By implementing system-wide layoffs, furloughs and salary reductions, slashing the materials budget by nearly 20%, and closing all branches of the Harford County Public Library system on Sundays, the Fallston Branch has been saved and will remain open. The decision and recommendations of the Library Board of Trustees were announced during a Wednesday afternoon press […]
Archives for June 2009
At The Risque Of Our Lives And Fortunes: Harford Job Cut List Released
Harford County Director of Human Resources Scott Gibson has spent the past few days notifying 34 administration employees that they would be let go. The action was the Craig Administration’s response to a round of budget cuts enacted by the Harford County Council to support a cut to the real estate tax rate. The tax […]
Source Indicates Fallston Library Will Remain Open
A Dagger source has indicated a decison has been made and budget cuts will be shifted elsewhere, sparing the Fallston Library. The Harford County Public Library System is holding a press conference today at 3pm. Details below: Media Alert What: Harford County Public Library Board of Trustees Press Conference When: Wednesday, June 24th at 3 […]
Havre de Grace’s Decision To Cut Greenway Funding Could Be Costly
The decision by the Havre de Grace City Council last Monday to withdraw all $12,000 in city funding originally designated for the Lower Susquehanna Heritage Greenway may also jeopardize significant funding for local museums and the city itself. In an eight-page letter sent to Mayor Wayne Dougherty and the City Council last Wednesday, Greenway Executive […]
Two Arrested After Pulling Rifle During Road Rage Incident
BEL AIR _ Maryland State Police charged two Harford County men with two counts of first-degree assault Saturday after it was reported they pointed a AR-15 upper receivers modified rifle at a motorist and his passenger during an incident of road rage. Michael Allan Kaminski, 19 of the 900 block of Lynham Court, Bel Air, […]
Arrest Made In Perryman Homicide
(Bel Air, MD – June 20, 2009) – Donald Donnell Brown Jr, 31 of Baltimore, MD was taken into custody by members of the Maryland State Police Apprehension Team without incident on Masthead Court in Essex MD at approximately 5pm on Friday, June 19, 2009. Brown was then turned over to the Harford County Sheriff’s […]
CMW’s Stallknecht Chosen As State Doodle4Google Finalist
C. Milton Wright’s Jourdan Stallknecht was selected as a state finalist in the 2009 Doodle4Google competition. Jourdan was one of 400 students selected from more than 28,000 entries nationwide. The 400 doodles from across the country were chosen by a panel of independent judges and Google employees based on which doodles they felt best represented […]
Vintage Base Ball And Pirates Coming To Havre de Grace This Summer
Vintage Base Ball Comes to Town The Dauntless Base Ball Club of Havre de Grace, sponsored by the Susquehanna Museum at the Lock House, will be playing their first home match June 28 at the Steppingstone Museum. Match time is 12:00p.m. Come out and enjoy Base Ball 1860’s style! Players wear vintage uniforms from the […]
