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15 arrested in connection with Harford marijuana smuggling ring tied to California

15 arrested in connection with Harford marijuana smuggling ring tied to California

Fifteen people, including four men who graduated together from C. Milton Wright High School in Bel Air in 2005, have been arrested following...

 

Residents, workers share views on Fallston gas pipeline

About 20 people made passionate pleas Tuesday for and against a proposed parallel Columbia Gas Transmission pipeline which would go...

Retired APG general: The players change, the 'GAM' remains the same

Sixteen years ago, Robert Shadley, then a major general in the Army, uncovered disturbing news from an important Army training facility at...

 

Bel Air honors longtime Appearance and Beautification Committee member 'Dot' Maurer

For three decades Dorothy "Dot" Maurer has been a major contributor to beautification efforts in the Town of Bel Air.

 

Harford council approves Sunday hours for Jarrettsville library, funding for school computers

The Harford County Council approved a number of school-related and other amendments to the fiscal 2014 county budget Tuesday night,...

Harford County Pictures

Class 1A-2A boys lacrosse state final [pictures] » Class 1A-2A boys lacrosse state final... The Aegis receives press association awards [Multimedia gallery] » The Aegis receives press association awards... "House of Cards" casting call in Bel Air [Photos] » "House of Cards" casting call in Bel Air... Betting at the Preakness [Video] » Betting at the Preakness [Video] Harford and the 2013 Preakness [Pictures] » Harford and the 2013 Preakness [Pictures] Harford's Preakness Champion [Pictures] » Harford's Preakness Champion [Pictures] Preakness winners with Harford connections [Pictures] » Preakness winners with Harford connections... Joppa train death may be ear bud-related [WJZ Video] » Joppa train death may be ear bud-related [WJZ... Mountain Christian Church grows [Video] » Mountain Christian Church grows [Video] Marketplace on Main in Bel Air [Pictures] » Marketplace on Main in Bel Air [Pictures] Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company responds to May 8 accidents [Pictures] » Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company... Havre de Grace 1813 invasion reenacted [Video] » Havre de Grace 1813 invasion reenacted... War of 1812 [Pictures] » War of 1812 [Pictures] Share your prom pictures » Share your prom pictures Kentucky Derby winner Orb arrives at Belmont [Video] » Kentucky Derby winner Orb arrives at... Fallen Heroes Day » Fallen Heroes Day Firefighters rescue young fox stuck in sewer [WJZ Video] » Firefighters rescue young fox stuck in... Ed Norris through the years [Pictures] » Ed Norris through the years [Pictures] John Archer School prom [Pictures] » John Archer School prom [Pictures] Clear Your Clutter Day [Pictures] » Clear Your Clutter Day [Pictures] Bel Air rabies clinic [Pictures] » Bel Air rabies clinic [Pictures] Make an Orioles bird balloon [Video] » Make an Orioles bird balloon [Video] Gun rights rally held in Bel Air [Video] » Gun rights rally held in Bel Air [Video] Kentucky Derby winners with Harford connections [Pictures] » Kentucky Derby winners with Harford... Jerusalem Mill Cornhusk Dolls [Pictures] » Jerusalem Mill Cornhusk Dolls [Pictures] Joppatowne vs. Perryville girls lacrosse [Pictures] » Joppatowne vs. Perryville girls lacrosse... Bel Air runs to honor Boston Marathon victims [Pictures] » Bel Air runs to honor Boston Marathon victims... Jimmy Shane, World Champion [Pictures] » Jimmy Shane, World Champion [Pictures] Home accident on Dublin Road [Pictures] » Home accident on Dublin Road [Pictures] Walk a Mile in Her Shoes [Pictures] » Walk a Mile in Her Shoes [Pictures] River Sweep cleanup of the Susquehanna [Pictures] » River Sweep cleanup of the Susquehanna... Havre de Grace vs. Patterson Mill girls lacrosse [Pictures] » Havre de Grace vs. Patterson Mill girls... Havre de Grace vs. Joppatowne baseball [Pictures] » Havre de Grace vs. Joppatowne baseball... CASA candlelight vigil [Pictures] » CASA candlelight vigil [Pictures] Bel Air vs. C. Milton Wright girls lacrosse [Pictures] » Bel Air vs. C. Milton Wright girls lacrosse... Harford County runners at Boston Marathon [Pictures] » Harford County runners at Boston Marathon... Accident on Thomas Run Road [Pictures] » Accident on Thomas Run Road [Pictures] Fallston vs. Joppatowne boys lacrosse [Pictures] » Fallston vs. Joppatowne boys lacrosse... Fallston Baseball-Softball Opening Day [Pictures] » Fallston Baseball-Softball Opening Day... Bel Air Kite Festival [Pictures] » Bel Air Kite Festival [Pictures] My Lady's Manor Steeplechase [Video] » My Lady's Manor Steeplechase [Video] My Lady's Manor Steeplechase [Pictures] » My Lady's Manor Steeplechase [Pictures] Seevue Court fire Bel Air [Pictures] » Seevue Court fire Bel Air [Pictures] Saggy beats Citation [Pictures] » Saggy beats Citation [Pictures] Hereford vs. North Harford softball [Pictures] » Hereford vs. North Harford softball... RAW VIDEO Workers rescue crash victim in Bel Air » RAW VIDEO Workers rescue crash victim in... Driver in custody after dragging off-duty deputy [WJZ Video] » Driver in custody after dragging off-duty... RAW VIDEO Protest outside Abingdon Walmart » RAW VIDEO Protest outside Abingdon Walmart Bob Turley's Bel Air Bowl [Pictures] » Bob Turley's Bel Air Bowl [Pictures] Havre de Grace Easter Egg Hunt [pictures] » Havre de Grace Easter Egg Hunt [pictures] Arbor Day Tree planting Edgewood [pictures] » Arbor Day Tree planting Edgewood [pictures] Robbery suspect outside Edgewood 7-Eleven [Video] » Robbery suspect outside Edgewood 7-Eleven... RAW VIDEO Surveillance footage of Bel Air Royal Farms armed robbery » RAW VIDEO Surveillance footage of Bel Air... All Harford Swim Team [pictures] » All Harford Swim Team [pictures] Teacher of the Year banquet [Pictures] » Teacher of the Year banquet [Pictures] Best of Harford awards party [Pictures] » Best of Harford awards party [Pictures] Bud Bitzer Scholarship Winners [Pictures] » Bud Bitzer Scholarship Winners [Pictures] All Harford Wrestling team [Pictures] » All Harford Wrestling team [Pictures] Bosely Conservancy clean up [Pictures] » Bosely Conservancy clean up [Pictures] Rockfield Manor Easter Egg Hunt [Pictures] » Rockfield Manor Easter Egg Hunt [Pictures] Wet snow blankets Harford [Pictures] » Wet snow blankets Harford [Pictures] VIDEO Annie's Playground » VIDEO Annie's Playground Annie's Playground [Pictures] » Annie's Playground [Pictures] All Harford Boys Basketball team [Pictures] » All Harford Boys Basketball team [Pictures] Matt "Hank" Rutherford charity basketball game [Pictures] » Matt "Hank" Rutherford charity basketball... 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News

Woman robbed at gunpoint in Edgewood

A woman was robbed at gunpoint by a group of men Tuesday night on Harford Square Drive in Edgewood, the Harford County Sheriff's Office...

Inmate's handcuffs have to be cut off at Bel Air courthouse

A prison inmate was briefly stuck in his handcuffs while making an appearance at the Harford County Circuit Courthouse in Bel Air...

Aberdeen residents decry mayor, council raises

With Aberdeen's city employees having to, in Mayor Michael Bennett's words, do "more with less" as the city deals with lean budgets and many...

Oklahoma tornado hits home for Harford

The massive tornado that devastated suburban Oklahoma City on Monday was followed closely by many in Harford County, as it was around the...

Construction documents to be stored electronically with Harford permits agency

The Harford County Department of Inspections, Licenses and Permits, or DILP, working in cooperation with the Department of Information...

Baseball game with foul language broken up in Aberdeen [Police Blotter]

Aberdeen

Bel Air commissioners pass new budget, honor poster contest winners

The Bel Air Board of Town Commissioners voted Monday to adopt a $15,075,295 budget for the 2014 fiscal year and also agreed to borrow more...

Harford hearing examiner rules in favor of Evergreen development; ruling appealed

A planned 198-unit apartment complex, near the site of the proposed Walmart in Bel Air South, got a boost earlier this month when the...

Education

HCC board approves cultural diversity plan

Harford Community College officials have spent years working to improve cultural diversity on campus, leaving them well prepared to honor...

24 Al Cesky Scholarship Fund nominees ready for banquet

Twenty-four graduating high school student-athletes, representing Harford County's 12 senior classes, will be honored at the 28th Annual...

Construction contract awarded for new HCC nursing, allied health building

Kinsley Construction Company of York, Pa., was recently selected as the builder of Harford Community College's new Nursing and Allied Health...

Harford executive 'delighted' with interim superintendent appointment

Harford County Executive David R. Craig issued the following statement regarding the appointment by the Harford County Board of Education of...

Former Southampton principal named Harford schools interim superintendent

Barbara P. Canavan, a 40-year veteran of Harford County Public Schools, has been named interim superintendent to replace for one year Dr....

Harford schools to implement 4-day week for summer

Harford County Public Schools announced last Friday that it will implement a four-day work week schedule for an eight-week period –...

Bel Air takes crown in Harford academic tournament

Bel Air High School recently won its third straight Harford County Academic Tournament, beating Fallston High School by 50 points.

John Carroll School to host 'Beyond the Badge' film on law enforcement

The life of a police officer is rarely an easy one, and the sacrifices made and dangers faced by those in the line of duty are not always...

Sports

Headed back to the baseball state championships

Sitting here thinking about all the state championship games I've covered, without daring to do something logical like verifying my data, I'...

Bel Air holds on to win 3A state baseball semifinal

Working through a few frightening, late-inning jams in Tuesday's Class 3A state semifinal game with North Hagerstown, Bel Air's ace...

Fallston boys repeat as 1A-2A lacrosse state champions

Though Harford County boys lacrosse fans couldn't have a loser Tuesday evening at UMBC, fans of the Fallston Cougars are a bit happier, as...

Four Bel Air triathletes win age group awards in Columbia [Running]

Four triathletes from Bel Air won age-group awards Sunday in the 30th annual edition of Maryland's premier triathlon, the Columbia...

A year later, my thoughts come true in boys lacrosse [commentary]

It's kind of funny, but I believe a little more than a year ago I wrote about the boys lacrosse playoffs and how we had teams right here...

CMW, Fallston lose state girls lacrosse title hopes with semifinal losses

Girls lacrosse teams from C. Milton Wright and Fallston both saw their Maryland state championship hopes shattered over the weekend in the...

Patterson Mill, Fallston win boys lacrosse state semifinals

For the first time in Harford County boys lacrosse history, two teams from within Harford's borders played their way into the state finals,...

Oxbow's win, Lukas milestones overshadow Orb's disappointing Preakness finish

In the days leading up to Saturday's 138th running of the Preakness Stakes, favorite Orb's trainer, Shug McGaughey, said on a few...

Crime

St. Margaret Middle student on house arrest for alleged threats to hurt other students

A student at Bel Air's St. Margaret Middle School is under house arrest after allegedly making threats to other students last week, the...

Harford Sheriff's deputy pleads guilty to bribery, resigns

A Harford County Sheriff's deputy accused of taking payments from a Baltimore repossession company pleaded guilty to bribery charges and...

Joppa man charged with arson in apartment fire near The Festival in Bel Air

A Joppa man has been arrested in connection with an early-morning apartment fire at a building near The Festival at Bel Air shopping center,...

Bel Air Police investigate abduction, attempted sexual assault last week

Bel Air Police say they are investigating an abduction and attempted sexual assault that began on the town's southwest side late the evening...

APG employee to serve six months for stealing from youth academy

A Middle River woman was sentenced last week to six months in jail for defrauding the federal government through the Freestate ChalleNGe...

State Police to get new fatalities sign for Bel Air barrack

The grim-faced crash test dummies that have been warning drivers along Harford County's Route 1 for years about the dangers of driving,...

Sock full of syringes found in Bel Air [Harford police blotter]

Aberdeen

Two Harford employees charged with stealing more than $2,000 in gas from county

Two Harford County employees have been charged with stealing more than $2,000 worth of gas from the county since 2011.

Entertainment

New election precinct created in Edgewood [50 years ago]

As taken from the pages of The Aegis dated Thursday, May 23, 1963:

Library brings musical side of Lincoln to life

Enjoy a truly unique musical role-playing experience with General Grant and President Lincoln. Will and Bernadine Boyce have spent years...

Nearly 1,000 turn out for Bel Air 'House of Cards' casting call

An estimated 1,000 people came through the Bel Air Reckord Armory Saturday in the hope of landing a part on the second season of the Netflix...

AMC Harford garden tour to benefit cancer research

Nine gardens in Harford County from Pylesville, Bel Air, Abingdon and Churchville, ranging in size from 5 acres to a third of an acre of...

Volunteers needed for Edgewood/Joppatowne carnival

As spring turns into summer, Edgewood will play host to several major public events as community leaders seek to bolster the Route 40...

Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra concert 'Reflections on the Civil War: An Anniversary Concert' May 4

The Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, considered by many to be the turning...

Once upon a time, 'the best place to shoot ducks' was Miller's Island

Where was the best place to hunt waterfowl in the Upper Chesapeake Bay?

Mom uses her dogs to bring joy to the lives of others [Commentary]

To say that my mom is into dogs, boxers specifically, would be an understatement.

Community

Maui Girl swimsuits, Sports Illustrated favorites, got their start in Maryland

You may not recognize Debbie Kowalski Wilson's name, but if you've opened a Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue in the past six years, chances...

Memorial Day observances planned [Havre de Grace]

A pleasant Memorial Day weekend, dear readers!

The newspaper is still important [Aberdeen]

Did you read the latest in the newspaper?

Nominations sought for Harford Soil Conservation board

The Maryland State Soil Conservation Committee is accepting nominations for appointment to the Harford Soil Conservation District Board of...

Aegis takes top honors for public service reporting, photo and video coverage

A series of articles and editorials written by members of The Aegis staff about the alarming rise in traffic deaths in Harford...

When heading outside, remember to take precautions [Dublin]

This is the time of year we all start doing more outside. Be prepared. If you and your family are planning on activity outside, follow these...

Checkmate Cancer in HdG on Saturday

Harford County residents are being asked to support two worthy fundraisers to benefit two families of sick children.

Bel Air honors Harford Day students

The members of the Bel Air Board of Town Commissioners honored two Harford Day School students Monday for their dedication to the arts,...

Business

Revisions sought for Harford residential development plans

Developers must re-examine how they have designed areas of the proposed Enclave at Box Hill residential complex, designated for "active open...

Klein Foundation donates $10,000 to Sheriff's Foundation

The Klein's ShopRite of Maryland Charitable Foundation has made a $10,000 donation to the Harford County Sheriff's Foundation, earmarked for...

Grease catches fire in restaurant area at Wegmans

A fire was reported at the popular Wegmans grocery store in Abingdon late Sunday evening, causing a brief evacuation of the store by...

Home Depot tells hot dog stands to relocate

Home Depot is not the first place most people would go to grab a bite to eat.

New 7-Eleven to open at former Gus's store; 7-Eleven across the street to stay open

A 7-Eleven across the street from a 7-Eleven? You are about to witness it in Bel Air.

Bel Air area residents blast county council on 'Walmart bill'

Residents of Bel Air South and their supporters lambasted members the Harford County Council earlier this week for not voting on a bill...

New Forest Hill Lanes manager named

Rose Murphy, who in May 2013 will begin her 19th year working at Forest Hill Lanes, has been named its new general manager, succeeding James...

Two graduate from MAR Leadership Academy

Gary Nelson, of Edgewood RE/MAX Components, and Craig Strobel, of Joppa, of Exit Preferred Realty, both with the Harford County...

Opinion

Bel Air painted to perfection [Letter]

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'...a tax on rain?' [Letter]

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To save the bay, ban dirt bikes, don't charge a rain tax [Letter]

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A day to thank those who serve [Editorial]

Being next-door neighbors to a major military installation highlights the reality that living in a nation with a strong, civilian-controlled...

HdG candidate grateful for votes [Letter]

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Havre de Grace Fourth of July committee thankful for community support [Letter]

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Havre de Grace Farmers' Market
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Lazy River Duck Derby
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July 12th : 5 p.m. - 9 p.m.
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