Four boys were taken by ambulance to Harford Memorial Hospital Tuesday evening in Havre de Grace after three of them were mauled by a pit bull terrier and a fourth was hurt when he fell while trying to run away.
According to 911 radio dispatches...
The Fallston Cougars saw their unbeaten season come to an end over the weekend when they were edged by South River, 12-11, Saturday in Anne Arundel County in a make up tournament game from the previous weekend.
The Cougars fell behind, 8-6, by t...
Published April 22, 2009 by The Aegis in News, Community
Dave Anderson, manager of Buontempo Brothers in Bel Air, wants to make the world a better place for his young son and he’s starting with Bel Air.
“We’re trying to start a Harford County teen center for all of Harford County,” Anderson said. “I w...
The past week of boys lacrosse action saw Bel Air, Fallston, North Harford Havre de Grace and Edgewood pick up victories over division opponents.
The Bel Air squad (5-2 overall, 2-0 Chesapeake or upper) picked up its second division victory of t...
Swan Harbor Farm, a 531-acre Harford County park on the Chesapeake Bay in Oakington, will host an open house Thursday, April 23, from 4 to 7 p.m.
The open house is an opportunity to learn more about the facility which hosts weddings/receptions, ...
Published April 22, 2009 by The Aegis in News, Education
Harford Community College’s guaranteed buy back program for textbooks at the college book store is aiming to save students money during tough economic times.
The guaranteed buy back program at the college is a pilot that was started in the 2008-...
Published April 22, 2009 by The Aegis in News, Community
More new programs are coming to the Harford County Public Library system, as it continues to attract more patrons.
On May 9 at 10 a.m., the Aberdeen branch will be the site of the official kickoff for a new initiative called “Face Time,” which a...
Published April 22, 2009 by The Aegis in News, Community, Events
If you enjoy wine and spending the day with your dog, then Bark and Wine is the event for you.
This Saturday, April 25, from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Best Friends Fur Ever, a dog daycare and overnight resort in Joppa, will sponsor the third annual B...
Published April 22, 2009 by The Aegis in News, Community
Carl Manfre, president of the Cedarwood Homeowners Association near Bel Air, along with about 25 members of the Cedarwood community, are upset about a requested zoning change in their neighborhood.
Monday night at C. Milton Wright High School, C...
Recent Harford County baseball action saw several local teams get back outdoors after a week of bad weather and postponed games.
On Friday afternoon at North Harford High School, Fallston (8-0 overall, 4-0 Chesapeake) held on to its perfect reco...
With fields dry enough late last week, high school softball teams from Harford County were able to get back in action.
Of course Monday’s wet weather erased another full slate of games, highlighted by a couple of key UCBAC division battles that ...
Published April 22, 2009 by The Aegis in News, Community
Gracetown Inn in Havre de Grace is appealing the ruling of the Harford County Liquor Control Board for at least one of three charges it was found in violation of in January.
Gracetown Inn’s appeal to the Harford County Circuit Court may cost the...
A collision in Jarrettsville ended tragically for a Pennsylvania woman Saturday morning.
According to Maryland State Police, John Nikolaos Kosmakos, 28, of the 2900 block of Merrymans Mill Road in Phoenix, was driving north on Route 165, near Yo...
Published April 22, 2009 by The Aegis in News, Community, Crime
Harford County sheriff’s deputies and Maryland State Police report:
Aberdeen
o Theodore Heath, 31, of the first block of Lincoln Avenue, was charged Sunday with telephone misuse by making repeat calls.
o ...
Published April 22, 2009 by The Aegis in Entertainment
In the past few months, two books of particular interest to local readers have been published. In November, “Spring Houses, Cool Countryside Rustic Relics,” the latest installment in the Harford County’s Rural Heritage series by Henry C. Peden Jr. and ...
Published April 22, 2009 by The Aegis in Community, Crime, News
Two 17-year-olds and one 16-year-old were recently charged as adults with first-degree assault in two separate incidents.
Edgewood home invasion
A home invasion occurred in the 1800 block of Grempler Way on Apri...
The Harford County Board of Education has once again snubbed the Harford County Council, voting Monday to continue ahead with the Campus Hills elementary school project the council has said it won’t fund.
Over the school board’s objections, the ...
Budget talk dominated Monday night’s regular town meeting in Bel Air, but more work is yet to come before the numbers for fiscal year 2010 are finalized.
Though Monday night’s meeting was the first of two public hearings on the budget, no one fr...
Published April 22, 2009 by The Aegis in News, Crime
An off-duty Anne Arundel County police officer who was charged in a fatal hit and run on I-95 in Harford County in January 2008 pleaded guilty to two counts related to the accident on Friday in Harford County Circuit Court.
Dane Patrick Hall, 29...
On Nov. 12, 1968, Bill Jacobs began working for Harford County Department of Public Works as an engineering associate when he was 21.
Forty years later, Jacobs, 62, still enjoys going to work for the county..
“I still enjoy my job and I’m...
Members and friends of the Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company gathered at Jarrettsville Gardens on Saturday for their annual awards banquet and new officers induction.
Spirits were high as attendees enjoyed fellowship and a scrumptious meal prepared...
Harford County Sheriff Jesse Bane, whose agency is the only in the county to receive a budget increase, discussed his FY2010 spending plan with members of the Harford County Council Tuesday.
The $1.1 million increase proposed for the Harford Cou...
Published April 22, 2009 by The Aegis in News, Education
Concerned about possible pay freezes and furloughs, more than 75 teachers in red T-shirts, bearing the words “respect” and “time,” rallied at the Harford County Board of Education meeting in Bel Air Monday evening.
There was standing room only, ...
Nearly a month after the death of Harford County Councilwoman Veronica “Roni” Chenowith, the Republican Central Committee of Harford County has received 11 applications to fill the vacancy she left.
Mrs. Chenowith, who had leukemia, represented ...