Harford County fire officials reported two incidents which occurred over the weekend, as a blaze severely damaged a Joppa home Sunday and two “bottle bombs” were found in a residential neighborhood. According to the State Fire Marshal’s Office, the owner of a home on the 600 block of Trimble Road in Joppa discovered a fire […]
Firefighters Battle Bel Air Apartment Blaze
Local firefighters battled a blaze Wednesday which broke out in an apartment on Crocker Drive in Bel Air, and transported the apartment’s occupant to a nearby hospital for an emergency petition evaluation. The fire was discovered by the occupant of an apartment on the 200 block of Crocker Drive shortly before 11 a.m. Wednesday morning. […]
16-Year-Old Boy Drowns In Susquehanna River Near Downtown Havre de Grace Park
A 16-year-old boy drowned in the Susquehanna River while swimming with friends Saturday afternoon, Havre de Grace police said, the second drowning of a teenager in two days in Harford County. The youth has not been identified pending notification of his family, according to Pfc. Jeff Gilpin, public relations officer for the Havre de Grace […]
New Principals of Aberdeen, Fallston, Joppatowne High Schools Named
The Harford County Board of Education voted 5-2 in a late-night special meeting Thursday to appoint the new principals of Aberdeen, Fallston, and Joppatowne High Schools, two of them replacing administrators controversially ousted by Superintendent Robert Tomback last month. Michael O’Brien, currently an instructional facilitator at Edgewood High School, will take over as principal of […]
Aberdeen Police Seek Leads in April Robbery of Shell Station on Middleton Lane
The Aberdeen Police Department is seeking new information that could help solve an armed robbery which occurred last month, after police said leads in the case have run dry. On April 7 at approximately 1:27 p.m., an unknown suspect entered and, at gunpoint, robbed the Shell gas station located in the 1000 block of Middleton […]
Fire Officials Investigating Spate of Blazes in Northern Bel Air, Possible Connection to Suspected Arsonist
Fire officials are investigating whether three small fires which broke out in the early morning hours Tuesday in a neighborhood off of Fountain Green Road in northern Bel Air are connected, and whether those incidents are the work of a suspected arsonist who has been at large in the area over the last several weeks, […]
Aberdeen High School Student, 16, Killed in Three-Wheeler Accident; Storm Prohibited Flyout
An Aberdeen High School student was killed Wednesday evening in an accident involving an off-road vehicle in Havre de Grace, the Harford County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday afternoon. Tyler Lee Hickman, 16, of Perryman, Md. was found by sheriff’s deputies just before 8 p.m. Wednesday lying facedown at the bottom of a rock-layered hill near […]
Harford County Fire Crews Respond to Small Weekend Blazes in Bel Air Area
Harford County firefighters responded to three small fires in less than an hour early Saturday morning across the greater Bel Air area, according to the state fire marshal’s office, including one blaze discovered by a fire official responding to an earlier call. The first fire was reported at approximately 3:30 a.m. by a passerby who […]
