Construction worker injured in fall from roof

A construction worker was critically injured in a 20-foot fall in Aberdeen on Monday, officials said. The man, whose name was not released, fell about 2:30 p.m. into an empty swimming pool from the roof of a Holiday Inn that is being remodeled in the 1000 block of Beards Hill Road, said Aberdeen Fire Chief Steve Hinch. The circumstances of the fall were unknown. Hinch described the worker’s injuries as "pretty serious, but non-life-threatening." Maryland Occupational Safety and Health officials were called to the scene to investigate the circumstances. A community input meeting for a proposed 19home subdivision off Maple Avenue in Catonsville has been scheduled for Feb. 27. The proposed development, dubbed Davis Farms, would add 18 single-family houses to a 21.17-acre plot of land at 106 Maple Ave. The project proposes adding a looped road with two access points on Maple Avenue so the subdivision could be accessed and would include one existing home, making for a total of 19 single-family houses. The development would not require any zoning changes, and the land being developed is zoned in such a way that it could accommodate 22 houses, rather that the 19 total that are currently proposed. John Motsco, a senior project engineer with Little & Associates Inc., a Towsonbased firm that’s working on the project, said Howard County’s Department of Public Works will hold two informational meetings — including one today — to help people who might want to apply for the county’s Flood Mitigation Assistance Pilot Program. Attendees can ask officials questions about the grant program, which is available to property owners in the Plum Tree, Little Plumtree, Tiber-Hudson and New Cut watersheds. Applications are due by March 29. Officials say the flood mitigation assistance program will provide grants up to $5,000 per project for property owners with a total program cap of $150,000. The meetings will take place at 7 p.m. today, Feb. 19 and Thursday, Feb. 28, at the George Howard Building, 3430 Court House Dr., Ellicott City.