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Hi Ellicott City! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Scam emails posing as county planners target local residents for payments
  • How will Ellicott City's new Fire Station 15 change local emergency response?
  • See which Ellicott City sour just won national honey-beer honors.

Also on today's calendar: Goat Yoga and 15 more events.

Today's riddle: What day of the year is trucker's day? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Clouds and sun, with a high of 84 and low of 60 degrees.
  • Saturday: Beautiful with clouds and sun, temps: high: 77, low: 63.
  • Sunday: Humid; a p.m. t-storm or two, with a high of 81 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Email Scam Swindles Money By Impersonating Howard Co. Staffers (patch.com) — Howard County officials are warning residents, including those in Ellicott City, about a scam email impersonating Department of Planning and Zoning staff and demanding payments for forms. The county stresses that DPZ will never request wire transfers, peer-to-peer payments, or cryptocurrency by email and urges anyone contacted to delete the message and, if money or data was shared, file a report with Howard County police.
   

• New Howard Co. Fire Station Saves Lives, Trains Aspiring First Responders (patch.com) — Construction of the new $18.8 million Fire Station 15 along Route 108 in Ellicott City will soon begin, bringing expanded emergency services and on-site EMT classrooms for local high school students. The station, paired with the adjacent Career and Technical Education Center, will let more Howard County teens train as first responders and is part of a broader plan that includes a future Fire Station 16 in western Ellicott City.
   

• The National Honey Board has named the best beers (beerinfo.com) — Ellicott City's Manor Hill Brewing earned a gold medal for its Nature's Whimsy sour in the National Honey Board's 2026 Honey Beer Competition. The nationwide contest judged more than 150 honey beers, putting the local brewery alongside top winners from Chicago, Denver, and other beer hubs, and spotlighting Ellicott City on the craft beer map.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Looking for a price to get this tree dropped.
    Do not need to cut up or the stump grinded. Probably less than a 30 min job. Just looking for the best price to safely get it to the ground It's… (Nextdoor Ilchester Landing)
  • Anyone know of any local real farm stands that sell corn.
    Most farm stands around here seem to be reselling produce that they bought from a grocery store a week ago and have no relationship to an actual… (Nextdoor Woodmark)
  • Gap posted a job opening for Seasonal Retail Sales Associate - Long Gate Center in Ellicott City. Apply here.
  • OSL Retail Services Inc posted a job opening for Wireless Retail Sales Associate - W2248 in Catonsville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Ellicott City here.

🗞 Nearby News

Catonsville

  • Luke Jones and Nestor begin to wave goodbye to Orioles season and Baltimore baseball perhaps indefinitely (baltimorepositive.com)
  • Cost of Living Squeezes Fall Plans for Maryland Families (southernmarylandchronicle.com)
  • UPDATE: MDE Sets Public Hearing and Comment Period for Water Quality Standards Review (mdcounties.org)

Columbia

  • Solution Architect Job Opportunity in Columbia, MD (news-usa.today)
  • G.O.L.D. Gathering: Lucky Strike (umbc.edu)

Baltimore

  • 2 Rounds Of Storms Possible For MD: See Timing, Impacts (patch.com)

Ok Ellicott City! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: 10-4, good buddy! (Thank you Jean H. for sending it in!)
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