The University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health held a topping off ceremony at Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium last week to celebrate the vertical construction progress on the new Aberdeen medical campus site.

If not properly handled, fireworks can cause severe injuries, state fire marshal Brian Geraci said at Wednesday event where fire officials and doctors urged for caution using fireworks to celebrate the Fourth of July.

Isaaiah Rasuwl Darby of Aberdeen was charged with arson and is accused of setting multiple fires within a Port Deposit home and fleeing the scene nearly two weeks ago, according to the Office of the State Fire Marshal.

Harford County prosecutors dropped an attempted murder count and other charges Thursday against McKenzie Wright, of Churchville, who had been accused of striking her boyfriend with a car during drunken, early morning argument in 2019.

Howard County was ranked as the healthiest community in Maryland and took eighth place in the top 500 healthiest communities nationwide, according to U.S. News and World Reports’ fourth annual Healthiest Communities Rankings.

The group re-evaluating farm brewery legislation in Harford County is examining minimum acreage requirements for future farm breweries, along with other changes to the legislation.

The Havre de Grace Little League 9-10 All-Star softball team is a District 5 champion.

Black Eyed Suzie's restaurant on Main Street in Bel Air stepped up to make sure the community's July 4 pancake tradition continues in 2021. They will host the pancake breakfast starting at 7:30 a.m. Sunday.

Bel Air’s traditional Independence Day activities, including family activities in Shamrock Park, the downtown parade and fireworks show, are coming back this summer after being canceled in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Two Havre de Grace Little League girls softball All-Star teams were in championship action Tuesday night in Chesapeake City. Both were looking for wins. The 9-10 All-Stars didn’t win, losing 23-22, while the 11-12 (Major) All-Stars did win, 7-4.

A Tuesday fire at a Joppa duplex sent three people to the hospital and caused $350,000 in damage to the home’s structure and contents, according to the Office of the State Fire Marshal.

Abby Gustaitis, a Harford County native and 2009 graduate of North Harford High School, is co-captain of the United States’ 12-member women’s rugby team that will battle for gold at next month’s Olympic Games in Tokyo.