From the Maryland Department of Natural Resources: Governor Martin O’Malley announced this week Board of Public Works (BPW) approval of recreational projects in Anne Arundel, Caroline, Cecil, Charles, Harford, Montgomery, Prince George’s and Somerset Counties through Program Open Space and the Community Parks and Playgrounds Program. “By continuing to work together with our local partners, […]
Motorcycle Fatalities on the Rise Across Harford
By Kate Froehlich Special to The Dagger Just after 2:30 p.m. on July 11, Rudolph Glanville slowed his Chevrolet truck on Route 165 to make a turn onto Nelson Mill Road. Without warning, he felt a hit from behind that jolted the truck. Pulling over, he saw that a man had been ejected from his […]
Jarrettsville Man Killed in Motorcycle Accident
From Maryland State Police: Date: July, 11 2010 Time: 1435 hrs. Troopers from the Bel Air Barrack responded to a fatal crash that occurred on MD165 at Nelson Mill Road. The vehicles involved were a 2009 Harley Davidson motorcycle, operated by William Everrett Anderson III, 37, Jarrettsville, MD and a 1996 Chevy truck, operated by […]
Drilling To Resume In Park As Committee Focuses On 4 Plans To Improve Rocks Road Erosion
The fourth meeting of the committee formed to find a better way to improve roadway and creek erosion conditions along Route 24 through Rocks State Park ended Monday night with lengthy negotiations over future of controversial rock drilling in the popular park. The end result was just the sort of compromise government officials and local […]
Black Bear Ambles Its Way Across Northern Harford County, Perhaps With Cub
For the better part of the last two weeks, a black bear has been ambling its way across northern Harford County as it crisscrosses Central Maryland in search of suitable habitat. For the time being, the bear is being left to its own devices, which has consisted so far of roaming from Jarrettsville, westward through […]
Man Barricades Himself in Home in Jarrettsville
From the Harford County Sheriff’s Office: (Jarrettsville, MD – May 3, 2010) On Monday, May 3, 2010 at approximately 4:30pm, Harford County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a 911 call for a domestic disturbance involving a gun in the 2900 block of Felicity Court in Jarrettsville, MD. A 49-year-old male resident had barricaded himself in the […]
Crew Pulled Off Rt 24 After Rocks Residents Complain Of Drilling, Cutting in Park
From Save the Rocks: ROCKS, MD Jan. 28 — In response to citizen complaints, the State Highway Administration today removed workers from MD 24 in Rocks State Park who had been drilling for soil samples and cutting trees along the hillside just south of St. Clair Bridge Road. Residents complained the work was unnecessary if […]
Rocks Committee Brings State Officials, Local Residents Together For Better Rt 24 Plan Through Park
From the Save The Rocks campaign: Harford County Councilman Chad Shrodes announced Jan. 27 he has established an advisory committee to address citizen concerns about how MD 24 through Rocks State Park should be improved. The move follows strong citizen opposition to a State Highway Administration plan to move portions of the roadway 20 feet […]
