Should the student member on the Harford County Board of Education have a vote? Students say yes, but some adult board members say no, citing students’ lack of maturity and experience. That dismissive description hardly fits the Harford County Public School students who have been advocating for the vote. Students like Greg Waterworth and Annie […]
Archives for February 2009
Sen. Mikulski Announces Major Federal Investments In Maryland Transportation Projects
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations Subcommittee, today announced the 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act includes funding for key Maryland transportation projects and fulfills her promise to help communities manage growth related to the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission’s […]
Del. Impallaria: Annapolis Update #3 – Bad Bills and Good Bills
For such a small state, Maryland has what other states dream of – a fantastic transportation hub with seaports, rail, federal highways, large military bases which are growing due to BRAC – yet we have become a federal welfare state. What do I mean? For the last seven years I have watched this legislature spend […]
BGE: Blame The Weather, Not Us – State Agency Looks Into Recent Spike In Utility Bills
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. customers heated up about higher bills this winter can blame unusually cold weather for most the spike, the utility told state officials Thursday. Though energy costs are slightly higher than last year, increased usage brought on by bitter cold temperatures is the biggest reason some ratepayers have seen their bills […]
Ending The Sad Competition: Tuition Waivers For Children Of Fallen Heroes
Dagger readers may remember the family of Lynne Parry. Her husband, Baltimore County Police Detective Sergeant Mark Parry was tragically killed in the line of duty in 2002. As police survivors, Lynne’s children qualified for the state-funded Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship, which offsets the cost of college tuition for the families of fallen heroes […]
Del. Stifler’s Sex Offender and Mortgage Fraud Proposals Find Bipartisan Agreement
Two Legislative proposals by Harford County State Delegate Donna Stifler (R, 35A) today won the unanimous approval of the Maryland House of Delegates. Stifler’s bill, HB 96 requires sexual offenders to update their pictures on the state sex offender registry at least every six months. Previously, offenders could go one year or longer without updating […]
Councilman Guthrie Asks For Public To Join Fight Against Joppa Incinerator Expansion
The following was provided by Harford County Councilman Dion Guthrie: Many of you are aware of the four hundred million dollar project to be built in District “A” between Joppatowne and Edgewood at the end of Rt. 152, right before it goes into APG. As most of you know, I have drafted four or five […]
Harford Athletics Debuts Brand New Web Site at HarfordAthletics.com
From the HCC news desk: BEL AIR, Md.—The Athletics Department at Harford Community College announces the launching of its brand new athletics website at www.HarfordAthletics.com. Harford has partnered with Internet Consulting Services of Syracuse, N.Y. to become the second community college in the country with a website using the ICS SIDEARM system. If they need […]
