All aboard! The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum will reopen Nov. 13. No one can forget the devastating sight of the partially collapsed roof of the 1884 Baldwin Roundhouse that occurred during a record-breaking snowstorm in February 2002. The roundhouse was the museum’s signature building and collections exhibit space. Since the storm, the museum has [...]

Young readers have a chance to write to their favorite author and win some pretty neat prizes in the process. As part of “Letters About Literature,” sponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress and Target stores, readers in fourth through 12th grade can write a letter to an author explaining [...]

Can you spell one thousand dollars? That’s how much scholarship money one Howard County student stands to win in a countywide spelling bee, along with the chance to move on to the National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., next June. The Howard County Library invites public and private schools as well as home school associations [...]

Smokers who want to kick the habit have plenty of options these days. There are nicotine replacement therapies, prescription medicines, support groups, books and counseling. But did you know a survey by the American Cancer Society (ACS) found that only one in seven smokers had tried one of these recommended therapies during their last attempt [...]

The Web address for Columbia Academy was incorrect in the October issue of Maryland Family. The correct address is www.columbiaacademy.com. The correct dates and times for open houses at Ruxton Country School are Nov. 7 from 1 to 3 p.m. and Jan. 12 from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. In the September issue it was not clear [...]