From the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company: The Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company, Kingsville Volunteer Fire Company and Maryland State Police medevac responded to several incidents in Harford County on Wednesday morning. The first incident for the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company (JMVFC) came in at 7:45 AM. The call was for a medical emergency on northbound I-95 […]
Archives for August 2016
Paving to Begin On Rt 161 and Rt 623 in Darlington; Daytime Lane Closures Expected through Late Fall
From the Maryland State Highway Administration: To provide a smoother ride for thousands of motorists, the Maryland Department of Transportation’s State Highway Administration (SHA) will do residential paving on MD 161 (Darlington Road/Main Street) and MD 623 (Castleton Road) in the village of Darlington beginning this week. SHA’s contractor, Gray and Son, Inc. of Timonium […]
Gov. Hogan Signs Executive Order to Start School after Labor Day
From the Office of the Governor of Maryland: Governor Larry Hogan today signed an Executive Order that will require Maryland’s public schools to start classes after Labor Day, beginning with the 2017-2018 school year. Citing the benefits of a post-Labor Day school start for families, students, teachers, and the economy, the governor made the announcement […]
Man Injured in Aberdeen Home Invasion
From the Aberdeen Police Department: On Monday, August 29, 2016, at approximately 1:10 AM, officers were dispatched to the Unit Block of Lewis Drive for a report of a home invasion. Arriving officers quickly located a male victim, 34, who reported a tall black male forcibly entered his home and assaulted him. The attack was […]
Harford County Awarded $2 Million DNR Grant for Watershed Improvement Projects
From Harford County government: Harford County has been awarded a $2 million Maryland Department of Natural Resources grant from the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund for local watershed restoration projects to begin in the fiscal year 2017. Harford County will use the funds to construct four projects within the county that will decrease […]
Route 23 Pavement Work Begins; Expect Daytime Lane Closures Between High Point Road and Route 165
From the Maryland State Highway Administration: To provide a smoother ride for thousands of motorists, the Maryland Department of Transportation’s State Highway Administration (SHA) will improve pavement on nearly three miles of MD 23 (East-West Highway) in Harford County beginning Friday, September 2. SHA’s contractor for the East-West Highway project, Allan Myers – MD, Inc. […]
Barricade in Bel Air Ends in Suicide; Opening of Patterson Mill Middle/High School Delayed
From the Harford County Sheriff’s Office: A Harford County man is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound that occurred in a residence located in the 2000 block of Stratton Court in Bel Air. At approximately 1:34 a.m., on Monday, August 29, Patrol Deputies assigned to the Harford County Sheriff’s Office Southern Precinct were dispatched for […]
Water Witch Fire Company of Port Deposit Awarded $414,286 in Federal Funding for New Fire Engine
From the Office of U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski: WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Barbara A. Mikulski and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) today announced that the Water Witch Fire Company of Port Deposit in Cecil County has been awarded $414,286 in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program. […]