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The new mask mandate comes as a result of the Department of Defense’s policy, which requires everyone to wear a mask indoors if the COVID-19 transmission rate is considered high or substantial.
- A man accused of threatening to kill police officers before ramming his car through the front doors of the Havre de Grace police station earlier this year was found not competent to stand trial, according to court records.
- Resurfacing work on Route 40 in Havre de Grace began this week and will continue until the project’s expected completion sometime in October, according to the Maryland State Highway Administration.
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- The Harford County Sheriff’s Office and other local law enforcement agencies will host the annual National Night Out on Aug. 3 at the equestrian center on 608 N. Tollgate Road in Bel Air.
- Maryland State Police are investigating the Wednesday death of a 4-year-old who was pinned by farm equipment in Cecil County.
- The Bel Air Community Chorus will be presenting Broadway in the Park at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 7, in the William A. Humbert Amphitheater in Shamrock Park.
- Harford Community College Foundation announced that Denise Dregier was appointed its executive director and that Natalie Shaw was hired as director for grants.
- An Edgewood man is facing several charges in connection to an alleged home invasion that occurred at the same place and time as a fatal June shooting.
- The Harford County Health Department will hold a healing session Friday to address issues of trauma and health disparities in the county’s Black and brown communities after a 20-year-old Black man was shot and killed in June.
- Voting is open for the 2020 Harford Magazine’s Best Restaurants contest.
- Amid a national debate over critical race theory and standards for teaching history in K-12 public schools, Carroll and Harford county school boards have said recently that they want “politically neutral” curriculum.
- Carryout alcohol sales will stay permitted in Harford County after a Wednesday meeting of the county’s liquor control board, which agreed that restaurants should be given latitude to continue the pandemic-era practice.
- Though the Harford County Farm Fair 2021 is a mostly virtual event again this year, some of the 4-H events got underway Monday at the fairgrounds in Bel Air.
- April Cheatham had been searching for a way to help the older kids in the Extreme Family Outreach Ministries’ Youth Leadership program feel loved and show the team’s appreciation for them. They decided to hold a Royal Ball.
- Dr. Sheldon L. Leibowitz, who practiced optometry for 60 years, died of pneumonia July 18 at Sunrise Assisted Living in Pikesville. He was 91.
- The National Wrestling Hall of Fame announced last week, the state winners of the Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award.
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Baltimore County to use $19.5 million for eviction prevention with loosened eligibility requirements
Days after the country’s eviction moratorium expired, Baltimore County is adding $19.5 million to its eviction prevention program to help renters affected by the coronavirus pandemic stay in their apartments and pay utilities.
- An estimated one in five Americans will get skin cancer in their lifetime and it’s the most common form of cancer in the United States, regardless of age, gender or race.
- To raise awareness about the mall’s current state, the Randallstown NAACP brought together community members and elected officials on Monday evening to rally for high-quality businesses and beautification of the mall.
- To raise awareness about the mall’s current state, the Randallstown NAACP brought together community members and elected officials on Monday evening to rally for high-quality businesses and beautification of the mall.
- Voting is open for the 2020 Harford Magazine’s Best Restaurants contest.