BEL AIR, Md.—The Harford baseball and women’s soccer teams will hold tryouts for the 2009-10 season beginning in August. Tryouts for women’s soccer will be held August 10-14 from 2:00-5:00 p.m., while baseball tryouts will be held on August 24 at 3:00 p.m. All potential baseball players, including those returning from the 2008-09 squad, will […]
Archives for July 2009
City Council President Hiob Announces Aberdeen Mayoral Bid
A few months ago, Aberdeen City Council President Mike Hiob wasn’t sure if he was going to seek a fourth term on the city council. Now he’s certain he won’t. Tired of being hampered by ineffectual administrations and uncooperative council members, Hiob, 50, will instead run for mayor of Aberdeen during the city’s non-partisan municipal […]
Del. Pat McDonough And The Angry Mob That Wasn’t
Losing all focus and apparently abandoning the previous day’s fight against alleged oppression at the Bel Air Independence Day parade, Del. Pat McDonough and a handful of his supporters have launched an oppressive act of their own – attempting to silence and control this local news web site for daring to call them an “angry […]
New York Man Wanted In July 4th Aberdeen Murder
Quick police response and good investigative work has lead to the arrest warrant of Michael D. Barber of Bronx, New York. Barber is wanted for a homicide that occurred in the early morning hours of July 4th at the Highland Commons Apartment Complex, formerly known as Baldwin Manor. Barber was last seen in a dark […]
Del. McDonough Threatens Legal Action If Parade Rules Don’t Change
Del. Pat McDonough has threated to pursue legal action and introduce legislation in Annapolis if the Bel Air Independence Day Committee fails to remove or revise rules he claims prohibit free speech during the annual July 4th parade. A furious letter writing campaign and bitter back-and-forth between Del. McDonough’s supporters and members of the Independence […]
Tempest In A Teapot? Independence Day Incident Brews Angry Response
An Independence Day incident, during which Del. Pat McDonough was apparently asked to observe long-standing July 4th parade rules forbidding the use and display of campaign signs, has turned into a full-fledged fiasco that played out on airwaves and email throughout the day Monday. Del. Pat McDonough was first to strike Monday morning with his […]
President Hess Set To Resign From Harford School Board Monday Night
The Dagger has learned that Harford County Board of Education President Patrick L. Hess will resign from the board during a regular business meeting scheduled for 7:00 p.m. tonight (Monday) in Bel Air. The abrupt departure comes prior to the expiration of Hess’ second term on the board in 2011 and less than three months […]
Del. McDonough: “The Constitution And Free Speech Are More Important Than Your Rule”
Del. Pat McDonough issued the following response to Bel Air Independence Day Parade Chairman Michael Blum following Blum’s own rebuttal this morning: 1) OBEY THE RULES – Mr. Blum shouts, “Rules are rules.” It reminds me of the TV Show “Hogan’s Heroes” when Colonel Klink used to shout out, “These are the rules, Hogan.” The […]
