At the request of the County Executive, Bill 09-36 regarding Prologis Park, also known as the Incinerator Bill, was pulled from the Harford County Council public hearing and decision meeting on Monday night.
Most of the Edgewood residents who attended the meeting in opposition to the proposal, which would put waste [...]
Harford County Sheriff L. Jesse Bane was hospitalized early Thanksgiving morning for an arterial blockage after experiencing what he described as “some minor chest discomfort.”
In a letter distributed to Sheriff’s Office personnel on Monday, Bane said he underwent a common outpatient procedure at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Towson.
Sheriff’s Office [...]
Edgewood residents and activists have started a petition drive and will hold a special meeting Tuesday to discuss the implications of a Harford County Council bill which would place a waste incinerator next to a community recreation field.
Community activist Omar Simpson has created an online petition for the public [...]
Aberdeen Communities Together (ACT), the community action group which recently saw all four of its endorsed candidates for mayor and city council elected into office, will celebrate the election victory Friday at the Aberdeen Senior Center.
ACT, which originally organized to stop the Wetlands Golf Course annexation and has been actively [...]
With the election in the history books and dust from campaign season starting to settle, Aberdeen’s candidates have finally found the time to reflect on their victories, defeats, and futures.
After 6 years on the city council, Mike Hiob considered leaving elected office altogether, but some chance conversations (with Gov. Martin [...]
At the request of Harford County Councilman Dion Guthrie and several Edgewood residents, the Edgewood Community Council has called a special meeting to discuss Bill No. 09-36, Acquisition of Prologis Park, and it’s potential impact to the Edgewood Community.
WHAT: ECC SPECIAL MEETING
WHERE: Harford County Council Chambers, 212 [...]
Each month the Harford County Health Department conducts routine inspections of 1,893 food service facilities. Some pass, some fail. These are their stories…
Below are all the critical health inspection violations for Harford County in October 2009:
7-Eleven Store #19677
1752 Jarrettsville Road
Jarrettsville, MD 21084
Violation: Food must be held at [...]
Incumbent Bel Air Town Commissioners Rob Preston and Dave Carey appear to have both won re-election, albeit narrowly over challenger Greg Adolph, after a final tally of provisional and absentee ballots on Monday afternoon.
With the results too close to call following the town’s Nov. 3 municipal election, an absentee ballot [...]
Havre de Grace resident Juanita L. Warman was among the 13 people killed in Thursday’s shooting at Fort Hood in Texas, according to national media reports.
While Warman and the dozen others who died in Thursday’s attack have not yet been officially named by the Department of Defense, their names, Warman’s [...]
Interview with Bel Air Town Commissioner Dave Carey:
As part of The Dagger’s coverage of the Town of Bel Air’s municipal election on Nov. 3, the following questions were presented to each candidate for town commissioner.
The five questions (bolded and boxed) were chosen to generate discussion on specific topics. The candidates’ [...]
Interview with Aberdeen Mayor Mike Bennett:
As part of The Dagger’s coverage of the City of Aberdeen’s municipal election on Nov. 3, the following questions were presented to each candidate for mayor and city council.
The five questions (bolded and boxed) were chosen to generate discussion on specific topics. The candidates’ answers [...]
With just a few days before Aberdeen voters go to the polls, the mayoral and city council candidates worked hard Wednesday night at the Candidates Night Forum to demonstrate why they would be the best choice to represent the city for the next two years.
Nine of the ten active candidates [...]
For those who are unable to attend the Aberdeen Mayor and City Council Candidates Night Forum tonight (Wednesday), or may just want to catch the action for the comfort of their own homes, The Dagger will be providing live video of the entire event.
The Dagger is hosting and moderating the [...]
The Bel Air Candidates Forum is over, but some of the answers that attendees gave will fuel debate right up until Election Day – one week from today.
Four of the five active candidates for Bel Air Town Commissioner fielded 18 total questions generated by some of the approximately 60 people [...]
Interview with Aberdeen Mayoral Candidate/City Council President Mike Hiob:
As part of The Dagger’s coverage of the City of Aberdeen’s municipal election on Nov. 3, the following questions were presented to each candidate for mayor and city council.
The five questions (bolded and boxed) were chosen to generate discussion on specific topics. [...]
Interview with Bel Air Town Commissioner Rob Preston:
As part of The Dagger’s coverage of the Town of Bel Air’s municipal election on Nov. 3, the following questions were presented to each candidate for town commissioner.
The five questions (bolded and boxed) were chosen to generate discussion on specific topics. The candidates’ [...]
Interview with Aberdeen Mayoral Candidate Barbara Kreamer:
As part of The Dagger’s coverage of the City of Aberdeen’s municipal election on Nov. 3, the following questions were presented to each candidate for mayor and city council.
The five questions (bolded and boxed) were chosen to generate discussion on specific topics. The candidates’ [...]
Interview with Aberdeen City Councilman Ron Kupferman:
As part of The Dagger’s coverage of the City of Aberdeen’s municipal election on Nov. 3, the following questions were presented to each candidate for mayor and city council.
The five questions (bolded and boxed) were chosen to generate discussion on specific topics. The candidates’ [...]
Interview with Bel Air Town Commissioner candidate Ricky Davis:
As part of The Dagger’s coverage of the Town of Bel Air’s municipal election on Nov. 3, the following questions were presented to each candidate for town commissioner.
The five questions (bolded and boxed) were chosen to generate discussion on specific topics. The [...]
Each month the Harford County Health Department conducts routine inspections of 1,893 food service facilities. Some pass, some fail. These are their stories…
Below are all the critical health inspection violations for Harford County in September 2009:
7-Eleven Store #11614
911 Ontario Street
Havre de Grace, MD 21078
Violation: Food must be [...]
Interview with Aberdeen City Council Candidate Sandy Landbeck:
As part of The Dagger’s coverage of the City of Aberdeen’s municipal election on Nov. 3, the following questions were presented to each candidate for mayor and city council.
The five questions (bolded and boxed) were chosen to generate discussion on specific topics. The [...]
Interview with Aberdeen City Councilwoman Ruth Elliott:
As part of The Dagger’s coverage of the City of Aberdeen’s municipal election on Nov. 3, the following questions were presented to each candidate for mayor and city council.
The five questions (bolded and boxed) were chosen to generate discussion on specific topics. The candidates’ [...]
Interview with Bel Air Town Commissioner candidate Gregory Adolph:
As part of The Dagger’s coverage of the Town of Bel Air’s municipal election on Nov. 3, the following questions were presented to each candidate for town commissioner.
The five questions (bolded and boxed) were chosen to generate discussion on specific topics. The [...]
Interview with Aberdeen City Council candidate Zenobia Todd:
As part of The Dagger’s coverage of the City of Aberdeen’s municipal election on Nov. 3, the following questions were presented to each candidate for mayor and city council.
The five questions (bolded and boxed) were chosen to generate discussion on specific topics. The [...]
All told, the 10 candidates for Aberdeen mayor and city council have raised nearly $22,000 in campaign contributions, but more than half of that total has been raised by incumbent city council president/mayor candidate Mike Hiob alone.
Hiob’s mayoral campaign has brought in $11,000. The other 9 candidates (2 for mayor [...]
The body found in a drainage ditch in Aberdeen on October 2nd was identified by police as Wayne A Bowser, 51, of Aberdeen. Aberdeen police said he died as a result of an accidental drowning.
At about 10:00 a.m. on Oct. 2 a contract worker discovered a body in a [...]
With the late addition Monday of two new city council challengers, Trudie Norman and Zenobia Todd, the ballot for Aberdeen’s November 3 municipal election has swelled to 10 candidates – 3 vying for mayor and now 7 for city council.
The race for mayor pits incumbent Mayor Michael E. Bennett against [...]
A $9.25 million State Highway Administration project to widen and shift Route 24 away from the eroding Deer Creek stream bank through Rocks State Park will involve dynamite blasting the famous geologic structures which give the popular park its name.
Beginning next year, crews will shift Rocks Road, Maryland Route 24, [...]
The Harford County Sheriff’s Office has revealed that the results of its independent investigation found insufficient evidence to substantiate the misconduct and civil right violations alleged against members of the Aberdeen Police Department.
The violations, which allegedly included excessive force and false arrest, were brought forth against Aberdeen police officers by [...]
Pharmacist Thomas Patrick Evans of Fallston was appointed today to the Harford County Board of Education by Gov. Martin O’Malley.
Evans, who will fill the vacancy created when Pat Hess resigned, has previously served as the pharmacist representative member of the State Advisory Council on Medical Privacy and Confidentiality. He is [...]
Local businessman Bruce Garner has joined Sandy Landbeck and incumbents Ruth Elliott, Ron Kupferman, and Ruth Ann Young this week in the growing race to fill Aberdeen’s four city council seats.
Garner finished 7th out of 10 candidates and garnered (!) roughly 700 votes in his bid for city council two [...]
Superintendent Robert Tomback reported to the Board of Education Monday night that 99.994% of Harford County Public Schools students viewed President Barack Obama’s address last week.
The students were said to have “engaged in meaningful dialogue and discussion in their classrooms on Wednesday and Thursday of last week.”
Here is a description, [...]
Each month the Harford County Health Department conducts routine inspections of 1,893 food service facilities. Some pass, some fail. These are their stories…
Below are all the critical health inspection violations for Harford County in August 2009:
Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar
1225 Churchville Road
Bel Air, MD 21015
Violation: Food must [...]
Bel Air Town Commissioners David Carey and Robert Preston both may have their eyes on bigger political prizes, but before they get a chance to move up the elected office food chain in November 2010, they’ll have to defend their town commissioner seats this November.
Bel Air will hold its municipal [...]
For as hotly contested as the November 3 municipal election in Aberdeen is expected to be, the candidates have been slow to trickle into the race.
As of Thursday afternoon, only two people had filed their certificates of candidacy – Aberdeen City Council President Michael G. Hiob filed his certificate for [...]
14 Sep, Fundraiser for Councilman Joe Woods & James Reilly, Clerk of Court. Please join your recently appointed Councilman Joe Woods & longtime favorite Clerk of Court Jim Reilly for a Crab Feast at MaGerk’s. The date is September 14th at 6:30pm and the cost is $40.00. The menu is [...]
A power outage in Havre de Grace may have played a role in the theft of 20 handguns and an undisclosed amount of jewelry from a city pawnshop last week.
On the morning of September 3, Havre de Grace police received a report regarding a breaking and entering at The Bank [...]
The New Harford Democratic Club has issued an “Action Alert” to those parents, students, and Harford County residents who are upset with the Board of Education’s decision not to air President Barack Obama’s speech to students.
The alert advises those interested to attend a protest planned to be held Tuesday morning, [...]
In advance of the City of Aberdeen’s November 3 municipal election, the New Harford Democratic Club is imploring its members to attend Wednesday night’s meeting to vote on which mayoral candidate the club will endorse – incumbent mayor Mike Bennett or current city council president Mike Hiob.
Aside from the fact [...]
Del. J.B. Jennings, a Republican representing the Eastern Baltimore and Western Harford County District 7, announced recently his intentions to run for state senate.
Jennings said this week he has been “very fortunate in my achievements in the House of Delegates for the past seven years and I wish to continue [...]
After years of planning, months of deliberation, weeks of public hearings, and untold hours of discussion, it took only a few minutes for the Harford County Council to unanimously approve and enroll the new Comprehensive Rezoning bill Tuesday night.
In fact, the vote was so swift that County Executive David Craig [...]
After years of planning, months of deliberation, weeks of public hearings, and untold hours of discussion, it took only a few minutes for the Harford County Council to unanimously approve and enroll the new Comprehensive Rezoning bill Tuesday night.
In fact, the vote was so swift that County Executive David Craig [...]
Bel Air, MD – July 28,2009 – A former teacher at C. Milton Wright High School filed suit today in Harford County Circuit Court against principal Marlene Molter. In the four-count complaint, teacher John Anker charges Molter with Negligence, Interference with Contract, Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress, and Defamation regarding [...]
Each month the Harford County Health Department conducts routine inspections of 1,893 food service facilities. Some pass, some fail. These are their stories…
Below are all the critical health inspection violations for Harford County in July 2009.
Bel Air Double T Diner
543 Market Place Drive
Bel Air, MD 21014
Violation: Food [...]
During an oddly serene session Tuesday night, during which neither NIMBY nor developer stormed out of the chambers, the Harford County Council unanimously approved 67 Comprehensive Rezoning amendments – setting up what is expected to be a smooth approval next week of the new official Harford County Zoning Map.
Compared to [...]
The Board of Education of Harford County Public Schools is seeking applicants for membership on its Citizen Advisory Committees. Membership is open to all Harford County residents, including those without children in the school system. The Special Education Citizens Advisory Committee is open to any parent of a student with [...]
After his debut last week, Ilya the Floridian manatee seems to have taken a liking to the Susquehanna River and has recently made appearances on the shores of both Cecil and Harford County.
A Perryville Town Commissioner snapped photos of the wayward sea cow last Wednesday and a group of Havre [...]
What do hermaphroditic amphibians, a moonlighting comedian, and a symbolically-snapped ear of corn have in common?
Because no sane person could ever have guessed, I’ll just come out with it: each was involved in the Harford County Council’s Comprehensive Rezoning public hearing held Thursday evening at North Harford High School.
Perhaps one-third [...]
Havre de Grace police are used to fielding calls when strange things are found floating down the river or in the bay.
On Saturday, those calls poured in to the police department in droves as residents of the waterside city reported seeing a strange creature paddling in the waters where the [...]
U.S. Marine Sgt. Michael W. Heede, 22, of Delta, Pennsylvania, and Edgewood according to media reports, was killed Monday in combat operations in Afghanistan.
Sgt. Heede was assigned to the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. He was among two Marines killed Monday [...]
The forecast for Tuesday in Bel Air calls for sunny skies, a high of 86 degrees, and a near-100 percent likelihood of a serious tax revolt.
The Harford County Council is holding a public hearing on the tax assessment cap Tuesday night and a half-dozen tax-reducing, tax-repealing, tax-revolting groups have already [...]
A few months ago, Aberdeen City Council President Mike Hiob wasn’t sure if he was going to seek a fourth term on the city council. Now he’s certain he won’t.
Tired of being hampered by ineffectual administrations and uncooperative council members, Hiob, 50, will instead run for mayor of Aberdeen during [...]
Losing all focus and apparently abandoning the previous day’s fight against alleged oppression at the Bel Air Independence Day parade, Del. Pat McDonough and a handful of his supporters have launched an oppressive act of their own - attempting to silence and control this local news web site for daring [...]
Del. Pat McDonough has threated to pursue legal action and introduce legislation in Annapolis if the Bel Air Independence Day Committee fails to remove or revise rules he claims prohibit free speech during the annual July 4th parade.
A furious letter writing campaign and bitter back-and-forth between Del. McDonough’s supporters [...]
An Independence Day incident, during which Del. Pat McDonough was apparently asked to observe long-standing July 4th parade rules forbidding the use and display of campaign signs, has turned into a full-fledged fiasco that played out on airwaves and email throughout the day Monday.
ANNAPOLIS, MD (July 2, 2009) – Governor Martin O’Malley today announced the appointment of Donald R. Osman to the Harford County Board of Education.
“I am proud to appoint Donald R. Osman to the Harford County Board of Education,” said Governor O’Malley. “I am confident that Mr. Osman possesses the [...]
A $65,000 grant through Maryland Environmental Services and a $500 donation from a Bel Air-based nonprofit group will allow Harford County’s nine waste oil and antifreeze recycling locations to remain open and keep monitors and restrooms active on the MA & PA Heritage Trail.
Information on the grant and donations was [...]
By implementing system-wide layoffs, furloughs and salary reductions, slashing the materials budget by nearly 20%, and closing all branches of the Harford County Public Library system on Sundays, the Fallston Branch has been saved and will remain open.
The decision and recommendations of the Library Board of Trustees were announced during [...]
The decision by the Havre de Grace City Council last Monday to withdraw all $12,000 in city funding originally designated for the Lower Susquehanna Heritage Greenway may also jeopardize significant funding for local museums and the city itself.
In an eight-page letter sent to Mayor Wayne Dougherty and the City Council [...]
The Harford County Public Library Board of Directors have delayed a vote on the closure of the Fallston Branch until next week.
The decision came just a few hours after County Executive David Craig announced dozens of Harford County employees would be losing their jobs to meet the mandated budget cuts.
The [...]
In a prepared statement read Thursday afternoon, County Executive David Craig assured the residents of Harford County, employees of the county, and the 34 workers who have lost, or will soon lose, their jobs that “we will get through this.”
In announcing that 34 employees have or will be terminated by [...]
In a press conference Thursday afternoon, County Executive David Craig announced the county would be terminating the positions of at least 34 employees and further reducing existing services in order to meet the latest round of budget cuts.
The cuts are supposedly coming department by department, starting with several today and [...]
Facing confusion and concern regarding a cost-cutting proposal to close the Fallston branch of the Harford County Public Library, the Harford County Council issued a resolution Tuesday night urging all library branches to remain open and requesting the County Executive David Craig transfer money in the budget to save the [...]
The following was received from the office of Del. Pat McDonough:
As an illegal alien, already residing in the United States, or someone planning to come here unauthorized, your future prospects have increased dramatically. Although George Bush dropped the ball on the issue of illegals and damaged our nation in many [...]
The Fallston Branch of the Harford County Public Library may close by the end of the month in a cost-saving manuever deemed necessary after the County Executive and County Council mandated an additional 5% cut from each departmental budget.
The Library Board of Trustees will meet Thursday to determine the fate [...]
Each month the Harford County Health Department conducts routine inspections of 1,893 food service facilities. Some pass, some fail. These are their stories…
Below are all the critical health inspection violations for Harford County in April, 2009.
7-Eleven Store #19677
1752 Jarrettsville Road
Jarrettsville, MD 21084
Violation: Food must be held at [...]
Since he was 16 years old, Joseph Woods intended to one day be a member of the Harford County Council. That vision was fulfilled Tuesday night when the Harford County Council voted unanimously to install Woods, now 30 and chief of the Fallston Volunter Fire and Ambulance Company, as its [...]
Organizers of Tuesday’s tax revolt in Bel Air were thrilled with the turnout and are hoping to build momentum in anticipation of the Harford County Council’s vote on the budget and constant yield tax rate next Tuesday.
While the Harford Property Tax Revolt group claims there were “approximately 200 people, and [...]
With a contingent of local elected officials and representatives in attendance, Gov. Martin O’Malley signed the controversial and long-debated Harford County Elected School Board legislation Tuesday morning.
Sen. Barry Glassman, Del. Susan McComas, Harford County Councilmembers Mary Ann Lisanti and Dion Guthrie and Edgewood Community Council member Jansen Robinson were [...]
Blaming the provision for a “complete shut down” of new home construction in the very areas where BRAC transplants should be looking for local housing, the president of the Harford County Chamber of Commerce has asked the Harford County Council to allow its Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance - which imposes [...]
The long-awaited, hard-fought Harford County Elected School Board bill is expected to be signed tomorrow morning in Annapolis by Gov. Martin O’Malley.
The Governor’s Office informed local Harford representatives this afternoon that the bill signing would take place at around 10-11 a.m. on the 2nd floor of the State House.
The controversial [...]
Upon catching wind of another “tax revolt” being planned, in conjunction with the Harford County Council meeting in Bel Air Tuesday night, the County Executive’s office launched a counter-offensive this week - ordering pro-budget paraphernalia to be printed and recruiting members of the Harford County Sheriff’s Office to fill the [...]
On a rainy and uninspired Election Day in Havre de Grace, which saw only 814 residents bother to cast votes, Randy Craig was reelected and will return to the city council along with former Harford County Councilman Mitch Shank and newcomer Brenda Guldenzopf.
Mayor Wayne Dougherty, who was elected two-years ago [...]
The Harford County Sheriff’s Office has filed charges against a 16-year-old boy who allegedly failed to stop the SUV he was driving and hit a 12-year-old student in the parking lot of Patterson Mill Middle/High School in Bel Air on Friday.
The female middle school student was treated and transported to [...]
Even as they prepare to send out telephone messages to tens of thousands of residents informing them of a probable case of Swine Flu in Harford County, local emergency operations and health officials maintain they know of no link between the potentially-infected individual and the local school system.
Without stating a [...]
Local and state health officials have added an adult from Harford County to the growing list of “probable cases” of Swine Flu (now known as H1N1 virus) in Maryland.
Harford County Emergency Operations Center officials have briefed County Executive David Craig and an emergency protocol is said to be in place [...]
The Harford County Council has started holding informal meetings with the nominees for the vacant District B Fallston/Abingdon seat - Fallston attorney Tim Braue, Abingdon attorney Derek Howell, and Fallston fire chief Joseph Woods.
The council does not seem to have established a formal process, and has not announced when the [...]
In a letter dated April 20, Dels. Susan McComas, Rick Impallaria and Pat McDonough have formally requested that Dels. J.B. Jennings and Wayne Norman step down from their largely ceremonial positions as chair and vice-chair of the Harford County delegation to the Maryland General Assembly in Annapolis.
In the letter, which [...]
Following an evening of interviews with each of the 11 candidates, the Republican Central Committee chose to forward the names of Tim Braue of Fallston, Derek Howell of Abingdon and Joe Woods of Fallston to the Harford County Council as its three nominees to fill the Fallston-Abingdon District B seat.
After [...]
Mobilized by by a call from Harford County Education Association President Randy Cerveny, more than 100 Harford County teachers crowded the Board of Education meeting Monday night wearing red shirts reading “Respect” and “Time.”
Word has been spreading in recent days about a possible two-day furlough for Harford County Public [...]
Have you always wanted to become a member of the Harford County Council, but never felt like putting in the time, effort, or money to actually run for office?
Good news, you still have time to make that dream a reality.
The Harford County Republican Central Committee has imposed a deadline of [...]
Taxes. No one enjoys paying them. Few feel they get enough back for what they pay out in them. Yet they remain one of life’s great certainties - you will eventually die, but until that day, you’ll keep paying more and more taxes.
Spawned in the midst of economic recession and [...]
A sparse crowd, concerned mostly with development in the Red Pump area, turned out Wednesday night at North Harford High School to lodge official comments regarding Harford County’s Comprehensive Rezoning.
In total, 17 people addressed 11 different topics with the majority, four, opposing the upzoning of the Blake Property in Red [...]
In preparation for presenting the proposed 2010 fiscal budget to the County Council, County Executive David Craig has recently sent a letter to county employees - foretelling the impact of the budget on their jobs and, presumably, softening the blow of an announced five-day furlough, spending uniform allowances, and adjusting [...]
Out of respect, local politicos have thus far refused to discuss the issue, but it’s a burning question which will have to be answered within the next two months - how do you replace the 15 years of experience the Harford County Council lost this week with the death of [...]
In May 2007, Havre de Grace witnessed one of the most heated mayoral races in recent history with four long-time city council members each vying for the position.
Two years later, Mayor Wayne Dougherty, who narrowly edged Gary Wasielewski for the city’s top spot, will be walking back into mayor’s office [...]
The bill to create a blended school board in Harford County, with 6 members by the citizens and 3 members appointed by the Governor, passed the Senate on third reader this morning.
A similar bill passed the Senate in 2008, but did not pass in the House. The Harford Delegation is [...]
Four-year terms, strict residency and age requirements for candidates, and a new process for the recall and removal of elected officials are just a few of the major changes proposed in the revised Charter of the City of Aberdeen.
A draft of the document, posted on Aberdeen’s web site, also [...]
A series of robo-calls targeting northern Harford County delegates Donna Stifler and Wayne Norman have prompted another delegate, B. Dan Riley, to seek a state investigation and to offer a reward for the arrest of those involved with making the calls.
At the center of the controversy is the Rt. 40 [...]
In a letter mailed this week to U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski, Harford County Councilman Dion Guthrie asks for federal help to fund a back route into the proposed-to-be-expanded Waste-to-Energy incinerator in Magnolia, which he contends will help alleviate traffic and health concerns in the area.
Guthrie said he “supports the [...]
Harford Sanitation Services, the longtime local trash collection company that has been in transition since owner Sen. Bob Hooper died early last year, has sold its business to southeastern sanitation specialist, Waste Industries of Maryland.
In a letter mailed recently, HSS thanked its customers and extolled the high quality of service [...]
Joanne S. Parrott, a former state delegate and Harford County Council President, died in her home Wednesday at the age of 68.
The cause of death remains unknown. All Harford County flags will be flown at half staff until after her funeral.
From Harford County government:
It is with much sadness that County [...]
The Harford County chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has accused Aberdeen police officers of “harassment, disrespect, foul language, kicking and stomping of one young lady, and other acts of brutal punishments” that violate the civil rights of black residents of the city.
During a press [...]
Community activists and elected officials are set to walk a dangerous path tomorrow in Edgewood - following the route many residents have to make each day as they navigate their community.
This is also the same path where a young dancer had recently been walking when she was struck and killed [...]
Mike Geppi, the youngest person ever elected to the Harford County Council, is planning another run for public office - this time aiming for the Maryland House of Delegates, where he would presumably face recently-embattled Del. Susan McComas in the 2010 District 35B Republican Primary.
In a carefully-worded, carefully-timed statement issued [...]
Frustrated that the Cordish Company is gambling millions on building a new slot machine parlor in Anne Arundel County, yet continues to “hold hostage” down-trodden shopping centers in Edgewood and Joppatowne, Harford County Councilman Dion Guthrie has asked state representatives, including Gov. Martin O’Malley, to withhold the company’s slot machine [...]
It seems change is in the air in Havre de Grace and the veil of secrecy may be slipping a bit, now that the city has made public a formerly-private list of those waiting to lease one of the 240 available marina boat slips.
The list of those waiting for a [...]
A few hours after unauthorized “robo-calls” began targeting northern Harford residents, Del. Rick Impallaria called for yet another late meeting of the county delegation in Annapolis - this time to propose installing Dels. Dan Riley and Pat McDonough as co-chairs.
When his proposal was overwhelmingly defeated, Impallaria reportedly told his fellow [...]
Officials in Annapolis have determined to hold off on a proposed “snack tax,” canceling the hearing that was supposed to occur on Wednesday. Frito-Lay, which has a 400-employee plant in Aberdeen, had opposed the bill over the past several years. It was one tax proposal that wasn’t approved in [...]
