The July 4th Independence Day holiday marks the official start of the election season in Maryland. The parades, cookouts, and horseshoe toss competitions offer the perfect opportunity for candidates to float their names to a massive audience and, conveniently, according to State Board of Elections, the first day an individual may file a Certificate of […]
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Edgewood Community Newsletter: June 2009 Edition
EDGEWOOD: Better with EVERYONE’S Help! Edgewood Community Council, P.O. Box 1182, Edgewood, MD 21040 A Thriving, Diverse and Compassionate Community that Welcomes All Citizens! EDGEWOOD News June 2009 Edition What’s in This Issue Special Community Announcements Next ECC Meeting, June 10th 2nd Saturday ServeFest, June 13th End of School Party Jam, […]
Harford’s Elected School Board Bill Passage Took Award Winning Performances
The struggle for the public’s right to elect members of the Harford County Board of Education ended happily a few weeks ago when Governor Martin O’Malley signed a bill to allow for a blended board with 3 appointed members and 6 members elected in-district. The first school board elections will be held for Districts A, […]
Foot-Stomping Good Time At Aberdeen High School Graduation
By Pat McGrady On June 1, 2009, the class of 2009 from Aberdeen High School graduated. The students wore the blue and gold with pride, the families in the audience cheered, clapped and stomped their feet as the students walked into the gym and sat for the two hour ceremony. The guests included principals from […]
Fallston Fire Chief Joe Woods Chosen As New District B Harford County Councilman
Since he was 16 years old, Joseph Woods intended to one day be a member of the Harford County Council. That vision was fulfilled Tuesday night when the Harford County Council voted unanimously to install Woods, now 30 and chief of the Fallston Volunter Fire and Ambulance Company, as its newest member. It was a […]
Many HCPS Graduates Not Ready for Harford Community College
Hundreds of freshly minted Harford County Public School graduates head off to Harford Community College each fall only to discover that they’re not necessarily ready for college level work. Collectively, these students pay hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to take taxpayer-subsidized, transitional courses and re-learn what they ought to have learned in high […]
Duo of Fallston/Abingdon Lawyers Vie With Fallston Fire Chief for Council Seat
The Harford County Council has started holding informal meetings with the nominees for the vacant District B Fallston/Abingdon seat – Fallston attorney Tim Braue, Abingdon attorney Derek Howell, and Fallston fire chief Joseph Woods. The council does not seem to have established a formal process, and has not announced when the final selection will be […]
“Green Is For Go – Go Build A School” Or Face Countywide School Redistricting?
Harford County Board of Education President Patrick L. Hess and Interim Superintendent Patricia L. Skebeck said in a letter dated April 27th that school boundaries will be adjusted countywide if an agreement cannot be reached in the debate over which new elementary school will be built to relieve overcrowding in the greater Bel Air area. […]
