Published July 3, 2009 by The Aegis, The Record in News, Business, Community
New property tax rates set by Harford and Cecil counties and local municipalities took effect Wednesday, and most will actually be lower.
Harford County and the cities of Aberdeen and Havre de Grace reduced the property tax rate for fiscal year ...
Published July 3, 2009 by The Aegis, The Record in News, Crime
An armed robbery at Juniata and Green streets in Havre de Grace early Tuesday morning has police still searching for answers.
At 1:20 a.m. Tuesday, Havre de Grace police received a report concerning three adult men walking down the street, accor...
Published July 3, 2009 by The Record in News, Business, Community
Since the opening of what was then known as the Havre de Grace Hospital in a converted mansion on Union Avenue in 1912, health care service in eastern Harford and western Cecil County has been mostly a local affair, with doctors, nurses and other hospi...
This week in Harford County men’s summer lacrosse action, the Fallston Seafood, Bill Bateman’s, Jones Junction and Brick Bodies squads earned comfortable victories during their Sunday games.
In a matchup pitting Fallston Seafood against the Silv...
Published July 3, 2009 by The Aegis in News, Education
The vice president of the Harford County Board of Education is waiting for the governor to determine his future with the school board.
Board VP Lee Merrell’s five-year term officially expired Wednesday, but he had received no word by midday whet...
Published July 3, 2009 by The Aegis, The Record in Sports
It’s that time of year again, when Little Leagues in Havre de Grace and Perryville send dozens of ballplayers into battle on the baseball and softball diamonds as All-Stars.
Boy and girl stars from Havre de Grace and Perryville will compete agai...
Published July 3, 2009 by The Aegis in News, Crime
Two men are charged in an assault in Bel Air that sent a teenager to Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore.
Jesse Truitt, 17, told police got a call from an old acquaintance on June 26. Paul Andrew Smith, 18, asked Truitt to come to Fountain...
Published July 3, 2009 by The Record in News, Community
The first local public meeting on the relicensing of Conowingo Hydroelectric Project drew a handful of people in Darlington June 11, including the mayor of Port Deposit.
The hearing at the Darlington Volunteer Fire Company was led by a panel fro...
Published July 3, 2009 by The Record in News, Community
Alfred B. Hilton, the only native Harford County African-American resident to be awarded the Medal of Honor for service during the Civil War, went above and beyond the call of duty.
Hilton was one of just 16 African-American soldiers in the Unio...
Monitoring of the city of Aberdeen’s drinking water wells for the chemical perchlorate is continuing.
Paul Miller, an Aberdeen Proving Ground project officer who also does risk assessment, presented an update on the ongoing measuring of perchlor...
Published July 3, 2009 by The Aegis in News, Business, Community
Some farmers have traditionally taken to measuring the early success of their corn crop at the Independence Day holiday.
“Knee high by the Fourth of July,” the saying goes. Looking around Harford County’s cornfields on the eve of the Fourth of J...
Division leaders in the Bel Air Women’s Summer Lacrosse League continued to put distance between themselves and the chasers Tuesday night after another round of games at Rockfield Park’s Ewing Street Field.
In the junior division, the Carolina T...
The private developer in charge of the Government and Technology Enterprise, or GATE, project at Aberdeen Proving Ground has relinquished exclusive development rights to St. John Properties Inc., a Baltimore company.
The Army approved the assign...
Published July 3, 2009 by The Aegis in News, Community
“You start with what you know and you go back from there,” J. Arch Phillips, president of the Harford County Genealogical Society, says. “That’s the principle.”
Sounds simple enough, but when you begin to research your family history, things can...
Controversy has been stirring in Havre de Grace over a last-minute amendment to the new city budget that was passed by a 4-2 city council vote June 15.
The final budget amendment redirected $12,000 that had been set aside for the Lower Susquehan...
Published July 3, 2009 by The Record in News, Opinion
I have had several calls about hunter safety courses, but so far I have only received information on one. Delta Peach Bottom Fish and Game will hold a course Aug. 1 and 8. You must attend both days. To register, contact the Pennsylvania Game Commission...
Thanks to the efforts of three Aberdeen residents, several flower beds in the city’s downtown area are being beautified.
In Veterans Memorial Park, at the Rogers/Parke streets split, Betty Phipps led the effort to rehabilitate three planting are...
Playing the Staten Island Yankees on the road Tuesday night, the Aberdeen IronBirds (4-7) dropped their third straight contest, losing 4-3 to their hosts in 11 innings.
The defeat dropped Aberdeen into a tie for last place with Hudson Valley in ...
Published July 3, 2009 by The Aegis in News, Education
A proposed salt dome at the Norrisville Parks and Recreation facility, adjacent to Norrisville Elementary School, drew fire at Wednesday’s Harford County Development Advisory Committee meeting.
Six residents attended the meeting to express their...
Home as it is to world class fishing opportunities for rockfish, as well as pretty darn good bass fishing, Harford County is a place where it can be easy to forget the simple joys of catching a few finned creatures of respectable size on a sunny summer...
Playing the Staten Island Yankees on the road Tuesday night, the Aberdeen IronBirds (4-7) dropped their third straight contest, losing 4-3 to their hosts in 11 innings.
The defeat dropped Aberdeen into a tie for last place with Hudson Valley in ...
Published July 3, 2009 by The Record in News, Community
The annual Independence Day celebration is coming again to Havre de Grace, with a five-day carnival capped off by other festivities, a parade and fireworks on Sunday, July 5.
Carolyn Narvell, a member of the Independence Celebration committee, s...
Published July 3, 2009 by The Aegis, The Record in News
The nonprofit company that owns Harford County’s two hospitals has agreed to be acquired by the larger University of Maryland Medical System.
If the deal goes through as planned, local control of Harford County’s principal health care delivery s...
Published July 3, 2009 by The Aegis in News, Entertainment, Events
With the forecast promising sun and temperatures in the mid-80s, the July 4th weekend is gearing up to be a blast.
The Bel Air Independence Celebration, arguably the Grand Poobah of July 4th events, will start the day with a blueberry pancake an...
Published July 4, 2009 by The Aegis in News, Entertainment, Events
Alexis Unger of Bel Air hauls her pair of Box Turtle entries to the ring for one of the races during Saturday's July Fourth morning events at Shamrock Park in Bel Air. While festivities are over in Bel Air and Kingsville, Havre de Grace and Ed...