A round-up of legislation introduced by members of Harford County’s delegation to the Maryland General Assembly: Sen. Barry Glassman’s Senate Bill 294 would prohibit “a person from driving a motor vehicle in an inattentive manner resulting in the unsafe operation of the motor vehicle when the inattention is caused by the person engaging in specified […]
Tax Assessments, Driver’s Licenses, Ag Centers, HAZMAT Benefits; Focus of Latest Legislative Wave
The entirety of Harford County’s delegation to the Maryland General Assembly has signed on to co-sponsor a bill aimed at reviewing state property tax assessment procedures, the assessment appeals process, and producing a report on those findings by 2011. House Bill 204, which is sponsored by Del. Wayne Norman and co-sponsored by the remainder of […]
Child Sex Offenders, Farmer’s Markets, Tax Breaks, Breast Cancer Are Targets of Latest Harford Legislation
The latest round of legislation churned out by Harford County’s representatives to the Maryland General Assembly include bills to make sure child sex offenders serve their full prison sentence, create new seasonal farmer’s market licenses, provide a $3,500 tax credit to certain emergency responders, encourage counties to provide digital copies of laws, and require insurers […]
Community Health Resources Commission to Discuss HOPE Project in Bel Air
From the Harford County Health Department: (Bel Air)—The Maryland Community Health Resources Commission (CHRC) will be conducting a site visit on Monday, January 25, from 12 noon to 1:30 pm in Bel Air to discuss Harford County’s innovative HOPE project (Healthy Options Provide Empowerment), a program funded by the Commission which helps inmates with co-occurring […]
First Bills of Session Address Noise Enforcement, Liquor Board Membership, AG Tax Breaks, and Emergency Responder Safety
The first wave of bills filed in the 2010 Maryland General Assembly session includes legislation introduced this week by Harford County’s trio of state senators, which would give the Sheriff’s Office power to enforce noise control laws, alter the selection process for Liquor Control Board members, provide tax breaks for those with preserved farmland, and […]
Southampton Road Bridge Collapses While Under Construction
The not-yet-completed Southampton Road Bridge collapsed late last week while crews were pouring the deck and nearing completion of the lengthy project. Southampton Road has been closed during the road realignment and bridge construction project, but the bridge collapse is expected to extend that closure by many months. Here’s a synopsis of what happened and […]
Saving The Rocks: SHA To Reevaluate Plans For Blasting In State Park
The Maryland State Highway Administration is backing away from an aggressive highway improvement plan, which would have closed portions of Rocks State Park for several months in each of the next two summers while demolition crews blasted away portions of the historic boulders that give the park its name. The Route 24 Slope Protection Project, […]
Harford’s Food Facility Inspection Violations For December 2009
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 December 2009: 7-Eleven Store #11634 Five Bynum Road Forest Hill, MD 21050 Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at […]
