David Anderson

The Aberdeen Activity Center, formerly the city’s senior center, will be open five days a week for adult programming starting next month, and Harford County officials plan to expand those hours and programming later this spring to include local youths.

A small group of people seeking the expulsion of Del. Mary Ann Lisanti gathered at the intersection of Revolution and Stokes streets in Havre de Grace — Lisanti’s hometown and current place of residence — Friday evening for a protest.

Workers are repairing a gas line break that occurred Tuesday morning at the entrance to a parking lot at University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air.

A driver who swerved to avoid hitting a deer crashed her vehicle into a house on East Wheel Road near Bel Air late Tuesday morning, according to the Harford County Sheriff’s Office.

Public workshops for a land-use study on areas west of I-95 in Aberdeen begin April 10.

Brett P. Reistad, national commander of The American Legion, paid a visit to the Sgt. Alfred B. Hilton Memorial Post 55 in Bel Air Saturday as part of his tour of northeastern Maryland.

Three Harford County students — Claudia Bruce, Grace Callwood, and Shadiamond Kell — were named Women of Tomorrow for 2019.

Bel Air Police Officer First Class Mark Zulauf is recovering at home after being injured in an auto crash Wednesday night while trying to make a traffic stop at Route 1 and Route 24.

Daniel Zubrowski, a teacher at Havre de Grace Elementary School, was named a winner of Maryland's 2019 Financial Education and Capability Award program for coordinating a school-wide financial literacy carnival last spring.

Havre de Grace’s mayor is calling for several fee increases in his proposed fiscal year 2020 city budget to generate revenue so officials can “aggressively” take on the replacement of aging water and sewer infrastructure.

Mary Katherine Smith Jennings, of Fallston, was honored by the Harford County Council Tuesday as an inductee into the county's Century Club for residents who have reached age 100.

Every Havre de Grace leader, including the mayor, city council members and department heads, wore a light blue shirt bearing the slogan “We got this” during the regular council meeting Monday evening as a tribute to Council President David Glenn’s battle with cancer.

Members of the Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths filled a prayer room at the Masjid Al Falaah mosque in Abingdon past capacity for an interfaith service service Sunday evening.

With 150 people in attendance, members of the Harford County community were able to connect with their local farmers and agriculture industry supporters Saturday for the symposium "Food, Farmers and Community: Opening the Dialogue" at Harford Community College.

On Wednesday, the members of the “3 Amigos” cycling team — Bel Air residents and friends Larry Friedman, Jeff Springer and Tony Yoor — will dip the rear wheels of their bikes in the Pacific Ocean before setting off on a cross-country ride to raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

The reef balls are one of the many conservation-themed projects that middle-school students at the Bel Air private school have been working on over the past week during Harford Day’s annual "smARTs week."

A bill proposing a 50 percent property tax credit for nonprofit swim clubs in Harford County is currently before the County Council.

The national Future Farmers of America president spent Tuesday morning visiting with students at North Harford Elementary and North Harford High School.

Head-shaving events are held in communities around the country, including Bel Air, each year as people get their heads, as well as beards or mustaches, shaved in exchange for donations to the St. Baldrick’s Foundation.

Aberdeen Mayor Patrick McGrady and council adopted Resolution 18-R-06, which sets out the city’s plan for annexing more than 80 acres west of the city.

The Harford County Council hosted a public hearing on the Robinson Mill Road bridge in Darlington, which is slated for replacement.

One person was injured in a crash on Route 1 Thursday as a Maryland State Police trooper tried to make a U-turn and collided with an oncoming vehicle.

More than 200 people from Harford County are expected to board buses Monday afternoon for Annapolis to rally for funding for local schools and schools across the state.

New Harford Democratic Club board president Bridgette Johnson emphasized her organization's call for the resignation of Del. Mary Ann Lisanti, despite a protest from one member during the club's monthly meeting Wednesday.

Multiple members of the community spoke out against the proposed Abingdon Business Park warehouse/retail project during a Harford County Development Advisory Committee hearing Wednesday.

Speakers urged the Harford County Council to work with them on finding ways to improve school funding.

The Bel Air commissioners introduced several pieces of legislation Monday that pertain to the installation of "small cell" wireless infrastructure in town rights-of-way. A public hearing will be March 18.

Plans to build more than 1 million square feet of warehouse space in the Abingdon Business Park will be on the agenda for the Harford County Development Advisory Committee meeting starting at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the Harford County Council chambers in Bel Air.

Neighbors in the Holly Woods community near Aberdeen expressed shock that Keith Smith had been charged in his wife's death,

Wayne Carter Jr., who grew up in Harford County and is a graduate of Bel Air High School, has been named editor of The Aegis and The Record newspapers; his first day was Monday.

Five children took part in "Seashell Paint" at the Anita C. Leight Estuary Center in Abingdon Saturday, when they ground down seashells and used the powders to make paint.

The Harford Democratic Central Committee voted Saturday to adopt central committee chair Denise Perry’s statement from earlier in the week which recommended that Del. Mary Ann Lisanti resign.

As Harford County delegate Mary Ann Lisanti faced a censure vote in the House of Delegates, community leaders and elected officials in Harford County — and across the state — are calling for her resignation.

Residents expressed their views during a community input meeting on plans for the Maryland Center for the Arts in Abingdon.

The Aberdeen City Council has set a date of March 11 to vote on a resolution to adopt its annexation plan for the Adams Property and Siebert Farm.

Maj. Gen. Randy Taylor, senior commander of Aberdeen Proving Ground, met with residents of housing units on the Army post Monday to hear their concerns about the state of the dwellings. He later pledged to work with the private firm that manages housing to fix maintenance backlogs.

Volunteers helped 77 people file their tax returns in Harford County for free Saturday at Mountain Christian Church through the AARP Foundation's Tax Aide program.

Residents of the Bush River Manor mobile home park in Perryman are pushing back against what a tenant council leader calls "outrageous" water bills.

Mike Montalvo, the president of the Harford County Deputy Sheriff's Union, suggested the County Council consider a tax increase for rising costs of education, government services and employee salary increases, but County Executive Barry Glassman is against it and would only use as a last resort.

Town of Bel Air leaders celebrated their recent win of a Preservation Award from the Maryland Historical Trust honoring the town's Armory Marketplace business incubator.

More than $7,000 was raised at a fundraiser at the Towne Grill and Pub in Joppatowne to support the family of Timothy Youngquist, who was killed Feb. 10 while making a Chinese food delivery in Edgewood.

More than 50 people took part in a protest Monday afternoon, against President Trump's emergency declaration to build a southern border wall, in Bel Air across the street from Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Harris' district office.

The Harford County Public Schools have a total Other Post Employment Benefits (OPEB) liability of more than $1 billion as of the end of fiscal 2018. The liability for retirees' health insurance benefits — separate from pensions — was discussed before the Harford County Council Tuesday.

The Aberdeen mayor and City Council voted 4-1 Monday on a resolution to annex more than 80 acres west of the city, citing the need to get more information as a land-use study for areas west of I-95 gets underway. Councilman Steven Goodin voted against postponing, saying he wants to move ahead.

Harford County Council President Patrick Vincenti and Councilman Andre Johnson paid tribute Tuesday to Joppa resident Timothy Wayne Youngquist, who was shot to death Sunday night while making a Chinese food delivery in Edgewood.

A local delegate has introduced the Parishioner Protection Act of 2019, allowing parishioners to carry firearms in houses of worship to help protect their congregations from a mass shooting. The same bill did not make it past a committee hearing last year.

The Aberdeen mayor and City Council approved an $87,000 contract Monday to replace the roof of Ripken Stadium, the second contract approved for major stadium maintenance projects in recent weeks.

Maryland American Water customers in Bel Air will see an average increase of $12.08 per month in their bills after the Maryland PSC recently approved a water rate increase to help the private company recover the costs of its Mt. Soma water reservoir, which went into operation in January.

The Level Volunteer Fire Company hosted local fire and rescue personnel for an annual cold-water training session Saturday, when firefighters practiced rescuing people from a local pond.

Harford County Public Schools will pay a $500,000 settlement to Rommel Cranston Construction, a subcontractor that worked on the multi-phase project to build a new Youth's Benefit Elementary School in Fallston.