- Harford County Executive Barry Glassman announced Thursday a run for state comptroller, seeking to become the first Republican to hold that office in Maryland in more than a century.
- Notre Dame Prep junior Rylan Sachs, a lacrosse and ice hockey player, earned a seat on the NHL Power Players youth advisory board.
- Harford County Public Schools has not incorporated the controversial ācritical race theoryā into its curriculum or professional development for staff, officials said earlier this week in response to criticism from parents and other community members.
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- Young people between ages 15 and 60 have driven Harford Countyās test positivity to the highest in the state, Harford County Health Officer David Bishai said, despite middle-of-the-pack testing in the county.
- A year into the coronavirus pandemic, the Baltimore-area housing market continues to thrive. The trends reflect the public health crisisā continued hold on the economy, fueling demand for property and opening the consumer floodgates with record-low mortgage interest rates.
- Harford County government will begin accepting applications for a COVID-19 relief grant for local nonprofits that have been impacted by the pandemic as well as extend another round of grant funding to hotels and restaurants, the county announced Tuesday.
- Jane F. Barrett, a trial lawyer, state and federal prosecutor, white-collar defense counsel and legal educator, has died at 68.
- Harford County Public Schools families will have a chance Wednesday evening to learn more about potential adjustments to elementary school attendance area boundaries, as well as as questions and give feedback through live online polls.
- The Aberdeen City Council voted to outsource its municipal refuse collection to GFL, a private waste management company, after months of consideration, public comment and back-and-forth.
- Harford Countyās three municipal police departments have created autism awareness shoulders patches that they are selling in April to raise money for Pathfinders for Autism. April is Autism Awareness and Acceptance month.
- The Harford County Farm Fair will return in 2021, but as a primarily virtual event for the public, during the last week of July. The summertime staple for more than three decades will still include community competitions, 4-H exhibits and contests, and 4-H and FFA livestock shows and sale, organizers announced.
- Harford County Executive Barry Glassman unveiled his proposed $1 billion-plus budget for the upcoming fiscal year Monday, which reduces the tax rate and prioritizes expanding broadband access in the northern reaches of the county and body cameras for the sheriffās office, along with fully funding the Board of Educationās operating budget request.
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NMTC Visionary Awards gala to honor Jeff Foulk, CEO of SURVICE Engineering, as Visionary of the Year
Seventeen Marylanders will be honored for STEM-educated workforce development and advancing our technology and innovation base to grow the economy and protect national security at the 10th annual Northeastern Maryland Technology Council Visionary Awards Gala on April 22, a virtual event this year. - The Harford County Public Library donated copies of Charlie Mackesyās book, āThe Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse,ā to the graduates of the Circuit Courtās Adult Drug Court at a graduation ceremony held March 26.
- Designed to reach vulnerable members of the community in areas that have lower vaccination rates than other parts of the county and state, the mobile COVID vaccine clinic is a collaboration between FEMA, the Harford County government and health department and the state Department of Health.
- Notre Dame Prep junior Rylan Sachs, a lacrosse and ice hockey player, earned a seat on the NHL Power Players youth advisory board.
- Harford County Executive Barry Glassman announced Thursday a run for state comptroller, seeking to become the first Republican to hold that office in Maryland in more than a century.
- If you are new to Medicaid or medical assistance, understanding your benefits can be overwhelming.
- Two community associations and a proactive core of homeowners are bent on maintaining their quality of life.
- After escaping the economic fallout that hit many others last year, Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. unveiled his $4.2 billion operating budget Thursday, kicking in unprecedented funds for public schools and county retirees.
- Pandemic-friendly cornhole leagues fill social halls in Harford County.