The Harford County Sheriff’s Office has selected 14 deputies who will serve as school resource officers in all middle and high schools in its jurisdiction, starting in December. The names of the school resource officers were released in an announcement posted on the Sheriff’s Office Facebook page...
Stephanie Stein normally works from home, but Monday morning when a garbage truck crashed into her Abingdon home at about 10 a.m., fortunately she was at a doctor’s appointment. “I’d be terrified, I can’t even think about it,” Stein said about how she might have felt had she’d been at home. She...
Vote for your favorite Harford County businesses and community members in the Best of Harford readers' poll. If you don't see your favorite listed in a particular category, select other and write in the name of the business, organization or individual. You can vote for as many or as few categories...
Americans traditionally gather on the fourth Thursday of November each year to give thanks. This year’s Thanksgiving observances and/or celebrations, depending on one’s perspective or situation is a day away. Each year at this time, some people, including us, pause to take stock of where we are...
In the recently concluded general election, 111,678 Harford County residents cast ballots, according to unofficial totals published by the county’s Board of Elections. That works out to 61.9 percent of 180,209 eligible voters participating in the election, by either voting early, voting on Election...
Harford Community College recently held what college officials deemed a successful Future Summit. Time will tell how successful, but our skepticism about such initiatives comes with the benefit of the clichéd 20/20 hindsight, but it isn’t the first time a public agency, institution or organization...
Editor: As the Harford County Health Officer, I want to share my thoughts about the new medical campus plans proposed for Aberdeen. Addressing substance use disorders and mental health is a top public health priority. It is gratifying to see our community come together to work toward that objective...
Editor: As the former Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health, I have proudly served the health system and community for over 23 years while conducting business in Harford County since 1987. My wife Anna and I have always been active community...
Harford Community College held a successful Future Summit planning event last Friday, according to college officials, as participants discussed what HCC might be like in the coming decades. The signature event of the college’s strategic planning efforts, the Future Summit was attended by approximately...
Phil Hosmer admits he’s getting a bit anxious about the planned Ma & Pa Trail connection from Bel Air to Forest Hill. “Do you realize it was 2016 when the county got the final easement?” Hosmer asked Saturday afternoon, as he walked near the former home of Harford Sanitation in Bel Air, which was...
Born Oct. 20, 1918, Mary Katherine (Smith) Jennings will celebrate her centennial birthday Saturday and has lived her entire life within a few miles of where she was born in Fallston. Jennings, who goes by Katherine, grew up on a farm where the Youth’s Benefit Elementary School, Fallston Rec Complex...
Children of all ages are invited to the 30th annual Halloween Costume Contest and Trick-or-Treat at the Festival at Bel Air in Harford County on Saturday, Oct. 27, beginning at 11 a.m. This free event has become a Harford County tradition, so don’t miss it. The Festival at Bel Air is at Route 24...
It's that time of year again. The 10th annual Ma & Pa Trail Connection Walk in Bel Air is coming up Saturday starting at 1 p.m. Walkers will again gather at the Williams Street trailhead in Bel Air, where buses will be available to shuttle them to Blake’s Venture Park in Forest Hill for the start...