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RoCo explores the history of HoCo, looking to uncover the intents and influences — indeed, the idiosyncrasies — that founded this place.

History

RoCo explores the history of HoCo, looking to uncover the intents and influences — indeed, the idiosyncrasies — that founded this place.

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

Pass Me That Bill, Would Ya’, Ken Stevens?

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This post is dedicated to Senator Guy Guzzone (D-13) on his birthday! Happy Birthday, Guy and thanks for being another person who teaches us so much about politics! I heard a light rap at the door of the room at the Sheraton in downtown Columbia where Robert and I are staying until we find more permanent HoCo digs. “Mom-…Dad…it’s me, Rachel. I have to show you something.” came a muffled voice behind the heavy, semi-soundproof door. “Do not disturb, please—oh, Rachel!” I leapt out of bed, because even though I was further away from the door than Colleen I’m the … Read more

Learning From History With Shawn Gladden

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As I looked around the room dedicated to Howard County history in the offices of the Howard County Historical Society (HCHS) offices in the Charles E. Miller Branch of the Howard County Library in Ellicott City, I thought of the quilt RoCo’s good friend, local immigration attorney and progressive activist Becca Niburg made for us using the campaign t-shirts of many of the Democrats who ran for local office in the 2018 Gubernatorial primary. Like that quilt, the HCHS displays wove a telling tapestry of the triumph and tragedy of the human experience, as the National History Day website named … Read more