In recent years, an arm’s length relationship between event organizers and the people who hold liquor licenses has evolved in Harford County in a way that spells trouble.It’s perfectly natural that liquor license holders would do business with...
Thunderstorms around Harford County Sunday afternoon succeeded in knocking off the heat wave that dominated last weekend, but strong winds and lightning brought in a different set of problems.About 2,000 Harford residents lost power and two bo...
At four games over .500, the Aberdeen IronBirds were sitting in second place as they open tonight’s (Wednesday’s) homestand against the division-leading Brooklyn Cyclones.The Birds couldn’t take over first with a three-game sweep, but they cou...
Published July 28, 2010 by The Aegis in Opinion, Sports
If you added up the tenures of nine varsity head football coaches in Harford County, the sum probably won’t equal the time spent on the sidelines by the 10th, Fallston’s head mentor Dave Cesky.Cesky will start his 33rd season at Fallston in a ...
Published July 28, 2010 by The Aegis in Entertainment
You’ve heard of cornhole. You’ve heard of ladderball.But what about pickleball?Yes, the latest member of the club of peculiarly-named sports shares a name with a condiment, but that doesn’t make it any less legitimate than any othe...
While cleaning the family room at home a couple weeks ago, my sister discovered a virtually extinct musical format — The Cassette Tape — and she wasn’t exactly sure how to make it work.It’s not her fault. You see, my sister was born in the ear...
Churchville will not be getting a proposed liquor store that the liquor board chairman said would create more traffic problems at the busy intersection of Routes 22 and 155 in an area that doesn’t need another place selling alcoholic beverages....
While a rare murder in downtown Bel Air on July 18 shocked many who live and work in the town, Harford County’s three municipalities have fairly similar murder rates and the number of killings countywide has been stable over the past decade.Am...
Three people on personal watercraft rescued a family from the Susquehanna River in Havre de Grace after the family’s speed boat caught fire Sunday afternoon.The family with four children was stranded in the Susquehanna near the Tidewater Marin...
A Baltimore man drowned in Tydings Park over the weekend.Around 9:48 p.m. Saturday, someone called 911 to report a person in the water at Tydings Park in Havre de Grace, according to Capt. Wayne Young with the Havre de Grace Police Department....
AP — Two Whiteford residents are facing charges after allegedly smuggling knives, marijuana, cell phones and other contraband to inmates at the Cecil County jail.Cassie Jo Heath, and her boyfriend, Jeremiah Davis Bishop, both of Whiteford, wer...
Maryland was selected as one of 19 finalists Tuesday in the largest competitive education grant program in U.S. history.The grant program, known as Race to the Top, would make $4.3 billion available nationally.Maryland is eligible ...
Published July 28, 2010 by The Aegis in Sports, Education
After nearly 40 years of teaching at both North Harford middle and high schools, Thomas Berg has put down the chalk and closed his grading book.Berg, who has taught at North Harford Middle School since 1976, and has taught eighth grade social ...
Clearwater Drive in the Fairway community east of Bel Air is closed to all through traffic for about seven weeks to allow for storm drain repairs, the Harford County Department of Public Works said last week.Motorists who normally travel this ...
The Tollgate Yard Trim Drop-Off near Bel Air will be closed during the weekend of the Harford County Farm Fair July 31. The facility will reopen again Saturday, Aug. 7.Residents who want to dispose of yard trim this Saturday can use the Harfor...
Published July 28, 2010 by The Aegis in News, Crime
A second man was arrested and charged Friday in connection the double shooting in Edgewood more than two weeks ago that officials said was not gang-related, but involved to gang members, one of them whom a prosecutor called “high ranking.”Whil...
Published July 28, 2010 by The Aegis in News, Crime
Violence continued on the streets of Edgewood this week as a man was shot Monday evening in one of the community’s high crime areas.Around 8:30 p.m., someone called 911 to report a shooting in the 500 block of Meadowood Drive in the Windsor Va...
Bel Air’s Board of Town Commissioners made another try Tuesday at coming to agreement on the possible purchase of a vacant downtown bank building, but the result was the same as earlier this summer: no deal.The commissioners met in a closed se...
A guardrail along Rocks Station Road in Rocks State Park could be installed sometime this year, though the county considers the work a low priority.A Harford County Department of Public Works official said the county will install a guardrail a...
Aberdeen Mayor Michael Bennett was elected president of the Maryland Municipal League for 2011 at the group’s Ocean City convention at the end of June.He will become the third Harford County official to serve as president of MML in the past fi...
The Historical Society of Harford County has received a $3,000 grant from a statewide non-profit organization toward its restoration work on the Hays House in Bel Air.The society was one of nine non-profits to get a grant from Preservation Mar...
Published July 28, 2010 by The Aegis in News, Crime
Police continue to search for the former Edgewood man suspected of murdering an Aberdeen man outside the American Legion in Bel Air last week.Rakin Raid Muhammad, 20, whose last known address was in Parkville, allegedly shot and killed Derrick...
Published July 28, 2010 by The Aegis in Entertainment
It’s time to get excited for the 23rd Harford County Farm Fair, which starts in less than 24 hours, and will feature a bit of Hollywood: Mario Lopez.The Farm Fair opens Thursday morning at the Harford County Equestrian Center on Tollgate Road ...
As a result of donations from businesses and bowlers at its 7th Annual PBA Regional Tournament and Pro-Am last month, Forest Hill Lanes has made a donation of $2,150 to the Upper Chesapeake Residential Hospice, now under construction on Klein’s Plaza D...
The Aberdeen IronBirds came into Wednesday's game needing a win to gain ground in their division, but instead came up short, losing 7-2 to the first-place Brooklyn Cyclones.
"We've got to play better against a team like [Brooklyn] if we're ...