From Harford County Public Schools: Harford County Public Schools students continue to achieve at a high rate of proficiency on the Maryland School Assessments (MSA) taken by third through eighth graders in reading and mathematics. Close to 90 percent of elementary and middle school students are performing at a proficient level in reading, and middle […]
Archives for June 2011
Harford Hotspots: Marylanders Must Try the Soft Shell Crabs at Box Hill Pizzeria
What’s the best thing about living in Abingdon? Is it the close proximity to I-95 which makes for easier travel to my day job in the city? No, it’s Box Hill Pizzeria definitely. Over the past 14 years I’m sure that I have eaten hundreds of their crab cakes, literally. And don’t even get me […]
Abingdon Community Council Update: Crime Stats Down; 136 New Homes Coming to Laurel Bush Road; Empty Grocery Stores Find Tenants
The Abingdon Community Council held its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, June 27, 6:00 p.m. at the Abingdon Library. Harford County Sheriff’s Corporal Hopps presented the crime analysis of Harford County Sector 30 (Abingdon/Bel Air South) and Sector 40 (Abingdon/Joppa/Kingsville.) In both sectors, total calls for service were below the numbers recorded for the same […]
Charlene Hiester, Amy Plante and Rose Satz Appointed to the Board of Harford Family House
From Harford Family House: On May 18th, 2011 Charlene Heister of PNC Bank, Amy Plante of M&T Bank and Rose Satz US Army/LULAC were appointed to the Board of Harford Family House. Charlene is a Vice President-Business Banker III Northeast for PNC bank, a 2008 graduate of the Harford Leadership Academy and serves on the […]
Aberdeen Rite Aid Robbed at Gunpoint; Suspect Sought (UPDATED)
From the Aberdeen Police Department: On Tuesday, 6/28/11, at about 8:38 p.m. the pictured subject entered the Rite Aid Store located at 15 W. Bel Air Ave. The subject waited for all customers to leave than produced a handgun and announced a robbery, demanding oxycotin. After receiving a quantity of pills, the subject fled the […]
Registered Jarrettsville Sex Offender Given 2 Life Sentences for Aberdeen Abduction and Assault
From the Harford County State’s Attorney’s Office: Anthony Eugene Robinson, a 46 yr old from Jarrettsville, was sentenced today in Harford County Circuit Court to two consecutive life sentences plus an additional 25 consecutive years without parole by Judge Emory A. Plitt Jr. The victim gave an emotional victim impact statement, stating, “I still have […]
Keesling: Over $10,000 “Disappeared” from Safe at Patterson Mill; “Where is the Money?”
The following letter was sent to Harford Schools Superintendent Robert M. Tomback and the members of the Harford County Board of Education by Rob Keesling, President of the Patterson Mill Athletic Boosters. A copy was provided to The Dagger for publication: Dear Dr. Tomback: My name is Rob Keesling. I am the President of the […]
Abingdon Drug Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison; Tanya Mack Was A Fugitive for 14 Months
From the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Baltimore: U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr., sentenced Tanya Valencia Mack, age 40, of Abingdon, Maryland to 20 years in prison, followed by ten years of supervised release, for possession with the intent to distribute powder and crack cocaine. A federal jury convicted Tanya Mack on February 14, […]
