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Meet Local Environmentalist Chiara D’Amore

From the farmland of Illinois to the beaches of Virginia and the woods of Maryland, the natural environment has been…

Artist Debra Howard wins PHG’s 2017 Best Depiction of the River Award in Paint It! Ellicott City’s Plein Air Event

Debra Howard, a fine artist from Crisfield Maryland, is this year’s recipient of the Patapsco Heritage Greenway award for “Best…

Old Ellicott City in the Eyes of Artists

With the town in mid-summer vibrancy after nearly a full year of restoration post-flood, locals of all ages are capturing…

Maryland Heritage Areas Authority Awards 50 Grants to Support Heritage Tourism Nearly $2.7 million awarded

The Patapsco Heritage Area received just over $160,000 in five grants from the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority including Management and…

Patapsco: Silent Witnesses to an Enduring Current by Riley Goodman

Patapsco: Silent Witnesses to an Enduring Current by Riley Goodman New Art Exhibit to Open As Part of Ellicott City’s…

Oella Garden Blog Part 2 – Interview with Volunteer Garden Manager

On a sunny, pleasant morning, after analyzing budget expenditures at the office, I walked through the Oella & Ellicott City…

All Hands on Deck at Adkins Arboretum

As part of the Chesapeake Conservation Corps experience, a handful of corps-members wrote an application to host an All Hands…

Oella Garden- Part I

The Oella & Ellicott City Entrance Garden started out as a neglected piece of land that was overrun by invasive…

Eagle Project- Historic Oella Cemetery

On Saturday, June 3rd, several scouts and adult leaders from Troop 764 in Halethorpe, Maryland, as well as volunteers from…