From the office of U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski: U.S. Senators Barbara A. Mikulski and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) today announced the Water Witch Fire Company in Port Deposit, Maryland has been awarded $24,178 in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program to purchase life-saving firefighting equipment. As […]
Archives for 2014
George: Revised Clubs and Extracurricular Activities Policies Severely Impact Destination Imagination and Other Volunteer Assisted School Groups
From Doug George: At the September 8, 2014 HCPS Board of Education Meeting, the school board approved revised policies regarding Clubs and Extracurricular Activities. With the passage of these revisions, the school board implemented policy to back the procedures that Central Office had already imposed on specific school groups. With the approved policies and procedures […]
Harford County Board of Education Approves $95 Million Capital Budget Request to Funding Authorities for FY2016
From the Harford County Board of Education: September 8, 2014 The Board of Education of Harford County met for an open business meeting at 6:30pm in the Board Room of the A. A. Roberty Building and took the following actions and received the following presentations: Board Comments Public Comment – Sheila George: DI changes to […]
Harford County 911 Shift Supervisor Participating in “Ride to Conquer Cancer;” 150-Mile Bike Ride through Capital Region
From Harford County government: Jennifer Strahorn Webster, a Public Safety Dispatch Shift Supervisor with the Harford County Department of Emergency Services 911 Center, is participating in the 150 mile “Ride to Conquer Cancer” bike ride through the Capital Region September 13 and 14, 2014. The purpose of the ride is to help raise money for […]
Portion of Jericho Road in Gunpowder State Park Closes Temporarily
From Harford County government: Harford County Department of Public Works Division of Highways announced that Jericho Road on the covered bridge at the Harford/Baltimore County line will close on Monday, September 22, 2014 for approximately one week. Crews are installing detour signs. Jericho Road is off of Jerusalem Road in Gunpowder State Park in the […]
U.S. Sen. Mikulski Co-Sponsors Legislation to Combat Sexual Assault on College and University Campuses
From the office of U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski: U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today announced that she has cosponsored the Campus Safety and Accountability Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) to help combat sexual assaults on college and […]
Maryland’s First West Nile Virus Case in 2014 Prompts Message of Prevention
From the Harford County Health Department: Recently, the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (MD DHMH) announced the first confirmed case of West Nile Virus (WNV) in Maryland this year. The Harford County Health Department reminds the public that despite the coming calendar end to summer, mosquitoes are expected to stay active well into […]
Harford County Republican Women Promote the Constitution; $1,500 in Prize Money for Annual Constitution Day Contest
From the Harford County Republican Women’s Club: The Harford County Republican Women’s Club (HCRW) is seeking entries for its annual Constitution Day Contest; a contest designed to support the 2004 federal law requiring any institution receiving federal dollars to provide educational programming on the history of the Constitution on September 17 of each year. Since […]
