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“Fairy Tales & Fantasy” is the theme of the Havre de Grace Ice Festival, which is scheduled for the weekend of March 13 and 14 in downtown, featuring more than 40 lighted ice sculptures.
- After months of searching, Harford County has entered into a partnership with private internet service provider ThinkBig Networks to expand broadband access to the county’s northern rural areas over the next few years, the administration announced.
- Kelly Ackley, Kerrie Bauer, Lauren Byrd, Kimberly Perouty and Sarah Scholl are the five finalists for the Harford County Public Schools 2021 Teacher of the Year Award.
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- The U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center along with APG Directorate of Operations are planning weather dependent controlled burns from today through Friday for management of downrange areas at Aberdeen Proving Ground.
- The Harford County Public Library Board of Trustees is seeking candidates to be considered for appointment to the board as well as a student representative for board membership.
- The Harford County Public Library will welcome back customers into the Aberdeen, Bel Air and Norrisville branches starting Monday, with plans to reopen other branches later in March.
- Havre de Grace Police Chief Teresa Walter expressed her opposition Monday to several bills before the Maryland General Assembly that she expects will “have a huge impact” on the local school resource officer program.
- R. David Harden, a Washington consultant who spent years overseas with the U.S. Agency for International Development, is the latest Democrat to announce he will run next year against U.S. Rep. Andy Harris, the sixth-term Republican from Baltimore County.
- Carl Patton, who has more than 30 years of experience in education, has been named the next principal and chief academic officer of The John Carroll School in Bel Air. He is scheduled to start July 1, school officials announced.
- On April 20 at 7 p.m., the Brothers of Mount Ararat Masonic Lodge in Bel Air will host a lodge history night, featuring a visually stunning Masonic apron originally belonging to member of the short-lived Belle Aire Lodge No. 14, which met in town from 1794 to 1796.
- With the exception of about a week and a half in the fall, Harford County Public Schools fifth-graders Mya Lowery and Belle Merlette have spent the majority of the current school year learning virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Belle and Mya were back in school Monday, however, and able to see their friends and teachers in person.
- March 29 is the target date to have elementary schoolers in buildings four days a week, and April 7 is the target date for middle and high school students.
- Violet R. “Vi” Ripken, the matriarch of a baseball dynasty and a revered member of the Aberdeen community recalled for her philanthropy, has died just short of her 83rd birthday.
- A tip from the Harford County State’s Attorney’s Office led to a Maryland man being arrested and charged in connection to the deadly riots in January at the U.S. Capitol.
- Federal prosecutors have charged a Baltimore Police SWAT officer with possession and production of child pornography.
- After nearly a year away from live game action, the Harford Community College Fighting Owls baseball team returned to play Tuesday at the Harford Sports Complex. The team looked like it never left, overpowering the Anne Arundel Riverhawks in a doubleheader sweep.Harford won the opener, 13-3, in six innings and the nightcap, 13-2, in five.
- Baltimore’s strippers can return to their poles after prevailing in a fight against a city ban on adult entertainment during the coronavirus pandemic.
- Both House and Senate amendments to change the makeup of the Harford County Board of Education are seeking to seize on the angst of parents upset their children haven’t consistently been in a classroom in nearly a year. But the legislation lawmakers are trying to ram through does nothing to address that matter.
- Joel and Colleen Bunker are the co-owners behind Curate Coffee, Wine and Kitchen located at 141 West Street in the Annapolis Arts District.
- With top talent is returning, Howard County girls soccer teams, headlined by reigning champion Marriotts Ridge, are preparing to battle for the county crown.
- Pandemic-friendly cornhole leagues fill social halls in Harford County.
