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A hearing is scheduled for Monday as the General Assembly begins a special session to approve new boundaries for the state's congressional districts. Lawmakers are expected to approve a final map within the week.
- Despite widespread issues with the global supply chain and the COVID-19 pandemic, construction of the University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Aberdeen remains on schedule. Two clinics at the location have already begun seeing patients.
- Cecil County’s Brandon Gorin, who has worked in traditional art mediums his entire life, began utilizing digital tools more than ten years ago. This work has culminated into his most recent exhibition, the Four Letter Word Series, that is now on display at the Milburn Stone Theatre Gallery on the North East Campus of Cecil College, according to a news release.
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- Cecil County’s Brandon Gorin, who has worked in traditional art mediums his entire life, began utilizing digital tools more than ten years ago. This work has culminated into his most recent exhibition, the Four Letter Word Series, that is now on display at the Milburn Stone Theatre Gallery on the North East Campus of Cecil College, according to a news release.
- The holiday season got a light-filled launch Wednesday night, when the towering Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center — a Norway spruce from Elkton — was officially turned on.
- Tensions between representatives from two cities — Aberdeen and Havre de Grace — and the Harford County Council are rising again ahead of next week’s final public hearing on county redistricting.
- A project by author Susan Muaddi Darraj, an associate professor of English at Harford Community College, was one of 14 selected for 2021 Rubys Artist Grants.
- Keith Smith allegedly murdered his wife and blamed a panhandler in East Baltimore. His homicide trial is set to begin Wednesday in Baltimore Circuit Court.
- The Harford County Council has rejected this [redistricting] map and in turn submitted its own. Havre de Grace is broken into three districts; the voters along the Route 40 corridor are again marginalized.
- Maryland State Police are investigating a Sunday night hit-and-run accident that killed a pedestrian in Edgewood. The incident occurred at about 7:30 p.m. on Philadelphia Road east of Fashion Way near the Winters Run Bridge, according to a news release.
- A state police helicopter crew rescued five people from the Susquehanna Flats on Friday after an initial boat rescue attempt went awry.
- 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.
- Despite some delays in delivery, the Bel Air Lions Club 18th annual Christmas tree sale is on.
- There’s 13 girls high school basketball teams in the area (12 Harford, one Cecil) who have been working hard to be ready for the 2021-22 season that begins next week. All, except John Carroll, have been idle since late February in 2020. Teams are excited and more than ready to start the season. See team information below.
- A hearing is scheduled for Monday as the General Assembly begins a special session to approve new boundaries for the state's congressional districts. Lawmakers are expected to approve a final map within the week.
- The Harford County Council has rejected this [redistricting] map and in turn submitted its own. Havre de Grace is broken into three districts; the voters along the Route 40 corridor are again marginalized.
- The Maryland Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of the landlord of Baltimore’s Copycat building, saying he can evict tenants without having a rental license.
- City and fire officials offered fire safety tips Saturday.
- 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.
