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Harford cities observing Memorial Day

BY DAVID ANDERSON, daanderson@baltsun.com — Fri, 24 May 2013 05:56:00 EDT

Communities throughout Harford County will recognize those who have sacrificed their lives for their country with a variety of Memorial Day tributes Monday.

Harford Community College celebrates 2013 graduates Thursday

BY DAVID ANDERSON, daanderson@baltsun.com — Fri, 24 May 2013 06:09:00 EDT

More than 300 of the newest graduates of Harford Community College received their degrees and certificates Thursday evening, the first step on what college officials hope will be a lifelong journey of learning.

'It just looks like a war zone,' says Harford native of Oklahoma twister destruction

BY DAVID ANDERSON, avought@theaegis.com — Thu, 23 May 2013 20:05:00 EDT

Diane Starr McDaniel's daily commute from her job as a physical therapist at Norman Regional Hospital in Norman, Okla., north to her family home in Edmond, Okla., takes her through the heart of Moore.

Apartments slated for Mt. Soma property near Bel Air

BY DAVID ANDERSON, daanderson@baltsun.com — Fri, 24 May 2013 06:20:00 EDT

The operators of Country Life Farm on Route 1 could have a number of new neighbors across the highway, if Harford County officials approve a plan to build a 258-unit apartment complex on a portion of the historic Mt. Soma Farm.

Harford's Blaine Hawley elected to national school principals board

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:50:00 EDT

A. Blaine Hawley, principal of Red Pump Elementary School in Bel Air, was recently elected to the board of directors of the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP). Gail Connelly, NAESP's executive director, announced the election results from the association's headquarters in Alexandria, Va.

Harford receives more federal funds to help its homeless population

AEGIS STAFF REPORT — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:52:00 EDT

Harford County was recently awarded nearly $867,000 in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care, or CoC, Program to help homeless people find shelter and other services.

Bel Air might consider meters for downtown's last free parking lot

BY ALLAN VOUGHT, avought@theaegis.com — Fri, 24 May 2013 06:10:00 EDT

Concern raised about declining revenue from parking, despite efforts to bring more visitors to town

Revenue from parking meters and public lots in downtown Bel Air is not growing despite efforts by town officials to get more people to eat, shop and drink in town and, if the situation doesn't approve, one town official says they may have to start charging people to park at one of the last free public lots in the downtown area.

Fire damages Forest Hill home Wednesday night

AEGIS STAFF REPORT — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:44:44 EDT

A fire damaged a home in Forest Hill on Wednesday evening.

Woman robbed at gunpoint in Edgewood

BY BRYNA ZUMER, bzumer@theaegis.com — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:39:34 EDT

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 said.

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

BY BRYNA ZUMER, bzumer@theaegis.com — Thu, 23 May 2013 06:05:00 EDT

New book traces history of 1990s 'sex scandal' at Harford County Army post

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