Nearly a week after Election Night, provisional and absentee ballots re-elected Town Commissioners David Carey and Robert Preston over challenger Greg Adolph. Final results announced Monday afternoon at Bel Air Town Hall included five absentee ballots and two provisional ballots. From those, Preston collected four votes and Carey gained six votes, while Adolph added none. […]
Archives for November 2009
Harford Nets Hundreds of State and National Scholars; HCPS Students Earn Recognition for Achievements
From Harford County Public Schools: The Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) recently announced the finalists for the 2009-10 Maryland Distinguished Scholar Award, which include three students from Harford County Public Schools (HCPS). The finalists from HCPS are Alex Hutcheson, senior at C. Milton Wright High School; Drew Thatcher, senior at C. Milton Wright High School; […]
Perrone: A Different Perspective on Health Care Reform
The following letter was received from Michael Perrone, Jr. of Belcamp, MD: I would like to offer an analogy that I believe accurately illustrates the current state of health care costs in this country. Think of our health insurance system as a house in the middle of a hurricane. Water is coming in through every […]
Havre de Grace’s Juanita L. Warman Among 13 Killed In Fort Hood Shooting
Havre de Grace resident Juanita L. Warman was among the 13 people killed in Thursday’s shooting at Fort Hood in Texas, according to national media reports. While Warman and the dozen others who died in Thursday’s attack have not yet been officially named by the Department of Defense, their names, Warman’s included, are slowly filtering […]
H1N1 Vaccination Rates Low in Harford Schools
At a number of Harford County Public Schools where the scarce H1N1 vaccine has been offered, a majority of students did not have parental consent and therefore were not immunized in school. In six out of the 11 public schools where it has been administered, less than half of the student population got the H1N1 […]
Weekend Movie Report: Carols & Creatures, Coaches, Coco, & Clooney
Reviews A Christmas Carol (Disney) The Stab: Visually spectacular, then some more—to the point of monotony. A scary story more than a Holiday moralistic tale, with emotional resonance suffocated by its showy display. Stuffed fuller than a Christmas goose, Disney’s animated adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale is overlong, overstated, and overindulgent. We all know […]
Del. Jennings: By Dawn’s Early Light We Shall Remember and Honor All on November 11th
The following letter was received from the office of Del. J.B. Jennings: Dear Editor: It is that time of the year. American families are preparing to celebrate their family traditions and homecomings on Thanksgiving as well as begin their early holiday shopping. Yet, amid the enjoyment of these festive times and memorable moments with our […]
Tea Parties “Storm the Capitol” Over Health Care
Bel Air Tea Party organizer Tony Passaro loaded up two charter buses in the parking lot of the Harford County Government building in Bel Air this morning, headed for a health care protest in Washington D. C. Passaro said he had about 100 people, whom he called “The Old Maryland Line”, ready to join a […]
