Published November 12, 2010 by The Aegis in Sports
Following a victory in the MPSSAA’s first ever field hockey championship back in 1975, the North Harford Hawks went on a 35-year stretch in which they did not get back to state finals. That drought ended on Wednesday night at Broadneck High School, as ...
Published November 12, 2010 by The Record in Sports
Facing the prospect of finishing the season without a win, the Aberdeen Eagles varsity football team stepped up with a night of firsts to beat host Bel Air 34-32 in an UCBAC Chesapeake Division game.
“It was a night of firsts for us,” Aberdeen h...
Published November 12, 2010 by The Aegis in Sports
Girls volleyball teams from Fallston and Havre de Grace are a win away from a region title and a trip to the state semifinals.
Both teams won region semifinal match-ups Wednesday to put themselves into today’s (Friday) region title matches.
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Published November 12, 2010 by The Aegis in Sports, Opinion
I wrote in my last installment that I don’t remember seeing three teams from the same sport make it to the MPSSAA state semifinals in the same year, which is what happened in field hockey, as Patterson Mill, North Harford and Fallston all won regional ...
Published November 12, 2010 by The Aegis in Sports
Four Harford County high school football teams will begin their playoff journeys tonight (Friday), two at home and two on the road.
North Harford and Havre de Grace are both top seeds in their respective classifications and regions, while Fallst...
Published November 12, 2010 by The Record in Sports
For 45-plus minutes of game time last Friday night the Perryville Panthers varsity football team seemed ready to make a trip to the region playoffs for the first time since 2004.
In the game’s final two minutes, however, the visiting Edgewood Ra...
Published November 12, 2010 by The Aegis in Opinion
The Harford County Board of Education has set its state legislative program in advance of the 2011 Maryland General Assembly session which begins in mid-January.
Harford school officials properly have recognized that the No. 1 issue in Annapolis...
The impending retirement of Harford County Director of Administration Lorraine Costello should cause every citizen of our county to pause and reflect that while we elect people to represent us, it’s usually the people our representatives choose to actu...
Published November 12, 2010 by The Aegis in Opinion
The economic news in Harford County continues to be poor, as it is in the rest of our country.
As we reported Wednesday, the local unemployment rate remains stubbornly high, over 7 percent in September, the last month for which such figures are ...
Some Harford Community College trustees are against the college helping foot the bill for a roundabout on Thomas Run Road that will serve the college.
At Tuesday’s board meeting, trustees Douglas Wright and Jay Valdes said they are opposed to pa...
Published November 12, 2010 by The Aegis in News, Crime
Police continue their search for the men who robbed two Harford County GameStop stores at gunpoint.
Around 9 p.m. Saturday, two men armed with black handguns walked into the GameStop in the first block of Bel Air South Parkway in Bel Air as the ...
The Aegis Empty Stocking Fund continues its activities to make the holidays happier for Harford County residents in need, and as of Thursday morning, the fund had taken in $32,200 on the way to its 2010 goal of $80,000.
The Empty Stocking Fund, ...
The Maryland Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world’s largest breast cancer awareness organization, recently honored 13-year-old Amanda Brannan, of Churchville, for her dedication to raising awareness and funds for breast cancer research a...
A crowd gathered at a Bel Air cemetery Thursday to honor those who have served in our nation’s military at one of several events that took place in Harford County to commemorate Veterans Day.
About 70 people came together at the Airman Statue at...
A Fallston teenager was flown to a regional trauma center following an accident on Route 152 Wednesday evening.
Around 6 p.m., 18-year-old Mason Webster, of Jarrettsville, was driving a 2000 Chevrolet passenger vehicle south on Route 152, accord...
Investigators have not determined how a fire that caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages to a Fallston home started, but they do not suspect foul play.
Monday afternoon someone called 911 after noticing a fire at a home in the 2300 b...
A proposed change to Bel Air’s employee pension plan could prove an incentive for some longtime employees to step down.
The Board of Town Commissioners is expected to vote as early as Monday’s town meeting on a resolution that would give employe...
While nonprofit organizations are getting slammed with fines and suspensions for illegally renting to third parties, the Harford County Liquor Control Board is trying to make it easier for some private clubs to do just that.
At Wednesday’s pre-2...
The Harford County Department of Public Works, Bureau of Highway Maintenance announces Green Road in Baldwin will be closed to all traffic starting Monday, Nov. 15, for approximately two weeks.
The closure will allow for replacement of the deck,...
Police and school administrators conducted drug scans at Edgewood Middle and High schools Tuesday with the help of a drug-sniffing police dog.
The scan resulted in one alert at the middle school, but no drugs were found, according to a release f...
Published November 12, 2010 by The Aegis in News, Events
The Geriatric Assistance & Information Network will hold a basket bingo fundraiser Saturday, Nov. 13, at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 1200 E. Churchville Road in Bel Air, to benefit Harford County senior project funds. Doors open at 6 p.m.
T...
Published November 12, 2010 by The Aegis in News, Events
Harford County State’s Attorney Joseph Cassilly will discuss and sign his Vietnam War-era novel, “Decoration for Valor,” during upcoming appearances at two county libraries.
Later this month, an author and illustrator of children’s books who is ...
Published November 12, 2010 by The Record in Opinion
Those who voted in Cecil County last Tuesday believe they elected people who would lead their governments on a right turn.
Republicans were the clear choice of the Cecil electorate as the only Democrats to win in Cecil County, both by the slimme...
Published November 12, 2010 by The Record in News, Arts
By popular demand, Tidewater Players is bringing back the production of the Jason Robert Brown musical, “13,” which was presented by Tidewater Teens last summer.
Most of the cast returns to showcase the dilemmas facing kids about to turn 13. Alt...
Published November 12, 2010 by The Record in Opinion
Every time I drive I-95 into Baltimore, which isn’t nearly as often as those of you who have to commute, I’m astonished by the construction of the past few years.
The graceful arcs of the overpasses at the Baltimore Beltway make me think of the ...