Published June 2, 2010 by The Aegis in News, Education
Harford County’s newest elementary school that’s set to open in August 2011 has been assigned its first principal.
A. Blaine Hawley, principal at Meadowvale Elementary School in Havre de Grace, was announced last week as the first principal of R...
The C. Milton Wright softball team’s hunt for a sixth state title was ended in short order on Friday night, as the Mustangs surrendered 10 first-inning runs in an 11-0 loss to the Northern-Calvert Patriots at the Class 3A championship game.
The ...
Disturbingly, Gary Oelke, of Edgewood, was at large in society to commit the crime that seems to have put him away for the balance of his natural life.
In sentencing the 75-year-old Oelke to serve 30 years in jail, Judge Angela Eaves called him ...
As the nation celebrated Memorial Day and remembered those who served, the U.S. military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan is still a reminder that not all conflicts are in the past.
One of the young people involved in that conflict is a native o...
Published June 2, 2010 by The Aegis in News, Education
This year’s election cycle will bring about the first step in the dismantling of Harford County’s all-appointed board of education.
But even before the voters have any say, at least one incumbent board member plans to leave this summer, though h...
Harford Tech’s season of renewal came to an end Saturday on the Morgan State University track, just short of a state title. The Tech girls finished second in the MPSSAA Class 1A state meet with 69 points, 4 behind perennial power Smithsburg.
The...
If homeownership is the American dream, then foreclosure can be, but isn’t always, the corresponding nightmare.
While the economic nightmare of rampant foreclosures that has hit the nation without sparing Harford County may not be over, there is...
Published June 2, 2010 by The Aegis in News, Crime
Police scoured the Abingdon and Edgewood areas Thursday, after reports that a man tried to lure two 11-year-olds from an Abingdon store, before charging an Edgewood man with trying to kidnap the two children.
Just before 6 p.m. Thursday, trooper...
For many in Harford County, simply saying “thank you” wasn’t enough.
It was those folks who turned out for an hour of reflecting and thanksgiving during Bel Air’s Memorial Day observance at Lee Way and Hickory Avenue Monday as friends, family, n...
Two police officers were taken to a local hospital for observation Wednesday after coming into contact with a tanker leaking a hazardous chemical in the Aberdeen area.
Around 10 a.m. Wednesday, Harford County Sheriff's deputies and Aberdeen Poli...
The 11th annual Upper Chesapeake Hospice Regatta will be held Saturday in Havre de Grace off Concord Point Lighthouse.
Proceeds from the event will benefit the Upper Chesapeake Health Sen. Bob Hooper House, the first residential hospice facility...
Local high school track and field athletes didn’t bring home any state titles last weekend, but there were a few good finishes among the athletes who participated.
Perryville’s Xavier Stinson had the best finish of the locals, placing second in ...
Two police officers were taken to a local hospital for observation Wednesday after coming into contact with a tanker leaking a hazardous chemical in the Aberdeen area.
Around 10 a.m. Wednesday, Harford County Sheriff’s deputies and Aberdeen Poli...
In their first ever trip to the state softball finals, the Perryville Panthers had to settle for the runner-up spot, as they were beaten 8-2 in by the Allegany Campers in Saturday’s Class 1A championship game.
Playing at College Park’s Taylor St...
They’re big. They’re powerful. And starting Monday, they’ll be back on the move again through Harford County.
Three more giant electric transformers are set to join the one that was transported to Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station near Delta, Pa...
The Bel Air Women’s Summer Lacrosse League opened play for its 18th season Tuesday night at Rockfield Park’s Ewing Street Field.
The league, which features teams in senior (varsity or post high school) and junior (eighth grade through high schoo...
Zachary Tabor, co-valedictorian of the Havre de Grace High School Class of 2010, described his class as a community.
“It’s a small school... Everybody knows everybody,” Tabor said prior to Thursday’s commencement ceremony. “When I walk across th...
In each of the past five years, June was synonymous with big time profession golf in Havre de Grace — but not this year.
Every June, beginning in 2005, the city prepared for an influx of professional women golfers and golf enthusiasts as part of...
Two police officers were taken to a local hospital for observation Wednesday after coming into contact with a tanker leaking a hazardous chemical in the Aberdeen area.
Around 10 a.m. Wednesday, Harford County Sheriff’s deputies and Aberdeen Poli...
“I feel pumped, I feel official and I’m ready for the world,” Mae Alice Brown said as she anxiously waited to walk across the stage at Aberdeen High School Tuesday and bring to a close 12 years of school.
Brown was not alone in her feeling of ac...
Several recent assaults drew police responses and resulted in the arrests of juveniles.
Around 4 p.m. Monday, a 20-year-old man was walking in the 300 block of Trimble Road in Joppatowne when someone allegedly assaulted him, according to chargin...
Bel Air’s town board spent its Tuesday work meeting discussing development regulations, which are nearing the end of a year-long review process.
Now that the planning commission recommended approving form-based zoning, there will be a public hea...
A military veteran and dedicated leader of the Harford County community at large was lost on Memorial Day with the death of Eugene C. Chandler of Aberdeen.
A retired Army lieutenant colonel, he was a former member and president of the Harford Co...
An Edgewood man was charged with robbery last week in connection with a home invasion in Edgewood in early May.
At around 3 a.m. May 5, a boy was asleep on the couch in his home in the 1700 block of Deerwood Court when he woke up to strange nois...
Only a week remains until the final Harford County Relay for Life walk-a-thon event kicks off.
The event will take place in Havre de Grace, between Havre de Grace Middle School and the Havre de Grace Community Activities Center on June 11, and t...
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