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The Campaign for Accountability, a Washington-based nonprofit organization, said the Baltimore County Republican may have violated several laws, including one barring the possession of a weapon not registered in the District of Columbia.
- Harford County schools will purchase nearly 34,000 plastic shields for student and teacher desks to protect against the spread of COVID-19, which officials say could allow them to bring students back two days a week later this year.
- A Civil War-themed playground named for Sgt. Alfred B. Hilton was dedicated Monday in the park bearing his name off of Gravel Hill Road, just west of Havre de Grace. Hilton, a Black soldier in the Union Army, is the only person born in Harford County to receive the Medal of Honor.
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- Harford County announced a four-stage plan to resume indoor and outdoor recreational activities, signaling that some outdoor programs can resume Feb. 1, but indoor programs will have to wait a while longer.
- Elementary students in Harford County Public Schools will return to school once a week beginning March 1, with middle and high school students to follow March 15.
- Everyone felt like a hero at Brightview Avondell on Monday — partially because of the capes drawn over senior residents’ and associates’ backs, but also because nearly all of the Bel Air senior living center’s residents received their first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
- Rep. Andy Harris fired back at Harford County Councilman Andre Johnson after the councilman called on Harris to resign following his opposition to certification of President Joe Biden’s victory in the general election.
- Harford County officials held the seventh annual budget town hall to solicit citizen input on priorities for the upcoming fiscal year 2022 budget. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the forum was held virtually, with some presenting live over the web and others opting to have their comments and requests read.
- An aide to U.S. Rep. Andy Harris, a Baltimore County Republican, says the congressman possesses a handgun permit, and suggested the weapon is intended for self-defense following a threat.
- Harford Community College Board of Trustees recently approved a $51.6 million preliminary general operating budget for fiscal year 2022, which reflects the significant impact the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic fallout has had on the college’s finances over the past year.
- A Baltimore County man is suing the Harford County Sheriff’s Office, the county, the state of Maryland and over 30 deputies for allegedly beating and tasering him while he was purportedly suffering from a mental health crisis in 2018.
- A state delegate from Harford County has been criticized for calling another delegate "more attractive" than a past delegate in a videostreamed public hearing this week.
- Restaurants throughout Harford County participate in Restaurant Week, which runs from Jan. 22-31 this year, offering discounts on certain menu items or maybe even offering something new to the respective menu.
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Harford superintendent hopes to have plan to return students to class by Monday school board meeting
Harford County schools’ superintendent said staff will work through the weekend to adjust its return plan to start bring students back for in-person instruction after the governor and state superintendent called on all Maryland school systems to have kids in classrooms by March. - A third lane would be added on northbound Route 24 from Route 924 to the Singer Road intersection. The additional lane would improve capacity and safety along the corridor and reduce congestion for vehicles traveling from I-95 toward Bel Air.
- Catholic High senior Emily Kopp, an Abingdon resident, is headed to swim at Washington College next year.
- Maryland lawmakers are considering a long list of changes to the Maryland Environmental Service, a low-profile independent agency thrust into the spotlight after its director received a six-figure payout when he left to work for the governor.
- With our Harford County students doing most of their school work remotely and the problems that sometimes attend our students, our school psychologists have become more important than ever.
- In a letter to Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh, Councilmen Ryan Dorsey, Zeke Cohen and Kristerfer Burnett said the plan to charge customers without unlimited plans up to $100 a month for data over 1.2 terabytes will exacerbate a lack of internet access in low-income households.
- Baltimore has converted two of its recreation centers to serve as temporary shelters for women and couples experiencing homelessness when wind chill temperatures hit freezing or below this winter.
