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Harford County Public Library has announced that its virtual cooking series with chef, author and television personality John Shields has been renamed “Chesapeake Farm & Bay to Table.” Season 2 of the series begins in December and runs monthly through May, according to a news release.
- As the U.S. enters its second year fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, and as businesses faces disruptions in the global supply chain, proprietors are approaching a holiday season unlike any other. With the backdrop, Small Business Saturday is a big deal in Havre de Grace.
- A host of volunteers came out to the Havre de Grace Community Center on Thursday to package and deliver meals during the Thanksgiving dinner hosted by the Community Projects of Havre de Grace.
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- Despite some delays in delivery, the Bel Air Lions Club 18th annual Christmas tree sale is on.
- A Harford County man pleaded guilty to charges stemming from coercion and enticement of three underage girls, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Baltimore said in a news release.
- As Bel Air police officer Logan Walsh was wrapping up a patrol shift last week, he noticed a vehicle on the side of Route 24 with its hazard lights on. When he approached to investigate, the car drove away. He then spotted what the car had been obscuring: two donkeys.
- On Monday, three days before Thanksgiving, the volunteers focused on entrees, and the seven chefs from the area worked like a well-oiled machine – prepping, roasting, and carving the turkeys in their makeshift kitchen at the Joseph L. Davis American Legion Post 47 in Havre de Grace.
- The Harford Health Board can no longer be politicized like it was last month in the termination of Dr. Bishai and immediate action needs to be taken to instate an independent nonpartisan Health Board that oversees the Health Department.
- The Dublin Laundromat on the 3500 block of Conowingo Road in Street sustained moderate damage Friday afternoon after a dryer malfunction caused a fire. The flames spread to two adjoining dryers and some surrounding cabinetry, according to a report from the state fire marshal.
- Parkside senior forward Brady Mancha scored the game’s only goal Saturday to lift the Rams past Harford Tech boys soccer, 1-0, in the Class 2A state championship game at Loyola Maryland’s Ridley Athletic Complex.
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Kelvin Mendez leads Harford Tech football into Class 2A/1A state semifinals with 42-6 win over Largo
Harford Tech senior running back Kelvin Mendez rushed for more than 200 yards and three touchdowns Friday night to lead the Cobras past visiting Largo, 42-6, in a Class 1A/2A state quarterfinal. Meanwhile, in Class 1A quarterfinal play, Perryville was a winner, while Joppatowne lost. - After 100 minutes of scoreless play, the Clippers secured a 4-2 shootout victory to claim the program’s second title and hand the Mustangs their second straight loss in a state final.
- A home on the 1500 block of Main Street in Whiteford sustained extensive damage after discarded smoking material caused a large fire to break out around 7:50 p.m. Thursday.
- To help spread some holiday cheer, a group with the Chesapeake Cancer Alliance set out Monday to decorate several storefronts with Christmas trees and wreaths for the group’s Holiday Tree and Wreath sale.
- Weis Markets donated $450,000 to Paralyzed Veterans of America — the nation’s only nonprofit organization dedicated solely to supporting veterans with spinal cord injuries, disorders, and diseases, like MS and ALS, and all people with disabilities, according to a news release.
- With the Cavaliers trailing by six in the final two minutes, senior quarterback Ryan Barnard found Carter Mazalewski for the winning score on fourth down to lift South Carroll to a 14-13 victory against Harford Tech on Friday night.
- Peter N. Marudas, recalled as an astute political strategist who worked calmly behind the scenes for three Baltimore mayors and a U.S. senator, died of heart failure Nov. 20 at his North Baltimore home. He was 84.
- The Harford Health Board can no longer be politicized like it was last month in the termination of Dr. Bishai and immediate action needs to be taken to instate an independent nonpartisan Health Board that oversees the Health Department.
- William D. Hunt, a former Noxell Corp. senior vice president and board member who later became president and CEO of Yardley of London, died Oct. 21 in his sleep at the Mercy Ridge retirement community in Timonium. The former Lutherville resident was 94.
- The person who shot at police was the person being sought for the warrant. The city’s SWAT team is responding to the barricade.
- The voting period is now open for Harford Magazine’s Best of Harford County Readers’ Choice Contest. Contest voting ends Dec. 5 at 5 p.m.
