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 Tuesday, Dec 18 A Howard County Circuit Court judge has denied a request by attorneys for two local teens to drop hate crime-related charges on the basis that racial slurs and swastikas found scrawled on Glenelg High School grounds in May were constitutionally protected free speech. |   | |
| Howard County Public Schools Superintendent Michael Martirano introduced a nearly $1 billion operating budget proposal Tuesday night, calling it his “road map” for the next four years and also announced the looming health care fund deficit has shrunk to $27 million. |
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| Clarksville Middle School is one of six public schools in the state that were named Maryland Blue Ribbon Schools. |
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| Atholton senior outside hitter Lisa Zoch is the 2018 Howard County Times volleyball Player of the Year, headlining this year's All-Howard County volleyball teams. |
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| Marriotts Ridge junior Faith McIlvain named Player of the Year to headline the 2018 Howard County girls golf All-County team. |
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| A Maryland Lottery player has not yet claimed a $1 million winning ticket. |
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| The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission ruled on Tuesday that a politically connected marijuana grower illegally used prohibited crop-protection pesticides and ordered the company to pay a $125,000 fine, provide refunds on certain products and imposed a two-year probationary period. |
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| Brandon Hyde is in place as manager, but there's still a lot of work to be done for the Orioles to be where they want to be when spring training begins in the second week of February. |
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