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ELDERSBURG - The next community meeting on the proposed Freedom Area Trail Network in Sykesville and Eldersburg will be held Wednesday, Sept. 12, at 7 p.m., in the South Carroll Senior and Community Center, 5928 Mineral Hill Road. Recently, a $55,000 Maryland Bikeways grant, from the Maryland Department of Transportation, was awarded to Carroll County to complete a feasibility study and design work for the trail. The county started the process more than a year ago, with hopes of improving bicycle and pedestrian routes between Eldersburg and Sykesville.

Howard County planners are developing a new bicycle master plan to guide road projects and connections to create a bike transportation network. The extensive plan is being developed over a year and will address bicycling capabilities on 300 roadways. It will also look at off-road paths and determine the need for bike racks, more bicycle commuting and a proposed shared bike system. In order to target specific locations that need improvement, the county is turning to interactive technology.

UPDATES WITH REPLAY DATES -- Talk about a TV series being on the news, Thursday's night's edition of "Caught Looking" takes viewers inside last weekend's series between the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Yankees just as the two teams reconvene for an epic showdown in Baltimore. This week's installment will premiere at 9 p.m. Thursday with replays throughout the week. The 10-minute clip I saw made me want more, more, more. Here's the release form the NBC Sports Network cable channel: With the Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees currently tied for first place in the American League East, this week's Caught Looking (Thursday night at 9 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network)

After almost a decade on Baltimore TV, Amber Theoharis signed off for the last time Thursday from a local sporting event. She starts Sept. 21 as a co-host on "NFL Total Access" on the NFL Network. She leaves next week for California. Theoharis took a break from covering the Baltimore Orioles in their showdown with the New York Yankees at Camden Yards Thursday night to talk about her feelings and say goodbye to viewers who have come to know her over the years at WBFF (2004-2006) and MASN (since 2006)

Leete Garten says the Abilities Network, the Towson-based nonprofit that provides an array of services for Marylanders with disabilities, has not only made his life better; it has become a big part of his life. And because of this, it will always hold a special place in his heart. "When I was younger, I had epilepsy," said Garten, 29, who like, his father before him, serves as a board member with the network. "What Abilities Network did for our family, among other things, was to provide us with opportunities to talk with other people in the area with children with epilepsy.

Tenable Network Security Inc., an information security software developer based in Columbia, said Wednesday that it had received $50 million in funding from the venture capital firm Accel Partners. The round of funding, the first in Tenable's 10-year history, will allow the firm to expand offerings, accelerate growth and enhance its research into evolving threats, the company said. Tenable recently doubled its number of workers to 200 and said it expected to hire another 200 employees over the next two years.

Zayo Group announced Tuesday that it has acquired FiberGate Inc. and its network of fiber optic lines stretching from Northern Virginia to Baltimore. The $117 million purchase adds 399 new route miles and 130,000 fiber miles in the combined Washington, D.C./Baltimore metro areas to Zayo's network. FiberGate, based in Alexandria, Va., has been providing fiber optic services to the federal government, large enterprise and carrier customers for almost 17 years. "As a result of the acquisition, we will have one of the most comprehensive fiber networks in the D.C. area of any provider," said Dan Caruse, CEO of Colorado-based Zayo.

I am sure Fox News will take some flak for naming the Navy SEAL who wrote about the killing of Osama bin Laden under a pseudonym. It's already getting pretty heavy on Twitter following a tweet from Richard Engel, NBC's foreign correspondent, saying: "Al qaeda supporters in chat rooms call for death of Navy SEAL author. " But there is no legitimate journalistic controversy here -- at least, insofar as it involves Fox revealing that the former Navy SEAL who wrote the book "No Easy Day" under the pseudonym Mark Owen is 36-year-old Matt Bissonnette.

Sinclair Broadcast Group announced Thursday that it has reached a retransmission agreement in principle with the Dish Network and that it has extended the existing pact by two weeks to allow the negotiation of a final contract. The agreement had been set to expire at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. Retransmission contracts set the fees that cable and satellite TV providers pay broadcast stations to include their signals in channel lineups. The agreement allows Dish, which has about 14 million customers nationwide, to carry 70 television stations that Sinclair provides service to or owns.

Hunt Valley-based Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. said Monday that it was continuing to negotiate with Dish Network over a soon-to-expire agreement that allows the satellite TV provider to carry dozens of Sinclair-owned television stations. The retransmission consent agreement expires at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. Such contracts set the fees that cable and satellite TV providers pay broadcast stations to include their signals in channel lineups. Sinclair said in a statement Monday that "significant doubt exists as to whether or not a new agreement will be reached with Dish.