From the Harford County Sheriff’s Office: Deputies want to speak to the man pictured here in connection to an attempted theft from the Fallston Walmart, on August 18. An employee approached the suspect when he tried to leave with merchandise. The man shoved the employee and pulled a knife threatening the employee. The suspect is […]
Proposed Bel Air Wal-Mart Denied Access to Route 924; State Highway Administration Also Denies Bright Oaks Traffic Signal
The State Highway Administration has denied Wal-Mart’s requested access on MD 924 for the main entrance to its proposed Supercenter in Bel Air, saying the access would not benefit the overall roadway network and citing “ample opportunity” for access via county roads. Community opposition to the store has focused on concerns about traffic congestion in […]
Abingdon Community Council: “We are Resolved that the Site Plan Design Currently Made Public for a Walmart Supercenter at Plumtree Road and Emmorton Road Inadequately Addresses Major Concerns…”
The following letter regarding the proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter in Bel Air was drafted by the Abingdon Community Council and addressed to the director of community affairs for Wal-Mart and officials in Harford County Government. The letter dated August 27, 2012 was also addressed to community members in Abingdon, Emmorton and Bel Air South. A copy […]
Abingdon Community Council Update: Crime Stats Down; 136 New Homes Coming to Laurel Bush Road; Empty Grocery Stores Find Tenants
The Abingdon Community Council held its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, June 27, 6:00 p.m. at the Abingdon Library. Harford County Sheriff’s Corporal Hopps presented the crime analysis of Harford County Sector 30 (Abingdon/Bel Air South) and Sector 40 (Abingdon/Joppa/Kingsville.) In both sectors, total calls for service were below the numbers recorded for the same […]
Residents Gear Up to Fight Bel Air Wal-Mart; Online Petition Seeks Signatures of 1,000 People Against the Project
Area residents are gearing up to fight a potential Wal-Mart Supercenter at the intersection of Plumtree Rd. and MD Rt. 924 in Bel Air, organizing a meeting for neighborhood representatives and circulating an online petition that has thus far gathered more than 180 signatures. The petition, addressed to “District Representatives of Bel Air South, and […]
Gessner: “…It is Hard to Blame Walmart for Considering a New Store on Land with Proper Zoning for a New Store”
From John J. Gessner: The following is a letter to the editor I wrote to the Aegis in response to their editorial of Wednesday April 13,2011 about the rumored construction of a new Wal Mart store in Bel Air. So far, the Aegis has refused to print my letter. I thought you might be interested […]
Capt’n Jim’s “Coffee Talk” April 18: Bel Air Walmart Fact and Fiction; Rockfield Manor Easter Egg Hunt; Havre de Grace Arts Council Concert
From the office of Harford County Councilman Jim McMahan: There is a plethora of mis-information on the street regarding the property located between Rt 924, Plumtree, Bel Air South Parkway and Rt 24. Let me give you some facts. That 30 acre tract has been zoned B3 business for about 7 years. It was NOT […]
Capt’n Jim’s “Coffee Talk” April 4: “The Unfounded Rumors Regarding the Construction of a Super Walmart” in Bel Air
From the office of Harford County Councilman Jim McMahan: Farmers Markets will return to Bel Air April 9th One issue I receive more complaints about is the unsightly commercial yard signs that proliferate the public rights of way on our State, County and Town road ways. For more than a year I have been working […]
