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It’s the first day of spring! (though my allergies told me it started about a week ago 🤣)

🍦 But this means you can get free Italian ice at Rita’s! (find the closest location with this store finder, but I suspect it’ll be in King’s Contrivance or Burtonsville)

(if you’re more a DQ fan, they give away a cone too!)

Also, did you know that Maryland Day, which celebrates the founding of the colony, is next Tuesday, March 25th? This weekend is when you’ll see most of the festivities kicking off across the state.

This website shares all of the Maryland Day events, with a heavy emphasis on Anne Arundel County and Annapolis events as they are big sponsors. If you’ve wanted to see the Pride of Baltimore II, it’ll be at the dock in Annapolis and deck tours will be free.

In this week’s Fulton Flyer:

• Maryland partners with SIRUM & Good Pill for affordable prescription drugs

• This Sunday is Mikey & Mel’s first Cruise In of the season

• REAL ID required real soon

Here we go!

— Jim Wang

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Want a Free Tree? 🌳🌳

If you’re interested in getting a free tree or shrub to plant on your property, you can get one from Howard County Bee City’s Trees for Bees giveaway. The tree and shrub species are all native to Maryland and you just need to reserve your tree starting March 24th at 8am. Act quickly though, they run out fast.

Then, you pick up on April 12th at GreenFest, which is HoCo’s largest celebration of Earth Day.

You can learn more about this giveaway here.

Latest News

Maryland partners with SIRUM for prescription drug affordability 💊

Gov. Moore announced a partnership with SIRUM, the largest distributor of surplus medications, to help make prescription drugs more affordable. You can now get medications through Good Pill, SIRUM’s non profit home delivery pharmacy, are greatly reduced prices. Most prescriptions from Good Pill are available for $2 per month.

REAL ID Required by May 7th 🆔

A quick reminder that by May 7th, everyone 18 and older must have a REAL ID compliant driver’s license or ID card to board an airplane or enter a federal facility. If you don’t have one yet (or aren’t sure if you do), start your process here. (there’s a way to check your status)

Board of Education FY2025 Budget Fully Funded 🏫

HoCo County Executive Calvin Ball announced that the HCPSS and BOE’s FY2026 Capital Budget request would be fully funded. I admit not to follow this in great detail so I can’t add much context to it but you can read the full details here.

Forever 21 is forever shutting down 💤

Forever 21 is bankrupt again and plans on winding down the business unless it can find a buyer, which seems unlikely. I haven’t stopped by the location in the Columbia Mall but I’d expect them to have liquidation sales soon.

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📷 courtesy of Joanna Anastasio | 🗺️ LGM Glass Designs

In 1983, Ray Sharbaugh opened Laurel Glass & Mirror on historic Main Street in the city of Laurel, MD. Sharbaugh’s wife, Joanne, worked side by side with her husband as a partner in the family business for over 50 years. In addition to Sharbaugh and his wife, all five of their children, their spouses, and seven of their grandchildren have worked for one of the 3 glass businesses owned by the family.

Growing up in and around the business, the founder’s grandson, Frank Anastasio, officially joined the company in May 2008 as an estimator. With great pride, Sharbaugh named Anastasio the company’s president in 2019, now rebranded as LGM Glass Designs. One year later and guided by plans for further growth and expansion, Anastasio opened a second facility in Jessup, MD, dedicated to commercial fabrication. This commercial division includes estimators and project managers and fabrication is also based out of the Jessup location.

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Local Business

Free Online Guided Meditation 🧘‍♀️

Maple Lawn Meditation offers a free online guided meditation, open to everyone at all levels, every Monday from 7pm to 7:30pm. If you’re interested in attending, you can sign up here. (you can also see a video of previous meetings to get a sense of it).

Wiseguys Bagels coming to Kings Contrivance 🥯

The Kings Contrivance shopping center finally has some new stores coming in and this time it’s a bagel place - Wiseguys Bagels. Not sure when they’ll get everything done (I tried emailing them but it bounced) but I missed the Bagel Bin (their spot is still vacant). No info on the Kimco realty site yet.

Nalley Fresh Columbia Closed ☹️🥗

Alas, I appears that Nalley Fresh in Columbia has closed.

7 HoCo Organizations Receive United Way Grants 👏

United Way awards Neighborhood Grants of up to $10,000 to resident-led community-centric projects and seven organizations in Howard County received a grant this year!

• A Home of Our Own Howard, Inc.

• Biz Kids

• Camp Attaway, Inc.

• Chinese American Parent Association of Howard County

• Columbia Baptist Fellowship

• LindaBen Foundation Inc

• Trinity Maternal Wellness Inc

Nearby Events

Italian Dinner Fundraiser for Catholic Youth Ministry 3/23 🍝

Catholic Youth Ministry, which serves the youth of the Pastorate of St. Francis and St. Louis in Clarksville, is holding their 44th Italian Dinner on 3/23. Proceeds go towards youth programs such as Retreats to Youth Nights and more. You can order for take-out or dine in but you must do so on this form.

Cherry Blossom Pop-Up Wellness Event 3/23 🌸

A pop-up wellness event in taking place at The Nest Movement Studio in Elkridge from 1pm to 4:30pm. This is the 2nd Annual HoCo Cherry Blossom Pop-Up and will feature over a dozen vendors - it’s free and indoors. Details.

Mikey & Mel’s Cruise In Season Opener 3/22 🚗

Mikey & Mel’s season opener Cruise In is happening this Saturday from 10am until 1pm. It’s a free meetup of car enthusiasts with a DJ. All makes and models are welcome. Details.

Konstantine’s Greek Independence Day Celebration 3/22 🥳

Konstantine’s Greek Taverna is celebrating Greek Independence Day on their patio from 6pm to 10pm. They’ll have live music by The Golden Flame Band as well as traditional Greek dancers, and more. More details here.

Maryland Day Festival @ Power Plant Live 3/22 🦀

The Maryland Day Festival is going on at Power Plant Live in Baltimore from 11am to 5pm. Doc Marten & the Flannels will be performing, there will be a Puppy Pageant, and more. Details and tickets here.

Secrets of the Chocolate Maker Mill Town Tea 3/27 🍫

Care for some afternoon tea with a piece of chocolate history? There’s a special Mill Town Tea event on 3/27 at 11:30am - 1pm at the Museum of Howard County History in Ellicott City. In addition to your Afternoon Tea, there will be a special presentation on the history of chocolate including some special treats from the "Sweet Cascades" Chocolate Shop in Ellicott City. Tickets.

Caregiver Education Series @ Winter Growth 3/26

Winter Growth, a memory care facility in Columbia, is hosting a four-part Caregiver Education Series. The first will be on 3/26 from 5:30pm to 7pm and will cover how to find meaningful and engage experiences for the ones you are caring for. Details here.

Weather This Weekend

Friday - 56° | 36° - ☀️ - 0”
Saturday - 65° | 34° - 🌤️ - 0”
Sunday - 54° | 43° - 🌤️ - 0.06”

☀️ data from Weather Underground

Local Theatres and Shows

Full HCPSS theater schedule.

Live Music, Brunches, & Bar Events

This list started as just local live music but has since expanded to include brunches, trivia, and bar events too:

🎶 Music | ❓ Trivia | 🎭 Comedy | 🍳 Brunch

Friday 3/21

🎶 The Collective Encore - TNT: Linwood Taylor and Michael Tash - 8pm - Tickets
🎶 The Common Kitchen - Michelle Lockey - 6pm to 8pm
🎶 Barebones Bar & Grill - Soulstice - 8pm to 12am
🎶 Looney’s Pub - Cherry Crush - 9pm
🎶 Oversea Distillery - Friday Night Jazz - 7pm
🎶 Reckless Shepherd - Tripwire - 9pm
🎶 Smashing Grapes - Jennifer Schimpf - 8pm to 11pm
🎶 White Oak Tavern - Sarah Larsen - 8pm to 10pm

🎶 Brookeville Beer Farm - Brett Buehler - 5:30m to 8:30pm

Saturday 3/22

🎶 The Collective Encore - EU featuring Sugar Bear - 8pm - Tickets
🎶 Barebones Bar & Grill - Blue Line - 8pm to 12am
🎶 Kelsey’s Restaurant - Richard Walton - 6pm to 9:30pm
🎶 Looney’s Pub - 9MileRoots - 9pm
🎶 Oversea Distillery - Cadillac Jump Blues Band - 7pm
🎶 Periodic Table - Out of Order - 8:30pm to 11:30pm
🎶 Reckless Shepherd - Skies In Chaos - 9pm
🎶 Smashing Grapes - Grayson Moon - 8pm to 11pm
🎶 White Oak Tavern - Alex Peters - 8pm to 10pm

🎶 Waredaca Brewery - Jack Worthington - 4pm to 7pm
🎶 Brookeville Beer Farm - Poor Ellen Smith - 5:30m to 8:30pm

Sunday 3/23

🍳 Oversea Distillery - Drag me to Brunch - 11am - Tickets
🍳 The Collective Encore - Music Bingo Brunch with Atomic Mingo - 8pm - Tickets
🍳 Periodic Table - Jazz Brunch - 11am to 3:00pm

🎶 The Collective Encore - Newmyer Flyer Presents GRIN AGAIN - 7pm - Tickets

🎶 Brookeville Beer Farm - Sky King - 1pm to 4pm
🎶 Manor Hill Brewing - John Benjamin - 2pm to 5pm
🎶 Waredaca Brewery - Noah Booz - 2pm to 5pm

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