From Harford County government: Visit includes tour of APG (Aberdeen, MD) – – Harford County Executive David R. Craig with representatives from the Harford County Office of Economic Development and the Chesapeake Science and Security Corridor regional BRAC office, hosted a tour of the Aberdeen Proving Ground to members of the Maryland House of Delegates, […]
Robinson: Racism or Discrimination? We Have to Get Past Our Fears and Prejudices
The following letter was provided by Jansen Robinson, Chair of the Edgewood Community Council: Racism is defined as the belief that a particular race is superior or inferior to another, that a person’s social and moral traits are predetermined by his or her inborn biological characteristics. Racial separatism is the belief, most of the time […]
Mikulski Announces $143,000 Grant for Joppatowne High School in Harford County
From the office of U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) announced today that the Harford County Public Schools’ Department of Curriculum Instruction and Magnet Programs has been awarded a $143,000 Fund for the Improvement of Education (FIE) grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The Harford County Public […]
County Executive Craig Receives National Award for BRAC Preparations
Recipient of the John Leigh Public Sector Official of the Year (Bel Air, MD) – – Harford County Executive David R. Craig has received the John Leigh Public Sector Official of the Year award. Craig and Harford County Government were recognized last weekend at the Association of Defense Communities national conference in Boston for the […]
Are Harford Building Moratoriums Keeping BRAC Transplants Away?
Blaming the provision for a “complete shut down” of new home construction in the very areas where BRAC transplants should be looking for local housing, the president of the Harford County Chamber of Commerce has asked the Harford County Council to allow its Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance – which imposes a building moratorium within in […]
Nightmare on Juniper Lane: Abandoned Army Barracks Create Community Danger Zone
By Omar Simpson “It was a dark and dreary evening…rain poured down in sheets as Jack and Jill walked home from after school basketball practice…past the rusty old water tower…past row after row of old abandoned Army barracks. Thunder rolled and lightning flashed…something inside the partially boarded up building looked down on the children and […]
$65 Million in Funds for BRAC-related Infrastructure Improvements Announced
Harford County will be a primary beneficiary of $65 million in federal funds designated for infrastructure improvement as part of the BRAC process. Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger presented a ceremonial check for the amount to Harford County Executive David R. Craig, Councilwoman Mary Ann Lisanti and Maryland Lt. Governor Anthony Brown. The funds will help […]
Transportation Management Association Meeting
(Bel Air, MD – – March 9, 2009) – – Ms. Karen L. Holt, Regional BRAC Manager for the Chesapeake Science and Security Corridor (CSSC) will be the guest speaker at the March 24, 2009 meeting of the Harford County Transportation Management Association (TMA). Ms. Holt will discuss BRAC Implementation: A Regional Effort. Specifically, she […]
