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A New Day With Arinze for Howard County Council District 2!

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Robert and Colleen gave me, Akbar Khan, permission to write this article, because I count Arinze among my good friends. I sat at “More Than Java” café in Savage Mill waiting for Arinze to meet me. I had arrived early, as I do everywhere. So, my mind wandered to unknown, unimportant places. And then someone important came in: Arinze Ifekauche, Democratic candidate for the Howard County Council in District 2, leading up to the election on June 26th. Arinze is so effortlessly elegant, and he has a kind, content face that immediately puts you at ease. His voice is soft … Read more

What It Means to Care: Chief F. Patrick Marlatt of the Station 5 Volunteer Fire Department

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  Author’s Note: Thanks, Robert and Colleen (RoCo) for handing this one over. It has many special meanings to me. I’d never been so nervous to interview someone for rocoinhoco.com (as Robert and Colleen have allowed me to do many times now). I was sitting in my car a couple weeks ago, sweating—because it was August in Maryland…and because I was in the parking lot of the Station 5 Fire Volunteer Fire House, that one near the Giant in River Hill on Signal Bell Lane…about to go in. I’d be talking to F. Patrick Marlatt, the station’s Chief. I insist on showing … Read more

Why You Should Donate to The Park School of Baltimore NOW!

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So often, when you visit a place you frequented as a child, you think, “It looks so small.” But The Park School of Baltimore, where I attended 9th through 12th grades, seemed bigger. It’s a big place where big things are happening. When I talked to each of the interview subjects for this article, I imagined myself as one of their students. I felt safe, validated, and like these people really cared–in every moment I was with them–that I get the most out of the experience. Our time was limited to thirty or so minutes, so it gained a heightened … Read more

Healthy People, Healthy World: Dr. Scott Berkowitz, M.D. on His Population Health Team at Johns Hopkins Medicine

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Regular readers of this site will know, Colleen and I came to Howard County going on six years ago now. Like the person this article is about, Dr. Scott Berkowitz, M.D., we were drawn to it because it’s just an incredible place. So we decided to stay! Scott’s reasons were similar, but he had some practical issues in mind too. This Syracuse native came here for his Internal Medicine Residency, and like so many before them, he and his family made it their home. What struck me during the hour-plus Scott and I spent at Mad City Coffee was that … Read more

Dhruvak Mirani Candidate for Howard County Democratic Central Committee

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Dhruvak Mirani has what we all want: thick hair. Well, that and energy, high ideals, and a compassionate spirit. But come on–thick hair is awesome! He also has something else we all want: youth. Well, I guess young people don’t want it…they have it. But as soon as you’re not young, you’re like, “What was I thinking–give me back my youth!” I don’t see that in Dhruvak’s future, though. I could tell instantly upon meeting him that he loves life and keeps moving forward. He looks at what he can help him create the world he envisions. But he’s not … Read more

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