A cigar humidor containing more than 2,000 cigars was among the property lost when fire destroyed an outdoor shed in Pylesville on Wednesday evening. Just before 6 p.m. on Wednesday, emergency personnel were dispatched to the 4000 block of Heaps School Road in Pylesville after the report of an outdoor shed fire. The owner of […]
Archives for March 2016
Former NBA Star Chris Herren Brings His Story of Addiction and Recovery to Bel Air
From Harford County government: As a high school basketball star turned point guard for the Boston Celtics, Chris Herren’s dreams of playing in the NBA had seemingly come true. In reality, Chris was trapped in a nightmare of addiction to alcohol, cocaine, OxyContin and heroin. Chris Herren’s descent into addiction, the loss of his career […]
Bel Air Coffee Talk March 31: Easter Bonnet Fashion Show; Harlem Renaissance Lecture; Colonial Medicine Review
From Harford County Councilman “Capt’n” Jim McMahan and Bel Air Commissioner Susan Burdette: FRIDAYS IN BEL AIR Noon time music in the Center Square May 6 –Matt Kineke May 13 – The Favorites May 20 –Regents of Jazz APR 1 BASKET BINGO to benefit the Welcome One Emergency Shelter. Featuring Longaberger and Vera Bradley Products. […]
Harford County Preschoolers from The Goddard School Collect 10,053 Books for Charity
From The Goddard School: Recently, preschoolers at The Goddard School located in Bel Air, MD and in Forest Hill, MD (www.goddardschool.com) teamed up with 14 other locations across Baltimore for a charitable book drive! In just one week, the Bel Air and Forest Hill preschoolers collected 10,053 books, and the market as a whole collected […]
Utility Helicopter Inspections of BGE Electric Transmission Lines to Continue Through Early June
From BGE: BGE will be using a utility helicopter contractor (see photo depicting the type of helicopter to be used) to perform work on BGE electric transmission equipment, to include towers, poles and wires. Area residents and motorists may see the helicopter hovering near transmission power lines or following a flight path along electric transmission […]
Local Artists Exhibit in Annapolis in Support of Harford County Delegation to the Maryland General Assembly
From the Harford County Cultural Arts Board: In what has become an annual tradition, Harford County Cultural Arts Board installed an art exhibit in our state’s capital in support of the Harford County Delegation. Selected paintings by two Harford County artists, Kostas Damalas and Jonathan West, are hanging on the third floor of the Lowe […]
Fatal Crash in Forest Hill Possibly Caused by Medical Emergency
From the Harford County Sheriff’s Office: A Forest Hill man died this afternoon, following a motor vehicle crash on Grafton Shop Road, in Forest Hill. On March 29, 2016, at approximately 11:59 a.m., Harford County Sheriff’s Office deputies assigned to the Northern Precinct responded to the scene of a serious motor vehicle crash on Grafton […]
Harford County Cultural Arts Board Moves Into New Offices and Operations with Harford County Public Library
From the Harford County Cultural Arts Board: Effective December 7, 2015, Harford County Cultural Arts Board has moved its offices and operations from the Harford County Government Department of Community Services to its new home, under the umbrella of Harford County Public Library. In August, County Council Bill 15-021, introduced by Harford County Council President […]
