From Harford County Public Schools: Hickory’s top 4th and 5th grade math students recently won the Mathematical Olympiad Meritorious Achievement Certificate in this year’s world competition. To win the award, Hickory’s team outscored 80% of all other competing 5th grade teams from around the world. Sixteen of Hickory’s team of twenty-seven students scored in the […]
Archives for April 2012
Rep. Harris: “The Current Medicare System is Not ‘Stable’ as the Administration Claims; this Report Shows Medicare is Going Bankrupt”
From the office of Congressman Andy Harris: Medicare Trustees Report Projects Medicare Bankruptcy in 2024 Rep. Harris criticizes the Obama Administration for calling fiscal health “stable” Today, the Medicare Trustees released a comprehensive report outlining the fiscal problems of the Medicare system. The report found that Medicare will go bankrupt in 2024. After the release […]
John Archer Parent Files Complaint with Maryland State Department of Education Alleging Son was Harmed by School Staff
The mother of a special needs student has filed a complaint with the Maryland State Department of Education alleging that John Archer School staff illegally used mechanical restraints on her son, causing him physical harm, and committed a number of violations of state and federal special education law. MSDE spokesman Bill Reinhard said the formal […]
Cloak & Dagger: Boyle Buick – Where You are Treated Like One of the Family
Hello, Jennifer Williams here. Most of you already know me as the food columnist for The Dagger. But what you don’t know is that I love to shop almost as much as I love to eat! So in keeping with that, I will now be writing a third column called Cloak & Dagger. Cloak & […]
Sen. Jacobs: “Why Must the Mommy Wars Pit Stay at Home Moms Against Working Moms?”
From Sen. Nancy Jacobs: Mitt Romney’s wife Ann is at the center of a renewed battle in the Mommy Wars, which has raged since the end of the Ozzie and Harriett days. Should the leading Republican Presidential Candidate be consulting his wife, as he says he does, on issues about women? A CNN commentator created […]
Holocaust Survivor Speaks With Students at Edgewood High School
From Harford County Public Schools: On Wednesday, April 11, 2012, Holocaust survivor, Rubin Sztajer visited Edgewood High School to speak with students about his personal experience and life during the Holocaust. He told her story starting from the beginning of the war and life in the Klobuck Ghetto, participating in a death march, and living […]
Aberdeen Agenda April 23: Introduction of FY2013 Budget; Forest Conservation Changes; Recognition of State Champion Aberdeen High School Lady Eagles Basketball Team
The Aberdeen City Council will introduce its proposed fical year 2013 budget and vote on adoption of an ordinance amending the city’s forest conservation standards during its Monday night meeting. The state of Maryland requires that municipalities change their Forest Conservation Chapter to be in compliance with new requirements and the State statute. The full […]
Retired USAF Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Karen Kwiatkowski Speaks to Harford Campaign for Liberty
From Harford Campaign for Liberty: Cherish, therefore, the spirit of our people, and keep alive their attention. If once they become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress, and Assemblies, Judges, and Governors, shall all become wolves. – Thomas Jefferson Harford Campaign for Liberty April 24, 2012 7pm Bel Air Knights of […]
