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Bel Air celebrates Flag Day
At least 100 members of the Bel Air community came out early Saturday morning to Shamrock Park for the Town of Bel Air's annual Flag Day Ceremony. Spectators, who mostly sat under the park's large shade trees as the ceremony took place in the...
Tags: Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Harford County, U.S. Congress, American Legion, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania)
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With rights come responsibilities and some limits [editorial]
In much the same way the recent drug disposal day organized in Harford County was a valuable public service for people looking to safely divest themselves of unwanted medications, the gun turn-in day planned Saturday in Harford County and at locations...Tags: Civil and Public Service, Freedom of the Press, Harford County, Personal Weapon Control, Gun Control
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APG company employees donate to Sandy relief
Employees at the Aberdeen Proving Ground office of New Jersey-based information technology firm Symbolic Systems Inc. – many of whom have ties to the Garden State – have helped raise $11,000 for Superstorm Sandy relief programs in New Jersey....
Tags: New York City, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Chris Christie, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Trips and Vacations
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Spring brings Easter egg hunts in Havre de Grace
Happy Easter, dear readers! Today, Good Friday, the Susquehanna Ministerium will sponsor the Good Friday Way of the Cross beginning at Jean Roberts Park (railroad bridge), 503 St. John St., from noon to 1 p.m. For details, phone 410-939-2464. Havre de...Tags: Anglicanism, Hans Christian Andersen, April Fools' Day, War of 1812, Copenhagen (Denmark)
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Celebrating Maryland Day, birthdays, anniversaries
Happy Maryland Day, dear readers! On March 25, the English ships Ark and Dove landed in St. Mary's, loaded with the first colonists for Lord Baltimore to settle here in 1634 as a Catholic colony. March 25 is a national holiday in Greece. Greeks and...Tags: Anglicanism, William Howard Taft, U.S. Congress, Shamrock, Lent
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Senate backs soft-shell crab as state sandwich
The soft-shell crab sandwich would join Maryland's roster of state symbols under legislation passed Monday night by the Senate. The 43-1 vote sends the bill to the House of Delegates, where it faces an uncertain fate. The House has generally been less...
Tags: Foods and Beverages, Sandwiches
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Bel Air honors Community Foundation leaders at Monday town meeting
The Bel Air Board of Town Commissioners honored two local men Monday for their work with the Greater Bel Air Community Foundation, a nearly 15-year-old nonprofit which has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for community projects in Bel Air and the...
Tags: Don Young, Harford County, Auction Service, Budgets and Budgeting, Shamrock
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Bel Air bar-crawlers paint the town green for St. Patrick's Day weekend
It was a weekend full of green and Guinness in Bel Air, as revelers kept the bars hopping Friday through Sunday, not waiting for the real St. Patrick's Day on March 17. Security and police were also busy on one of the biggest drinking days of the year,...
Tags: Leprechauns (legendary entities), St. Patrick's Day, Shamrock, Holidays
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Bel Air's Rob Tisch masters Shamrock 5K in Baltimore
Rob Tisch of Bel Air surfed a green tide to victory Sunday, leading all masters-division runners in the Kelly St. Patrick's Day Shamrock 5K race in Baltimore. The 41-year-old veteran triathlete finished 11th in a stream 4,271 mostly green-clad runners...Tags: Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Track and Field, Demographics, St. Patrick's Day, State Parks
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May the luck of the Irish be in Havre de Grace
Uh, oh, dear readers! Unlike Julius Caesar, beware of the Ides of March, today, March 15. March is Read Across America Month. Check out a book from our local public library, 120 N. Union Ave., 410-939-6700. Happy St. Patrick's Day on Sunday, March...Tags: Leprechauns (legendary entities), Anglicanism, Shamrock, Lent, Petroleum Industry
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Thousands line Baltimore streets for St. Patrick's parade
He's across the Atlantic from his native Ireland, but Ken Keady was wearing the green Sunday as he bobbed his 3-year-old daughter on his shoulders to see Baltimore's St. Patrick Parade. "It's a great occasion, a lot of color, a lot of flags and lot of...
Tags: New Year's Day, Inner Harbor, Shamrock, Washington Monument, Charles Street
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Harford Humane Society celebrates St. PAWtrick's Day
Pets with Irish names like Shamus, Michael and Amara are celebrating St. PAWtrick's Day at the Humane Society of Harford County on Sunday, March 17 from noon to 4 p.m. No matter whether you're looking for a companion as small as a leprechaun or one who...Tags: Animals, Vaccines, Shamrock, Rabies
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