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- The C. Milton Wright High School Class of 2018 remembers classmate Tyler Pope, who died in an auto accident in 2017, during their commencement ceremony.
- Havre de Grace Mayor William Martin announces thousands of feet of sod have been laid in Tydings Park, also says pickleball courts should open in the park in the new couple of months.
- The Aberdeen High School SMA Class of 2018 shows their senior Capstone projects to the community during Tuesday's annual gallery walk event.
- The Harford County Board of Education has entered the final stretch of its superintendent selection process, with the expectation of taking a vote on its selection at one of two meetings in June.
- Slain Baltimore County Police Amy S. Caprio lived in a quiet Fallston neighborhood, which reacted to her death Monday.
- Freshman Havre de Grace Council member Jim Ringsaker, along with colleagues Casi Tomarchio and David Glenn, were sworn in Monday evening. Glenn's colleagues re-elected him as council president.
- Sean Bulson, finalist for superintendent of Harford County schools, talks with local media about his desire to push out stories of student success, scale up programs throughout the district, work with the community to bring resources and expects board members to represent their constituents.
- In their interactions with the local community, the two finalists to become Harford County Public Schoolsā next superintendent have emphasized the need for extensive preparation, training and collaboration to ensure schools are safe.
- Sean Bulson, the second of two finalists to be the next superintendent of Harford County Public Schools, met with the community Thursday evening.
- PeoplesBank is relocating its business and retail banking services from its Bel Air financial center to a building next door that is under renovation and a second building across the street.
- The City of Aberdeen is considering a property tax rebate for new employees to buy a house in the city. A resolution was introduced May 6, but city leaders plan further discussion and possible changes.
- David Ring, one of two finalists to be the next Harford County Public Schools superintendent, spoke with an Aegis editor and reporter Tuesday during a public forum with the community.
- Sean Fleming and Moriah Snyder, both from C. Milton Wright High School, were named the male and female winners of the $5,000 Al Cesky Scholarship Fund awards for 2018 during the annual Cesky banquet Wednesday.
- The town of Perryville hosts a community meeting on the planned replacement of Trego Field, the home of Perryville Little League baseball since 1970.
- The Harford school board votes against an amendment to its policy governing election of officers to allow the student member to vote on board officers, president and vice president
- David C. Ring Jr., one of two finalists for the next superintendent of Harford County Public Schools, met with the community for a question-and-answer session Tuesday in Bel Air.
- The Rev. Thomas Allen, the former pastor of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Abingdon, has been charged with second-degree assault in an alleged domestic violence incident involving his wife and children.
- Harford Community College board of trustees reviews proposed $50.4 million budget for fiscal 2019 Tuesday, now that the state budget is approved and the county executive's budget has been submitted.
- A model of Aberdeen's historic B&O train station is on sale now for $10 each to raise funds to support restoration efforts.
- The Aberdeen mayor and council adopted a $30.5 million for fiscal 2019 Monday, following the approval of a slate of amendments.
- Members of Harford County agricultural community turned out in force Wednesday evening to protest Councilman Mike Perrone's proposal to shift tax revenue away from Harford's long-running ag preservation program.
- Aberdeen's downtown post office is having floor tiles replaced, prompting an asbestos warning; however, the facility is open and there is no danger to patrons or employees, a USPS spokesperson said.
- Mountain Christian Church, of Joppa, is seeking state approval to build an on-site, privately-operated wastewater treatment facility to support the expansion of its campus. The county has given a go-ahead pending approval from the state, which has final authority.
- Havre de Grace voters re-elected incumbents David Glenn and Casi Tomarchio and elected newcomer Jim Ringsaker to the City Council on Tuesday.
- The Harford County Council unanimously granted a request Tuesday by the county attorney to hire an outside firm for ts appeal of a $45.4 million judgement against the county awarded at the conclusion of the recent Circuit Court case between the county and Maryland Reclamation Associates last week.
- Representatives of Coppermine Fieldhouse, of Baltimore, make a presentation to the Aberdeen mayor and council Monday about using the Aberdeen Family Swim Center for community swimming and youth/adult sports programs on the adjacent field.
- Harford County, state and federal leaders celebrated with local farming families the opening of the county's Agricultural Center in Darlington Saturday.
- People come out for the 37th annual Havre de Grace Decoy Festival, from multiple states, to check out decoys and the waterfowl hunting culture of Havre de Grace.
- DES Director Edward Hopkins gives the Harford County Council a wide-ranging update on present and future initiatives to improve emergency services and EMS in the county.
- The Harford County Council hears from representatives of the deputies' and corrections unions and the ARC Northern Chesapeake Region, during a public hearing on the FY19 county budget Thursday evening. The union reps urged the council to support the budget with its police salary increases.
- Four Harford County Rotary organizations and Mountain Christian Church host a panel discussion on beating drug addiction at Mountain Christian's Abingdon campus Wednesday.
- Friends of Harford holds its annual meeting Sunday, during which the next steps after the county's 2017 comprehensive rezoning were discussed, and FOH members met with candidates for local and state offices.
- A development moratorium has been imposed in the Emmorton and Magnolia Elementary School districts, but a Homestead-Wakefield Elementary parent would like to add her children's school to that list out of concern for aging facilities and more residential development coming to the surrounding area.
- Rise Dispensary, the first medical cannabis dispensary in Harford County, opened to patients Friday. Former Baltimore Raven Eugene Monroe, an partner in parent company GTI, was on hand to meet patients and staff and give interviews.
- The Harford County Council reviews the proposed budget for the county's Department of Public Works in a work session Thursday morning. County highways chief announces that construction work should start soon with final portion of Moores Mill Road upgrades between Route 924 and Route 1 in Bel Air.
- The City of Aberdeen is exploring its options when it comes to purchasing water to serve its residents, as it is currently purchasing much more water than it needs from Harford County. Aberdeen officials met with Havre de Grace leaders to discuss purchasing some of the latter city's excess water.
- Popular author Jeanette Wells, who wrote āThe Glass Castleā made an appearance in Harford County Wednesday night as part of the Harford Library Foundationās Meet the Authors series.
- The Harford Land Trust has secured an agreement, and now funding to cover the $935,000 purchase price of the 32-acre Perryman Forest near the Bush River. The property is adjacent to the Forest Greens Lake Preserve, acquired in 1992 as the Land Trust's first project and currently a county park.
- The churches, volunteers and government agencies who pulled together to make Harford County's winter rotating homeless shelter successful in its second year received certificates of recognition from the County Council at a luncheon Monday.
- Harford County Public Schools leaders appeared before the County Council on Monday for a budget session to defend their approach to building a budget request, express frustration about revenue not keeping up.
- New Youth's Benefit Elementary School in Fallston dedicated.
- A six-pump fuel center is slated to open in Weis Markets' Havre de Grace store this summer.
- The Bel Air commissioners present a student achievement award to a Saint Margaret School fifth grader, review their fiscal 2019 budget and pass several ordinances during their regular meeting Monday.
- On Saturday morning, more than 90,000 prescription drug home disposal pouches will begin their journey from Aberdeen Proving Ground for distribution across Maryland, as Maryland National Guard troops load out pallets of the pouches for transport.
- The Harford County DAC reviewed plans to open a halal 'fresh meat' butcher shop, where customers can bring in or pick out live animals for processing, during a hearing Wednesday. The shop will be in the 1500 block of South Philadelphia Boulevard west of Aberdeen.
- Representatives of Harford County Climate Action make it clear for the County Council that human activity is driving climate change, and that Harford County faces significant dangers in the coming decades.
- A standing-room-only crowd was on hand for a public hearing at Bel Air Town Hall Monday on an ordinance expanding the areas in town where food trucks can park and serve customers.
- The community learns about Harford County's agricultural and waterfowl hunting legacy at a monthly brown-bag lunch event at the Historical Society of Harford County Tuesday.
- The Harford County government is seeking County Council approval to tweak the language in Bill 18-004, in that drug-related arrests don't have to happen on the property where a special event or concert happens, allowing the county to deny a permit for future events on that property up to one year.
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