From Harford County Government: Harford County Government will be closed Monday, September 2, 2013 in observance of the Labor Day holiday. County Government will re-open for normal business on Tuesday, September 3, 2013.
Archives for August 2013
Darlington Elementary School Briefly Locked Down Following Report of Suspect at Large
Darlington Elementary School was locked down for several hours Tuesday afternoon after Pennsylvania and Maryland state police troopers pursued a suspect through the area. Harford County Public Schools spokeswoman Teri Kranfeld said the school was placed in a modified lockdown around noon. The lockdown continued though the school’s 3:30 p.m. dismissal, which occurred as usual […]
Wehland: “It is My Belief there are Two Possibilities to Stop the Proposed Wal-Mart Project”
The following editorial and letter to the Harford County Department of Planning and Zoning were written and provided by Bill Wehland of Bel Air: Recently the traffic company representing the proposed new Bel Air Walmart responded to the latest Harford County deficiencies of June 7, 2013. This group has again failed to comply with the […]
Grimmel: Pay to Play? More Like Fee to Succeed
From Friends of Johnathan Grimmel: It saddens me to see the recent publishing of the fees imposed by the Board of Education for extracurricular activities. While I do applaud the board on trying to take “cost-saving and revenue-generating strategies in order to balance the budget” measures, I once again think they are cutting and imposing […]
Harford County Partners with School System on Recycling Initiative; Ballfield Program is Joint Effort to Keep Parks, School Fields Clean
From Harford County government: The Harford County Department of Parks and Recreation has teamed up with Harford County Public Schools to introduce recycling at ball fields and parks in the county. After a successful pilot program at specific sites, Parks and Recreation, with the help of the school system, has distributed 400 recycling cans throughout […]
Wal-Mart Refutes Professional Critique of Traffic Plans for Proposed Bel Air Supercenter; Claims Statements are Outdated and Incorrect
Responding to a professional critique of Wal-Mart’s plan to mitigate traffic from a proposed Bel Air Supercenter, a spokesman for Wal-Mart said on Wednesday that the critique contained statements that were outdated and/or incorrect. The critique of Wal-Mart’s traffic mitigation plan was issued in a June 7th technical memorandum from Century Engineering, Inc., of Hunt […]
Concerned Citizens Plan Legal Action Against Cuts in School Bus Service and Implementation of Pay-to-Play Fees in Harford County Public Schools
A coalition of concerned citizens plans legal action to halt cuts in school bus service and the implementation of pay-to-play fees in the school year that begins Monday in Harford County Public Schools. The system-wide cutbacks in school bus transportation and the new fees for students to participate in extra-curricular activities were approved by the […]
Dagger Blotter Aug. 12-13: Drunk Caller Reports Animal Bite to Neck in Aberdeen; Man Waves Knife in Air on Edgewood Basketball Court; 70-Yr-Old Man with Infected Bed Sores in Abingdon
The blotter is compiled from records of calls for service received by the Harford County Sheriff’s Office. The records are reviewed and prepared for publication by Dagger staff. They do not include records from municipal or state law enforcement agencies. Aberdeen A caller from the 200 block of Perrywood Court reported Monday furniture was missing […]
