Passersby traveling North Main Street in Bel Air during the last few weeks may have noticed the team of sign-wavers lined up in front of Klein’s ShopRite. This is not a holiday wecolming committee hired by the grocery store; they are not collecting donations for charity or selling Girl Scout cookies. The signs implore patrons […]
Lockdown in Aberdeen Following Car Chase and Bailout
A car being chased by Maryland Transportation Authority Police crashed Wednesday afternoon in Aberdeen and had police searching for the suspect – who bailed out and was possibly armed. Aberdeen schools were temporarily locked down around 4 p.m. Wednesday while police searched for the suspect, who bailed out of his vehicle and escaped on foot […]
Harford County’s Food Facility Inspection Violations For October 2010
Each month the Harford County Health Department conducts routine inspections of 1,893 food service facilities. Some pass, some fail. These are their stories… Below are all the critical health inspection violations for Harford County in October 2010: 7-Eleven Store #19677 1752 Jarrettsville Road Jarrettsville, MD 21084 Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper […]
Blaze Destroys Fountain Glen Townhouse; Firefighters Save Kitten From Basement (UPDATED)
A two-alarm fire destroyed a Fountain Glen townhouse Sunday afternoon and began spreading to adjacent dwellings before being brought under control. At about 2:12 p.m. Sunday, Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company was dispatched to the 600 block of Gairloch Place off of Redfield Road in the Fountain Glen development for a reported apartment fire. A […]
Aberdeen Proving Ground Firefighter Injured While Battling Blaze in Edgewood Townhouse
A federal firefighter was injured while performing fire suppression activities Thursday evening at a blaze that was believed to have been sparked by an unattended candle left in the basement of the Edgewood dwelling. It took 40 firefighters, responding from Joppa, Bel Air, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Abingdon, and Kingsville, about 20 minutes to control the […]
Harford Election Night Anecdotes: Confused Voters, Victory Cake and the Newsmobile
Harford County’s Gubernatorial General Election 2010 had its share of surprises (Glen Glass?) and certainties (David Craig dancing on stage as Black Eyed Peas blared), but before we relegate this election to the history books, let’s take one last look at some of the other incidents and anecdotes you might not have seen or heard […]
Sen. Jacobs Tries to Defuse Helton’s “Money Bomb” in District 34 Race
Criticized recently by her opponent for missing key legislative votes during her years in Annapolis, Sen. Nancy Jacobs fired back this week with a late-election campaign to raise money by pointing out Art Helton’s own missed votes while he was serving in the state senate. In his robo-call to residents of District 34 (southern Harford/western […]
Bel Air Agenda – Nov. 1: Fortune Telling, Drug/Alcohol Policy, Sewage, Trash Truck
The future of fortune telling in Bel Air could be decided next week as the town commissioners vote on an ordinance which would permit the practice within town limits. An ordinance on the agenda during Monday night’s Board of Town Commissioners meeting would amend the Town Code by deleting and repealing in its entirety the […]
