Published January 13, 2011 by The Aegis in Opinion
For many years, the transportation operation of Harford County Public Schools has erred on the side of caution when it comes to delaying the start of school or canceling it altogether when weather makes travel treacherous.
It, therefore, came as...
Havre de Grace Little League, beginning its 63rd season, will hold registration for the spring and summer of 2011 three weekends in January and one in February for boys and girls ages 4 to 16.
The dates are this Saturday, and Jan. 22, 29, and Fe...
Published January 14, 2011 by The Record in Sports
While the Havre de Grace wrestling team was grounded by inclement weather last weekend, wrestlers from Perryville and eight other teams were not as the annual Bo Manor Tournament went on without a hitch. And the Panthers made the most of it.
Pac...
Aberdeen’s search for its next police chief is about to begin.
Mayor Mike Bennett said after Monday night’s city council meeting that nothing’s been done since the Aberdeen City Council voted in October not to renew the contract of Randy M. Rud...
After overcoming a community battle and winning a lawsuit, St. John’s Commons in Havre de Grace is finally coming to fruition.
In September, construction workers broke ground on the prominent, 40-unit project at Pennington Avenue and Stokes Stre...
“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “‘We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.’”
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke these potent words as a ...
Published January 14, 2011 by The Aegis in Sports, Opinion
As a junior English major at the University of Maryland, a mixture of procrastination and bad luck forced me to enroll in a course titled “British Literature: Victorian to WWI.” The class’ professor was a stuffy, condescending man who seemed much more ...
Harford County Executive David R. Craig will host a hearing on the FY12 budget Jan. 20 at 6 p.m. at Joppatowne High School. The hearing in the school auditorium is open to the public.
“The purpose of the budget hearing is to hear from the peopl...
Last Friday, the North Harford Hawks (6-2 overall) put themselves in a two-way tie for first place in the UCBAC’s Susquehanna (lower) Division by topping the visiting North East boys basketball team 48-43.
With the victory, North Harford improve...
Havre de Grace city government’s operations generally finished in the black during the most recent full fiscal year, according to the final audit for the 2009-10 fiscal year, although the city’s public marina operated at a loss.
“We have issued ...
The Baltimore Blue Claws baseball club is looking to add two more players to its 11U team for the 2011 season to play MABA Div 1 / Ripken, select tournaments, and the Cooperstown Dreams Park Tournament in 2012. The goal of the organization and this tea...
Published January 14, 2011 by The Record in Sports
The Havre de Grace Warriors (3-2 overall, 2-0 Chesapeake) won their second Chesapeake (upper) Division boys basketball game last Friday, knocking off the host-team Fallston Cougars (6-3 overall, 1-2 Chesapeake) 62-48.
Nate Jones posted 12 points...
Lindsey Gormley has been named the women’s lacrosse head coach at Harford Community College as announced by HCC Athletics Director Ken Krsolovic last week. Gormley was named a Division I All-American during her senior season at William & Mary in 20...
Aberdeen approved some budget amendments, introduced a bill that would allow fortune telling in the city, opened the floor to comments from the public and heard reports from all of the city’s department heads, the city council and the mayor, all in 36 ...
Published January 14, 2011 by The Record in News, Crime
Aberdeen police are looking for two men who robbed a taxi driver at gunpoint Wednesday.
The men are described only as black men in their mid-20s. One of was wearing a white hooded sweatshirt and the other was wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt....
Published January 14, 2011 by The Record in Opinion
In a lot of ways, the King holiday to be observed Monday helps complete the work started by the events that spawned the Fourth of July observance we’ll celebrate with fireworks and parades in about six months.
The Fourth of July, alternately kno...
Published January 14, 2011 by The Record in Opinion
The Maryland Municipal League, which is essentially the lobbying organization for town governments in the state, says Port Deposit is one of 157 incorporated towns and cities in the Old Line State.
(So are Aberdeen, Havre de Grace and Perryville...
Published January 14, 2011 by The Record in News, Crime
Last Friday’s murder of Thomas Burdsall Jr. is the third homicide in Aberdeen since 2008 and the fifth in the Aberdeen area since 2000.
Although it’s hard to compare when the murder numbers are in the single digits, that does put Aberdeen ahead ...
Published January 14, 2011 by The Aegis in News, Politics
Regardless of where he plans to throw his hat in possible future political endeavors, Harford County Executive David Craig won’t have to worry about building name recognition and bonds among the state’s other local officials.
Craig has long been...
Published January 14, 2011 by The Aegis in News, Politics
Del. Rick Impallaria was elected chairman of Harford County’s legislative delegation Wednesday, as the Maryland General Assembly began its 2011 session.
Impallaria said in a phone interview that the vote among the seven of the Harford delegation...
Published January 14, 2011 by The Aegis in News, Arts, Events
The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, at 1515 Emmorton Road in Bel Air, presents a Vocal Artists Concert this Sunday at 3 p.m. as part of its 2010-2011 Concert Series.
Josh Brown, Brendan Kennedy, Andrea Jacobs and Emilie Hodgin will sing in...
Because of a scheduling conflict with the Harford County Board of Education, the location of Tuesday’s Harford County Council meeting has been moved.
The county council meeting will be in the Patterson Mill Middle and High School auditorium, at ...
A girl was burned by a flash fire in a Bel Air back yard last Friday, but her injuries were not life-threatening.
The girl and a boy were behind a home in the 1500 block of Stone Ridge Way in Bel Air when the boy poured gasoline into a fire pit,...
Published January 14, 2011 by The Aegis in News, Crime
Police and fire officials are investigating an explosion that destroyed a mailbox in Jarrettsville last Friday.
Around 9:39 p.m. Jan. 7, a blast destroyed a plastic mailbox in the 2200 block of Nodleigh Terrace, according to deputy state fire ma...
Published January 14, 2011 by The Aegis in News, Crime
No arrests have been made in the Jan. 2 robbery of a Bel Air convenience store.
Around 4:42 a.m. Jan. 2, a man walked into the Wawa store in the 700 block of Belair Road in Bel Air holding a silver handgun, according to the Harford County Sherif...
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