With little else on the agenda Monday night, the Aberdeen City Council has set aside time for a public hearing and a vote on final adoption of an ordinance that would bring increases and other adjustments to the rates the city charges for the services it provides. The proposed schedule of fees includes a water […]
Archives for March 2011
Del. Szeliga: “What Happens When Your Child’s 3rd Grade Teacher Decides His Gender Identity is a Woman and He Starts Wearing Dresses to School?”
From the office of Del. Kathy Szeliga: Dear Friends, The big issue this week was the passage of the budget bills from the House of Delegates. We are also having double sessions (in the chamber twice a day) to get bills passed by the crossover deadline of Monday, March 28th. Bills need to be out […]
Renovations and Improvements Coming to Friends Park Pond in Forest Hill
From Harford County government: The Harford County Department of Parks and Recreation, in cooperation with Harford County Department of Public Works, and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources are preparing to upgrade and improve the existing Friends Parks Pond. This project will improve the overall water quality of the pond and the stream that is […]
Maryland Forest Service Backyard Buffers Program Offers Trees for Streamside Planting in Harford County
A new program called the Backyard Buffers Program is starting this spring in Harford County. The program, administered through the Maryland Department of Natural Resources – Forest Service, started in Western Maryland several years ago and has been successful in helping to establish forested riparian buffers on properties of less than 5 acres that are […]
Two Harford County Motorists Flown to Trauma Centers Following Head-On Collision in Churchville
From Maryland State Police: Two Harford County residents remain hospitalized in Baltimore trauma centers following a serious motor vehicle collision on Churchville Road near Glenville Road early Saturday morning. Thomas Henry Peters, 57, of Aberdeen, MD., was flown to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center by Maryland State Police medevac helicopter following the 6:59 […]
Raimondi: Update on Seating Arrangements for Disabled and Elderly at Harford County Restaurants
From Peter S. Raimondi: What so many of us take for granted when we visit restaurants is the ease with which we can easily sit and rise from chairs that are furnished by these establishments. Yet for the disabled and elderly this is a major problem. We need the assistance of chairs with arms so […]
Green By Chance: Sweating Winter Flesh, Replanting America, and Dreaming about Who was Here First
It feels so good to get my hands consistently in the dirt again. A long windy, semi-white, pretty cold winter season is now on the shelf in my Franklin Planner. I’ve been transplanting firs and spruce for a month from my protected beds and out in the permanent field for eventual Christmas living rooms. Finally […]
Aberdeen Proving Ground Celebrates Women’s History Month; Lilly Ledbetter Shares Experiences Fighting for Women’s Rights, Equal Pay
From the U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center: Lilly Ledbetter, a woman who tirelessly fought for nine years to earn a fair salary in the workplace, spent March 24 at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. (APG) sharing her story as part of the installation’s celebration of Women’s History Month. Planned by the APG Federal Women’s Program […]
