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Sunday, February 24, 2013

Local Mega Millions Winner Dreams of New Homes, the Beach

The $26 million ticket came from Howard County. The 48-year-old retiree is going to the beach.

That didn’t take long.  The Mega Millions Jackpot winner has come forward, just two days after the Maryland Lottery announced that the winning ticket had been sold in Howard County. A grandmother of two, the winner said she plans to buy a house or two, according to a statement released by the Maryland Lottery.  Preferably on the beach. “This will be the first time anyone from our family has ever owned a home,” the winner told Lottery officials. The 48-year-old retiree and her fiancé joked Tuesday night that they might wake up millionaires, according to a statement released by Lottery officials. It seems she still isn’t certain if it’s a joke. “I am still in denial,” said the winner, who wants to remain anonymous.  “I even drove by the …

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Ellicott City Resident Wins a Year of Dates

One man wins big in a contest to promote the use of a new parking application in the Historic District.

When a stranger calls and asks a kid for her parent’s cell phone number, the responsible child politely declines.  Even if it’s the County Executive asking. The young woman who identified herself as Mark Kinzie’s daughter to Ken Ulman did just that Thursday after Ulman called to let Kinzie know he had won Howard County Tourism’s “Download for Date Nights” promotion.  To support her responsibility, perhaps Kinzie will take his daughter out to dinner at one of the half-dozen restaurants that donated $400 worth of gift certificates to the promotion, or take her to a show at Merriweather Post Pavilion.  In all, the Ellicott City resident won more than $4,000 worth of free goods, services and gift certificates donated by local businesses as …

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