The former BB&T Bank Building on Main Street in Bel Air is once again under contract, but this time the buyer isn’t the town. The building is currently under contract and in the midst of a study period, according to Donnell “Beetle” Smith, president of RKS Realty in Bel Air and the broker for the […]
Hollywood Casino Perryville Earns $2M in First Four Days
The state’s first slots casino dialed up $2 million in revenue in its first four days of operation late last month, according to the Maryland State Lottery. Hollywood Casino Perryville took in $2,075,839 between its grand opening on September 27 and September 30, the state agency said Tuesday. The casino had been scheduled to begin […]
A Night in Hollywood: The Dagger Takes A Spin Through Perryville’s New Slots Casino
A prominent Maryland slots developer once told me that, for a variety of reasons, a gaming company could choose to simply throw up what he called “slots in a box.” Walking through the new Hollywood Casino, it’s tough to see the place as anything more than that—although the “box” is still a major new development […]
State Fire Marshal Seeks Persons of Interest in Aberdeen House Fire
The Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office is seeking two juveniles as persons of interest in connection with a Saturday fire at a home on Bush Chapel Road in Aberdeen which occured as the Aberdeen Fire Department was opening its newest station. Fire units responded to a report of a house fire at 15 Bush Chapel […]
UPDATED: Edgewood Murder Suspect Attacked after Arrival at Detention Center
The alleged killer of an Edgewood teen was attacked by several inmates shortly after his arrival at the Harford County Detention Center’s maximum security wing on Sunday, authorities said. Michael S. Jones Jr., 18, of Edgewood, was attacked by several prisoners Sunday afternoon in the day room of the maximum security unit. He was arrested […]
School Bus Overturned in Havre de Grace Three-Car Accident; Six Students Hospitalized (UPDATED)
A Harford County Public School bus carrying six students was involved in a three-car accident Friday morning on Route 155 west of Canvasback Drive in Havre de Grace. All six students aboard the bus were hospitalized and seen by a car accident doctor. An Audi passenger vehicle was westbound on Level Road toward I-95 when […]
Gahler Wins GOP Sheriff Nomination, Posey-Moss Edges Riley; General Election Ballot Set
Jeff Gahler won the Republican nomination for Harford County Sheriff and will face incumbent Democrat Jesse Bane in November’s general election, claiming a margin of just three-tenths of a percent over rival Steven Bodway. Gahler’s lead Bodway was reduced to a mere 64 votes after 508 final ballots, including 242 provisional and 266 absentee ballots, […]
Sheriff’s Primary Too Close to Call; Gahler, Bodway Separated by 66 Votes
The four-way race in the Republican primary for sheriff remained too close to call Tuesday night, with candidate Jeff Gahler leading Steven Bodway by just 66 votes with 96.1 percent of precincts reporting. Gahler had 7.091 votes, or 34.7 percent of the vote, as of 11:40 p.m., while Bodway trailed with 7,025 votes, or 34.37 […]
