by the University of Maryland and around the corner from the Hippodrome. Founded in Johannesburg in 1987, the worldwide chicken chain made its U.S. debut in 2008 in Washington and has added nine stores in the D.C. metropolitan area since. A Nando's opened at the Waugh Chapel Towne Centre Gambrills last December, and another has been announced for the Cordish Cos.' Towson Square project.

A committee building a new memorial in Annapolis has extended the deadline for names of those who took part in the August 1963 March on Washington, where the Rev. Martin Luther King gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. The committee had initially set a deadline of May 19, but has extended it to May 31. The memorial is scheduled to be unveiled in Whitmore Park in Annapolis, where a bus departed for the march, on Aug. 28 - the 50 t h anniversary of the march. It is being paid for by donations to the committee.

A single winning ticket for a record Powerball lottery jackpot worth $590.5 million was sold in Florida, organizers said late Saturday, but there was no word about who won. The winning numbers from Saturday night's drawing were: 10, 13, 14, 22 and 52, with a Powerball number of 11. The odds of winning were put at one in 175 million. The winning ticket was sold at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, a suburb of Tampa, according to the Florida Lottery. The prize tempted many Marylanders to buy tickets for the lottery game before the 11 p.m. drawing.

Comcast Corp. cable TV subscribers might have noticed a small new charge in their bills recently. After years of giving customers with "standard/expanded" basic cable service up to two digital TV adapters for free as part of the upgrade to all-digital broadcasting, the cable provider now is charging $1.99 a month per digital adapter. The new fees, being rolled out in each of Comcast's markets, took effect in March in the Baltimore area. The company, which declined to provide the number of subscribers affected, said it notified customers ahead of time of the decision and that pricing always has been subject to change.

More than 600 Harford County residents joined to support the nation's smallest citizens at the 2013 March for Babies on Sunday along Route 23 in Forest Hill, raising in excess of $100,000 to improve and protect the health of infants. Now in its 43rd  year, the nation's premier walking event is the largest fundraiser for the March of Dimes.  The master of ceremonies for the event, Chrissy Kalista of One Main Financial, who is also a Central Maryland Division March of Dimes board member, and Heather Lynch, Harford County community director for Central Maryland Division, March of Dimes, introduced the various dignitaries and groups, thanked the teams and volunteers, and restated the rules of the walk.

Humans had their hands full at Sunday's 18th annual March for the Animals in Druid Hill Park. Adam Mittadam, 30, of Canton, held fast to the leashes of six French bulldogs - Mango, Kiwi, Coconut, Scooter, Vespa and Moped - all wearing colorful capes for the occasion on a nippy spring morning. "Oh my God, they're the cutest things," said Catherine Roberts, 27, also of Canton, stopping to take a photo with her cell phone. Mercy Hospital anesthesiologist Katie Amundson of Annapolis, who weighs 103 pounds, held on for dear life to her Newfoundlands - Simon, 125 pounds, and Maggie, 100 pounds.

Maryland employers added 4,700 jobs in March, gains driven by the private sector, the U.S. Department of Labor estimated Friday. It was the fourth straight month of increases, though at a lower level than the previous three. The expansion brought Maryland within about 5,000 jobs of finally regaining the number of positions the state had before the effects of the last recession set in - compared with nearly 2.9 million jobs still to go nationwide, more than the country added in all of last year.

March 2013 brought a chill to Maryland and much of the eastern U.S., but the global average temperature for the month was meanwhile 10th warmest on record, according to U.S. climate researchers. Around here, March temperatures were about 3 degrees below normal, as measured at BWI Marshall Airport. The average of 40.6 degrees at the airport in March was two degrees colder than the average for December, of 42.7 degrees. The trend carried across much of the Southeast. For states from Mississippi to Virginia to Florida, it was among the top 10 coldest months of March in 119 years, according to the National Climatic Data Center . The national March temperature average of 40.8 degrees was 0.9 degrees below the 20th century average.

The Pennel family of Edgewood, is serving as the 2013 Harford County March for Babies Ambassador Family to help raise awareness about the lifesaving research and support of the March of Dimes and their team, Two Tiny Blessings, will participate in the annual March for Babies Sunday. The walk begins at 9 a.m. (registration at 8 a.m.) at the Forest Hill Industrial Airpark at the intersection of Route 23 and Commerce Road at the roundabout. This year, the March of Dimes celebrates its 75th anniversary and its ongoing work to help all babies get a healthy start in life.