Community Corner

Five Things for Thursday

Ravens football kicks off, Ellicott City to get a sweet new grocery store, weather and upcoming stories.

 

1. Ravens football kicks off tonight! The birds are set to take on the some other birds, the Atlanta Falcons, in what is sure to be an always thrilling preseason game for the first five minutes (before they take the starters out). Patch has a preview -

2. Changes are happening rapidly to Turf Valley shopping center in Ellicott City. First, it was announced this week they're going to get . Second, Dennis Lane over at Tales of Two Cities blog reported this morning the shopping center will also be receiving a Facci restaurant (which has a location in Maple Lawn) and a Perfect Pour liquor store.

Find out what's happening in Columbiawith free, real-time updates from Patch.

3. If you haven't been following the dustup between the Alliance for a Better Columbia and the Columbia Association over releasing specific salary information of CA employees, we have stories and here.

4. Weather - They're predicting it to hit 90 today with a 60 percent chance of thunderstorms and rain this afternoon, according to weather.com.

Find out what's happening in Columbiawith free, real-time updates from Patch.

5. What I'm working on today - I'll be writing a story about recommendations made by the Design Advisory Panel to the redevelopment project at Columbia Mall. I'll have a police blotter out this afternoon and I'm going to write a preview story for the trial of the suspect who allegedly attempted to attack a Long Reach High student, but was .


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