The film adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s beloved story Where the Wild Things Are is ambitious, built from a mere eighteen illustrations and ten (grammatically-flexible) sentences. Sendak promotes childhood escapism from a world of increasing anxiety, and Spike Jonze’s film vibrantly honors this spirit. The world weighs heavily on Max, our rambunctious young protagonist. He is […]
Archives for October 2009
Aberdeen City Council Candidate Todd: “Grandma Gone Wild!”
Interview with Aberdeen City Council candidate Zenobia Todd: As part of The Dagger’s coverage of the City of Aberdeen’s municipal election on Nov. 3, the following questions were presented to each candidate for mayor and city council. The five questions (bolded and boxed) were chosen to generate discussion on specific topics. The candidates’ answers have […]
Bruce: Who Should Pay For New Schools?
The following was submitted by Morita Bruce: Do you support a tax increase to pay for recently-built schools? Should Red Pump Elementary School or other school construction projects be stopped? If your answer is NO to either of these, then oppose Bill 09-29, School Development Impact Fee, because this Bill stops the school impact fees […]
Troopers Solve Armed Robbery Of Edgewood Royal Farm Store
From Maryland State Police: On Tuesday, October 13, 2009 Troopers from the Bel Air Barrack responded to the Royal Farm Store located at 630 Edgewood Road, Edgewood, Maryland for a reported armed robbery. Upon arrival troopers learned that a light skinned H/M or B/M forced the victim/clerk at knife-point to handover an undisclosed amount of […]
Harford Emergency Operations Attains Highest Accreditation; First 911 Center In Nation To Achieve Status
From Harford County government: (Bel Air, MD) – – The Harford County Emergency Operations Center located in Hickory, attained the highest accreditation possible, as an Accredited Center of Excellence (ACE) for use of its Fire, Police and Medical protocols. The Harford County EOC is only the second center in the world to achieve all three […]
Maryland Counties To Push For Changes In Education Funding Requirement
Continuing to feel the economic crunch, Maryland county governments will be looking for new ways around a long-standing state law requiring them to fund their portion of local education budgets according to a formula known as Maintenance of Effort (MOE). Maintenance of Effort was designed to ensure that county governments provide school systems with at […]
Bel Air Commissioner Race Down To 5 After Testerman Withdraws Candidacy
Steven Testerman has withdrawn his candidacy for Bel Air Town Commissioner, leaving five candidates in the race with Election Day three weeks away. Testerman told The Dagger that he withdrew from the race to support two of the remaining challengers, Greg Adolph and Richard Davis. They, along with challenger David Mitchell, will face incumbents David […]
Del. Impallaria: Annapolis Update – Planned Legislation for 2010
The following was received from the office of Del. Rick Impallaria: I have two interesting pieces of legislation which I plan to introduce in the 2010 session. The first one is a direct result of bad legislation which I fought against, and voted against last session. In their infinite wisdom the General Assembly, over loud […]
