With the opening of their new store in Constant Friendship only a month away, Wegmans executives visited Harford County this week to introduce themselves and their company to the community, or at least to local media. Two Wegmans-employed public relations personnel and Bel Air store manager Al Jackson met with The Dagger not at the […]
Impallaria Sues Bane: Delegate Asserts Harford Sheriff “Aided and Abetted” in Theft and Extortion from “Citizens He Has Sworn to Protect”
In a lawsuit filed in late July, Del. Rick Impallaria alleges that Harford County Sheriff Jesse Bane has “violated his oath of office in his duty to protect and serve the public,” “sullied the good name of the Sheriff’s Department and of his deputies,” and “aided and abetted” in the theft and extortion from “the […]
McGrady: Tax Free Shopping Week in Maryland! Or Not
By Patrick McGrady Special to The Dagger Starting on Sunday, August 14, Maryland citizens are granted a week of tax-free shopping! Well, not really. During the 2007 regular session of the general Assembly (probably as a warm-up to the largest taxes in Maryland history– see the last two weeks posts here and here) the legislature […]
Good and Bad News for Harford County Public Schools in 2011 Maryland School Assessment Results
A recent press release from Harford County Public Schools gave an overview of the results from the 2011 Maryland School Assessment – tests in reading and math which are given each year to public school students in grades three through eight. Here’s a closer look at the major gains and losses among the county’s 32 […]
Throw Away Votes and Ego Boosts: Who ELSE Did Harford County Vote For?
When the polls closed on the 2010 Gubernatorial General Election last Tuesday, 7,119 votes had been cast for non-candidates by voters who chose to write in their names on the ballot. Most seem to be personal accolades, just for the thrill of having a vote cast for oneself. Some are attempts at humor. Others are […]
Beverley vs. Eaton – Harford County Board of Education District B
Election Day, November 2, 2010, will mark the first time that any members of the Harford County Board of Education will be chosen by the public they will serve. In most other school districts in the state and in the nation, school board elections are nothing new. But in Harford County, where the Maryland governor […]
Hanley Announces Candidacy for County Council District C
Sitting in the kitchen of his Bel Air home, Terry Hanley speaks in earnest as he describes his views on Harford County politics. It’s a proto-stump speech laden with enthusiasm, aimed at a moderate Republican base, and one he’ll deliver many more times after he entered the race for the county council’s District C seat […]
Campaign Journal: March 4
Thanks to his last name, Register of Wills candidate Derek Hopkins sounds as if he has a strong connection to the office of longtime incumbent Harry L.W. Hopkins. Though the two men are not related, the younger Hopkins does have a family member in that office: his wife, Katrina. Hopkins’ wife is a 12-year veteran […]
