aberdeen proving ground

• Harford

Aberdeen city leaders, residents push to improve student safety, cite need for more resource officers

Aberdeen city leaders say they are working to find the money to hire a school resource officer for Aberdeen Middle School, following recent incidents in which the police had to respond to the school.

By David Anderson

Dec 26, 2015

• Harford

Cruise missile-spotting balloon rises over Maryland

In the coming days a speck is expected to rise on the Baltimore skyline: It's a giant balloon that the Army will be floating high above Middle River to scan the skies for cruise missiles.

By Ian Duncan

Dec 26, 2014

• Obituaries

William A. Reinke, international health expert

Dr. William A. Reinke, a statistician who helped develop the department of international health at what is now the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health where he was professor for 50 years, died Oct. 4 at the Broadmead retirement community in Cockeysville of lymphoma. He was 86.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Oct 17, 2014

• Harford

HCC board briefed on 3-D printing, ends two programs

As additive manufacturing, also known as 3-D printing, becomes more commonly used among manufacturers, Harford Community College faculty and staff members are developing methods of educating students about the process.

• Elections

Familiar names vie for open Senate seat in Harford

The competition to fill the Harford County state Senate seat held by retiring Nancy Jacobs pits Republican Bob Cassilly, a former mayor of Bel Air and former county councilman, against Democratic Del. Mary-Dulany James.

• Harford

Old Aberdeen Proving Ground map tells stories

So, we continue on with this map that covers 11 feet of wall space in the APG exhibit area. The map covers area from Poole's Island of 280 acres, on the left, with the names of Charles Homer and C.C. Wills ad F. T. Homer. Then there is Carrolls Island of 1,212 acres.

• Harford

Aberdeen council agrees to buy Moose Lodge; military museum a possibility, mayor says

Aberdeen Mayor Mike Bennett said the city's former Moose Lodge, whose purchase the City Council approved Monday night, could potentially be used as a new military museum.

• Harford

22nd Chemical Battalion, in place since WWII, could leave Aberdeen

One longtime Army unit remaining at Aberdeen Proving Ground could be shipping out for good within a year or two, further reducing the dwindling ranks of soldiers on post.

• Harford

The first years of Aberdeen Proving Ground

We are reminded that there wasn't always an APG. But in just a few short years, APG will be celebrating its 100th anniversary!

• Obituaries

George E. Hauver, APG physicist

George Edgar Hauver, a retired Aberdeen Proving Ground scientist and amateur photographer who was a first-place winner in photo contests, died of dementia complications Sept. 17 at Bloom Assisted Living in Hilton Head, S.C. The former Bel Air resident was 87.

• Obituaries

Richard E. Kleinfelder, construction manager

Richard E. Kleinfelder, a retired construction manger who earlier had been in heavy equipment sales, died Saturday at Stella Maris Hospice of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease. He was 66.

• Harford

Remembering Old Baltimore when it was near Aberdeen

We wonder, how many of us remember that before Baltimore on the Patapsco existed, there was a Baltimore Town right her in our part of Harford County, the Aberdeen Proving Ground to be exact. Old Baltimore was actually the county seat of Baltimore County for a few years, when Harford County was part of Baltimore County

• Obituaries

Samuel E. Jackson Jr., psychologist

Samuel E. Jackson Jr., a retired research psychologist who was a longtime active member of Kappa Alpha Psi, an historically black fraternity, died Sept. 1 at Howard County General Hospital of heart failure. He was 80.

• Harford

Juveniles reported smoking 'purple' drugs in Edgewood; rings stolen in Forest Hill [Harford Police Blotter]

The Harford County Sheriff's Office and Maryland State Police report:

• Harford

Surrounding areas to study land use relationship with Aberdeen Proving Ground

Jurisdictions surrounding Aberdeen Proving Ground are in the early stages of preparing a study of potential land uses and their compatibility with the existing and potential future missions at the large Harford County military installation.

• Harford

A Spesutie Island mystery solved in 1976

The riddle of the Spesutie Island "mystery monument" was finally solved, and the solution filled an important gap in the history of the area in 1976. Katherine Taylor, born in Perryman, refuted the false conjecture that the edifice constructed of assorted stones was the marker for the gravesite of a favorite hunting dog

• Harford

Live explosive device found in vacant Jarrettsville home disposed of safely

A military grenade that had been fashioned into an improvised explosive device was found in a vacant, foreclosed home in Jarrettsville on Wednesday and later disposed of safely, the Office of the State Fire Marshal said.

• Obituaries

Robert I. Callahan, radio and TV broadcaster

Robert I. "Bob" Callahan, a veteran Baltimore broadcaster who worked in both radio and television and in early June was honored with a star on Maryland Public Television's Walk of Fame, died Aug. 28 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Miami, Fla. He was 76.

• Harford

Reviews planned Wednesday for Winters Run G.C. houses

Plans to subdivide a portion of Winters Run Golf Course for a cluster of five houses off Tollgate Road in Bel Air will be reviewed by the Harford County Development Advisory Committee Wednesday morning.

• Harford

'Lot going on' at Aberdeen Proving Ground, CECOM commander says

Army Maj. Gen. Bruce Crawford says he regularly sees people come up and thank soldiers and he wants to make sure that continues.

• Harford

New Harford teachers get ready at William Paca/Old Post Road

Lindsey Pritchett is a product of Harford County, having attended elementary, middle and high school in Harford, as well as college, and now she is starting her teaching career in her home county.

• Opinion

Mission accomplished [Editorial]

The destruction of Syria's chemical weapons stocks has made the whole world a safer place

• Harford

Aberdeen Proving Ground team completes destruction of Syrian chemical weapons

A team of scientists from Aberdeen Proving Ground has completed the historic mission of destroying the most dangerous of Syria's declared chemical weapons stocks, Pentagon officials said Monday.

• Harford

Seven people displaced after coffee maker causes fire in Edgewood

A fire in Edgewood displaced seven people Monday morning and caused $50,000 in damage, according to a report by the Office of the State Fire Marshal.

• Afghanistan

Greene laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery

Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene, who was shot to death last week as he visited Afghanistan's national military academy in Kabul, was laid to rest Thursday at Arlington National Cemetery.

• Harford

Army and Constellation exploring alternative energy, conservation at APG

Officials with the Army's Test and Evaluation Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground and energy supplier Constellation Retail recently signed three-year agreement to explore alternative energy sources for the Harford County Army post as leaders across the military and federal government look for ways to reduce the amount of energy used at their facilities.

• Harford

Aberdeen residents consider library's future

Aberdeen residents and community leaders have plenty of ideas for what the city's future library might look like, and they offered them up during a public forum Monday on the branch's possible redesign.

• Harford

Good times at the BBQ bash in Bel Air

Although this year's Maryland State BBQ Bash was the 13th consecutive bash in Bel Air, the event was anything but unlucky for Erika Quesenbery, the newest executive director of the Bel Air Downtown Alliance.

• Lifestyle and Leisure

Fight for civil rights played out along U.S. 40 in Maryland

The 220 miles that make up U.S. 40 in Maryland was an epicenter of historical clashes in the state with resistance culminating with a Freedom Ride less than three months after Kennedy issued his plea. On Dec. 16, 1961, as many as 700 blacks and whites descended upon dozens of still-segregated restaurants along the highway.

• Harford

Aberdeen Proving Ground needs to be able to stand on its merits [Editorial]

The prospect of Harford County's economy losing in excess of 4,000 military and defense contracting jobs associated with various activities at Aberdeen Proving Ground is as unsavory a scenario that could be visited on the local economy.

• Harford

Death of U.S. general in Kabul hits home at Aberdeen Proving Ground

Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene had served more than three decades in uniform without a combat tour when he got the assignment last year: He was wanted in Kabul to help train the Afghan National Security Forces.

• Afghanistan

Md. National Guard making final deployment to Afghanistan

Md. National Guard making final deployment to Afghanistan

• Harford

General killed in Afghanistan was 'source of inspiration' while serving at Aberdeen Proving Ground

Maj. Gen. Harold Greene, believed to be the highest-ranking U.S. official to die in Afghanistan since 2001, spent about four years leading two major organizations at Aberdeen Proving Ground.

• Harford

Train derails in Belcamp; 2 killed in Bel Air fire; new islands eyed [50 years ago]

As taken from the pages of The Aegis dated Thursday, Aug. 6, 1964:

• Harford

Harford residents urged to get informed about potential job cuts at Aberdeen Proving Ground

While potential cuts of up to nearly 4,300 military and civilian jobs at Aberdeen Proving Ground are far from a done deal, Harford County leaders stressed the need Monday evening for local residents to get an early start on letting the Army know about the impact any such cuts will have on the region's largest employer and on their community.

• Features

Wedded: Ashley Boarman and Doug Jagoda

This couple's love grew as they explored Baltimore together

• Travel

Don't have a week? Take a day trip to a local beach

Thanks to the Chesapeake Bay, most places in Baltimore are within two hours of a beach.

• Harford

New Northeastern Maryland Additive Manufacturing Innovation Authority gets down to work

The new regional organization that will foster the hoped for growth of private sector additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, in Harford and Cecil counties has hired an executive director with considerable background in using the technology.

• Harford

Harford leaders fear up to 4,300 jobs could be lost at Aberdeen Proving Ground

Aberdeen Proving Ground could possibly lose up to 4,300 jobs, as a recent Army assessment put stark numbers on what had been a more vague threat, and Harford County is mobilizing to prevent it.

• Harford

Important articles found in old newspaper files

In the files of "Harford Democrat and Aberdeen Enterprise" newspapers at the Aberdeen Room Museum, we found important articles concerning changes in the lives of many of our local citizens over the years

• Harford

Aberdeen Proving Ground CECOM commanding general promoted

Brig. Gen. Bruce T. Crawford, commanding general of the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command and Aberdeen Proving Ground's senior mission commander, was promoted to major general during a ceremony Monday.

• Harford

Ex-Harford library board chairperson honored for her service

Members of the Harford County Board of Library Trustees, which has a couple of new members, had an opportunity to get acquainted face-to-face Thursday evening.

• Harford

BGE gas pipeline under construction in Harford

Workers with BGE are in the midst of building a new four-mile pipeline in the north-central part of Harford County in order to meet growing demand for natural gas in Harford.

• Harford

Exelon breaks ground on two new generating units at Perryman Station

Exelon Generation broke ground today (Monday) on two new power-generating units at its Perryman generating station, calling it an expanded focus on natural gas and clean energy.

• Harford

Residential development in Harford will never be what it once was [Editorial]

The boomtown days when the Route 24 corridor sprouted thousands of houses a year are very much in the rear view mirror.

• Defense

Harford County still waiting on a base-driven boom in Aberdeen

Inside Aberdeen Proving Ground, an estimated 21,000 people report to work on any given day, conducting research in massive new federal buildings. But outside the base, gleaming new offices completed in anticipation of economic spillover stand empty, a reminder of growth that has remained tightly contained.

• Harford

Donations to the Aberdeen Room continue

Historic items continue to be found by thoughtful visitors to the Aberdeen Room archives and museum. Volunteers themselves find very valuable ones for display and records for the archival files

• Harford

Children evacuated safely as fire damages home in Joppa Thursday

Three building fires were reported Wednesday and Thursday in Harford County, the most recent in a home in Joppa where seven children were safely evacuated, fire officials said.

• Aberdeen Proving Ground

Missing Md. guard airman found dead

A member of the Maryland Air National Guard who went missing on Monday has been found dead near the Gunpowder River, officials said.

• Harford

Changes in the works for Harford's trash collection system

Harford County public works officials say the cost of providing waste disposal and recycling services is projected to increase 24 percent during the next 10 years, and they are considering potential changes in how the current system operates, possibly to include a major shift in the arms-length relationship that has existed for decades with commercial waste hauling companies.