Published July 7, 2010 by The Aegis, The Record in News
A last-minute candidate added his name to the list of men running for Harford County's top office.
On Tuesday evening, the filing deadline for the 2010 election, Mark Fisher, of Bel...
Playing at home on Monday night, the Aberdeen IronBirds, helped by a franchise record 19 hits, clawed their way back from a 4-1 deficit to top the visiting Lowell Spinners, 9-6.
The victory capped a five-game span in which the IronBirds went 3-2...
A man was found dead in the Bush River Thursday afternoon after an unmanned boat drew attention.
Someone called 911 around 1:30 p.m. Thursday after noticing an empty 16-foot johnboat circling in the Bush River, according to Rich Gardiner, spokes...
Forty-two Harford County athletes qualified for the National AAU youth track and field championships when they competed in district qualifying meets in Hagerstown and Upper Marlboro June 24-27.
By placing in the top four in their respective even...
At a Harford Swim League meet last Wednesday, Lydia Thompson, of the Forest Green Club, shattered a league record that was set nearly 30 years ago by one of Harford County’s most successful athletes, and the swimmer that set the old mark happens to be ...
Emily Phillips pitched a no-hitter Wednesday night to lead Perryville past Elkton, 11-0, in 9-10 District V All-Star Softball play at Trego Field in Perryville.
Phillips struck out 18 batters and walked six and also helped offensively with a hom...
Flush with patriotism from celebrating the Fourth of July over the weekend, I was quickly deflated this week when the deadline to file for office came and went Tuesday night and so few people had taken on the challenge of seeking public office.
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With a 6-2 victory over the visiting Lowell Spinners Tuesday evening, the Aberdeen IronBirds went into their first off-day of the season having won four out of five games, their most successful run of the season so far.
The 4-1 stretch was prece...
Published July 9, 2010 by The Aegis in Sports, Opinion
As I sit here writing this, the FIFA World Cup semifinal game between Germany and Spain just wrapped up, and contrary to my prediction that the Germans would win, Spain walked off with a 1-0 victory and a spot in its first ever final. The Wednesday sem...
The Bel Air Women’s Summer Lacrosse League wasn’t exempt from the area’s extreme heat and it affected Tuesday night’s play.
The junior division championship game was postponed and rescheduled for Thursday. While the final regular season games in...
With a 6-2 victory over the visiting Lowell Spinners Tuesday evening, the Aberdeen IronBirds went into their first off-day of the season having won four out of five games, their most successful run of the season so far.
The 4-1 stretch was prece...
Both my grandmothers, when they were young, went to work while at the same time taking care of a home and their families. One became a nurse, the other a secretary — both professions dominated by women.
They both had long careers, and I’ve alway...
Celebrating Independence Day on the Fourth of July has been a rarity in the city of Havre de Grace, but fun nonetheless.
For the first time since 2004, the city’s annual Independence Day celebration was held on the nation’s birthday.
“We ...
Published July 9, 2010 by The Aegis in Entertainment
Monday starts the 12th annual Mason-Dixon Fair, a family fun event that has steadily grown in popularity on both sides of the Maryland and Pennsylvania border.
The fair draws thousands of people from Northern Harford County and Southern York Cou...
Concern about a T-shirt sale last month that claimed to involve Bel Air High School turned out to be a misunderstanding between the shirt company and the school’s principal.
BAHS Principal Joe Voskuhl said recently that Jam Sports, based in Texa...
Three fires caused significant damage during the past week, including a house fire on July 4th that left one family displaced.
A family in the 1500 block of Green Road in Edgewood was cooking on the grill on their deck Sunday afternoon, accordin...
What a difference a decade, several horrific school shootings and the 9/11 terror attacks make in the attitudes of people who run Harford County’s public school system.
Tuesday at the old Deerfield Elementary School building in Edgewood, the sch...
As evidenced by the roster of Harford County candidates, or lack thereof, for the upcoming primary and general elections, voters don’t always speak at the polls.
Two county council members, Billy Boniface and Dick Slutzky, don’t have opponents i...
The centennial of what was known before World War II as the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, is but a few years away.
It’s therefore altogether fitting that, with a to-be-expected increased interest in the subject, the Harford County Histo...
The Harford County Liquor Board levied $5,500 in fines to the licensees of five establishments who sold alcohol to a minor during a routine liquor sting on April 21.
At Wednesday’s liquor board meeting, the licensees of Giovanni’s Restaurant in ...
The Harford County Office of Economic Development is opening a satellite office for federal and business outreach in Havre de Grace in an attempt to get closer to the center of BRAC action.
The office is at Swan Creek Village Center on Route 40 ...
The U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center at Aberdeen Proving Ground plans to conduct test detonations July 12 to 22 which may be heard or felt outside the installation boundaries.
According to a press release from the post, these detonations will in n...
An off-duty Baltimore City police officer’s badge and gun were stolen Tuesday shortly after he returned to his Edgewood home.
He’s the third member of law enforcement whose gun was stolen within the last four months.
The officer, Dennis R...
People living in and around Havre de Grace are used to fire protection services that are second to none, but still it’s nothing to be taken for granted.
The city’s Susquehanna Hose Company recently joined an elite group of fire companies nationw...
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