On a night with an otherwise empty agenda, the Harford County Council will introduce a pair of bills – Maryland Emergency Management Assistance Compact and Discriminatory Practices – Familial Status. Also on the agenda Tuesday night is approval of an executive appointment to the Board of Ethics. The full agenda is listed below: COUNTY COUNCIL […]
Aberdeen Agenda May 9: Fiscal Year 2011-2012 Budget and Constant Yield Tax Rate; LEED Office Building Tax Break; Comprehensive Plan
The Aberdeen City Council will introduce an ordinance Monday creating a new subclass of real property in Aberdeen for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), which would be taxed at a different, lower rate than other properties in the city to serve as incentive to attract sustainable, military-related development to the city. In an […]
Dougherty Remains Havre de Grace Mayor; Correri and Craig Return to City Council with Newcomer Wagner
Havre de Grace Mayor Wayne H. Dougherty easily held off a challenge in Tuesday’s municipal election from city councilman Mitch Shank – defeating him by nearly a two-to-one margin – to hold onto his position for a third term. In the city council races, incumbents Randy Craig and John Correri were re-elected to their seats […]
Let’s Move!: Edgewood High School Selected for National Flash Mob Dance Broadcast; TV Crew and Raven’s Cheerleaders at School Tuesday
Edgewood High School has been selected as one of only three Maryland schools to be a part of the National Broadcast of the “Let’s Move!” Flash Mob – a coordinated, yet semi-spontaneous outburst of song and dance, which has earned the students a visit from the Baltimore Raven’s cheerleaders and a spot on television Tuesday […]
Harford County Council Agenda May 3: Lower Utility Rates Through Cooperative Energy Purchase; Supplemental Appropriations
The Harford County Council will hold a public hearing Tuesday night to discuss a cooperative regional utility bid that could result in below market rate energy prices for the county. The proposed agreement with Energy Answers would be in an amount not to exceed $460,000 in year 1, with 3% increases in years 2 through […]
Havre de Grace Agenda May 2: Private Streets and Storm Drains of Paddocks Community at Bulle Rock to be Converted to City Ownership
The Havre de Grace mayor and city council will hold a public hearing Monday night on a proposed resolution which would transfer ownership and maintenance responsiblities of the streets and storm drains of the Paddocks community at Bulle Rock from private ownership by the community homeowners association to public ownership and responsiblity of the city. […]
Bel Air Agenda May 2: Town Continues Work on Proposed Fortune Telling Zoning Ordinance
The Bel Air Board of Town Commissioners will continue work Monday night on what has now been a six-month process to reconfigure local zoning law to allow for fortune telling practices to operate under specific conditions. On the agenda Monday night are clarifications to the town’s fortune telling ordinance, which state that such a business […]
Election Day in Havre de Grace: Dougherty vs. Shank for Mayor; 2 Incumbents and 4 Challengers for City Council
Havre de Grace voters will have their choice of eight candidates when they head to the ballot box during Tuesday’s municipal election – two vying for the mayor’s office and six others competing for three seats on the city council. Mayor Wayne H. Dougherty, who was unopposed in his re-election two years ago, faces staunch […]
