From Klein’s ShopRite: Forest Hill, Maryland, March 1, 2011 — Harford County native and U.S. & World Champion figure skater Kimmie Meissner returns to the greater Bel Air area on Saturday, March 12, with three appearances at Klein’s ShopRite stores. The free public appearances include autograph opportunities, meet-and-greet, and distribution of coupons for Cosamin ASU […]
Archives for March 2011
Finalists for Harford County Teacher of the Year Named
From Harford County Public Schools: The top ten finalists for the 2011 Harford County Teacher of the Year award have been released and are listed below. The judging panel had a difficult and unenviable task again this year with many outstanding teachers nominated for the award. Just to have been deemed worthy by a student, […]
Harford County Government Urges Residents to Prepare for High Winds, Heavy Rain
From Harford County Government: (Bel Air, MD) – The Harford County Division of Emergency Operations (EOC) is urging Harford County residents to prepare for high winds, heavy rain and higher tides as a result of a late winter weather event. Harford County and other areas of Maryland could feel the effects from heavy rain during […]
Fire Officials: Electrical Malfunction Caused Street Blaze
Fire officials said Wednesday that an electrical malfunction was responsible for a weekend fire in Street which claimed the life of a dog who warned his owner of the blaze. Andrew Schmidt, 79, was alone in his Boyd Road home Sunday night when his dog Shamus alerted him to a fire which had broken out. […]
State Senate Republicans Challenge In-State Tuition for Illegal Immigrants
From the Maryland Senate Republicans: This morning, Republican Senators challenged the basic assumptions of advocates proposing a bill to grant in-state tuition to illegal immigrants. Debate on amendments to the bill will continue when the Senate reconvenes at 5:00 p.m. today (Wednesday). Senate Bill 167 Public Institutions of Higher Education-Tuition Rates-Exemptions is on second reader […]
Emergency Crews Respond to Belcamp Chemical Spill
From the Harford County Volunteer Fire and EMS Association: Shortly before 1700 hours (5:00 PM.) Tuesday March 8, 2011 Harford County 911 received a call from an employee of Citrus and Allied Essences Inc. in the 4600 block of Mercedes Drive in Belcamp reporting a chemical product spill. The spill, involving liquid xylenes, occurred while […]
Passaro/Whiteley: Tony and Roy’s Harford County Government Redundant Spending Report
From Tony Passaro, Bel Air Tea Party Patriots and H. LeRoy Whiteley Jr., Marylanders for Fair Property Taxation: These reports, identifying redundant spending by the County, were brought to the attention of our County Council Members as well as to the County Executive in 2009. Since that time, David Craig has stepped up to the […]
Contracted Increases for All Harford School Employees Total $15 Million for FY12 – Teachers’ Tentative Agreement Made Public
The Harford County Board of Education has signed tentative labor agreements providing 3% cost of living increases for all school employees next year, plus step and longevity raises for eligible workers, that together will cost $15,326,618 in FY12, according to Teri Kranefeld, manager of communications for HCPS. Representing the county’s 3,200 teachers, the Harford County […]
