Whether you’re a recent transplant or you’ve lived here for decades, consider this list your go-to resource for local living. In this year’s readers’ poll, more than 15,000 voters cast their vote for the county’s best of the best – people and organizations that locals trust and admire. Here are...
Through Dec. 2 A Christmas Story: The Musical Based on the 1983 classic holiday film, this musical production by the Tidewater Players tells the story of 9-year-old Ralphie Parker and his pursuit of the ultimate holiday gift – an official Red Ryder carbine action 200-shot Range Model air rifle....
He’s quick to tell you he’s no expert. But with more than a decade of experience covering the food and beverage scene in Philadelphia, and a new book to boot, it’s hard to call Drew Lazor, who grew up in Bel Air, anything other than that. Need to know which chef has worked where? Ask him. He’ll...
When it gets too cold for the kids to run around outside to get out their energy, it can be difficult to find unique indoor activities to keep them entertained. Here are three events and activities — some with a holiday twist — that will have the kids jumping, learning and skating through the winter....
There’s an extra kick from encountering an intimate restaurant where the food, like the staff, exudes personality; a place where you feel so welcome you can envision becoming a regular. That’s what happened when I stepped for the first time into One Eleven Main in the heart of Bel Air. This charmer,...
Debbie Bateman decided to open her small brick-and-mortar retail space, Cherry Blossom Boutique, in March after selling gifts and jewelry for the past five years at the Joppatowne Flea Market. “It’s a beautiful inside,” says the 57-year-old Bel Air resident of the space that features hardwood floors...
What child doesn’t like animals? With the weather turning chilly and Halloween approaching, check out these activities that include pottery-making story times highlighting a favorite bear, a “glow night” with illuminated sculptures and creatures of the night, and a good, old-fashioned dog show....
Six years ago, Dr. Shreya Hessler promised her middle daughter, Bianca, that if she ever wrote a book, it would be named after her. “I just didn’t have an idea on the topic until a few years later,” says Hessler, who wrote “Bianca Finds Her Bounce,” a book about a girl who struggles with anxiety....
When the curtains went up at the Havre de Grace Opera House last year, Harford County arts lovers got not just their first glimpse of the community theater debut of “Tuck Everlasting,” but of the launch of a new local theater company with big ambitions. Scottfield Theatre Company is the brainchild...
Sept. 6 Putts Fore Paws Golf Tournament Enjoy a day on the golf course to raise funds for the Humane Society of Harford County. Includes buffet dinner, premium open bar and more. 10 a.m. Mountain Branch Golf Club, 1827 Mountain Road, Joppa. $175. 410-836-1090 or harfordshelter.org. Sept. 7 Christine...
Julie Donovan and Beth MacLeod are about to do something they never in their “wildest dreams” expected: open a medical marijuana dispensary in Harford County. The Chestertown sisters spent the past 30 years raising their children and cultivating their careers. A former paralegal, Donovan is a computer...
Amid the gently rolling countryside near the western edge of Harford County, a cream-colored, reasonably Tuscan-evoking building makes an unexpected appearance, located across the street from a much more ordinary-looking drugstore. It’s home to Acappella Italian Restaurant, an unassuming, come-as-you-are...
Karen and Ed Garono have seen a lot of houses. The couple work in real estate, and they often renovate homes on the side. But they had never taken on a project quite like their current home — a century-old Edwardian on a corner lot with a view of the water in downtown Havre de Grace. When the couple...
Everyone likes a feel-good story, especially when it involves locals creating businesses in their figurative backyards, adding jobs and activity to an area that often could use them. And beer, of course — beer helps. For the past couple of years, that’s been a major story in Harford County: Craft...
Macy Hastings always envisioned a traditional church wedding with a hall reception. That was before she discovered The Vineyards at Mary’s Meadow in Darlington. With a massive barn that she filled with decorative barrels and opulent cascading flower displays, and a tractor that was used for group...