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News Clippings from Long Ago

Job creation and taxes will be some of the major issues on the agenda of the Harford County state delegation in the upcoming Maryland General Assembly session scheduled to begin on January 8 in Annapolis, although some members wonder if any real legislation will be passed during an election year.

There were 82 reported cases of alleged bullying and/or intimidation in Harford County Public Schools in the 2011-12 school year, according to a state-mandated reporting process.

Wilbur L. Iley, a decorated World War II veteran who worked in the Harford County dairy industry for many years, died Monday of cancer. The Fallston resident was 94.

A woman and child were taken by ambulance to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore Friday morning after being injured in a car crash at Hanson Road and Court Square Drive.

Patricia H. Burch, a homemaker and Loyola High School benefactor, died Nov. 30 of Alzheimer's disease at the Edenwald retirement community. She was 89.

Aberdeen Proving Ground officials found an unexploded ordnance on the post Thursday that may need to be exploded.

A 16-year-old male has been charged with setting a fire at Aberdeen High School Tuesday afternoon, according to the State Fire Marshal's Office.

The Harford Sheriff's Office announced the creation of an aviation unit with the acquisition of a Bell OH-58 helicopter named "Eagle 1."

The Empty Stocking Fund is still nearly $50,000 short of its goal of $80,000 to help the needy of Harford County this Christmas season. As of Sunday, the fund had received $30,700

For Impact Aid to have any meaningful effect, it probably needs to be allocated to programs that would help the economically disaffected people who live near the military installations.

The members of the Harford County Board of Estimates recently approved the Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Agreement between Baltimore and Harford counties

Harford residents won't have to wait for the annual prescription drug drop off day to get rid of old and expired medication. A permanent prescription drug drop-off box was unveiled Wednesday morning to give residents 24-hour access to dump unused medication.

"Roulette," a psycho-thriller by Maryland native Erik Kristopher Myers, will be sure to leave you feeling tense and on-edge.

The goal again this year is $80,000; as of Monday, donations received totaled $23,970, so there's still a long way to go to fill it up

Fifty years ago Thursday, President John F. Kennedy traveled to the Maryland-Delaware state line to celebrate one of the largest transportation accomplishments of the era and one that would have a profound effect on both Harford and Cecil counties in the ensuing half a century.

O.J. and Chanda Brigance, co-founders of the Brigance Brigade Foundation - an organization that supports ALS patients and their families, were the featured guest speakers Wednesday morning at an Aberdeen Proving Ground event honoring the contributions disabled or differently abled Americans make to our country.

More donations have been received this week by the Empty Stocking as the Harford County based charity works toward its 2013 fundraising goals. The fund raising goal for 2013 is $80,000. As of Thursday, the fund has received $21, 740 in monetary donations.

Given the level of coordination the school system has shown in putting student days off together in blocks, there's reason to believe they'll be able to find a way to close schools on Veterans Day sooner rather than later.

In it's 24th year, the Empty Stocking Fund is once again planning to help hundreds of less fortunate Harford County residents during the Christmas Season.

In front of an American flag at half-staff in Veterans Park, Aberdeen officials and local veterans gathered to honor those who served in the military Monday.

Stanley J. Andrzejewski Sr., a retired electronics engineer who survived the nearly ill-fated assault on Italy's Mount Belvedere during World War II, died Thursday of respiratory failure at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 88.

The city of Aberdeen plans to give Tufton Professional Baseball LLC, which oversees Ripken Stadium, more control by allowing the company to rent out space during the Aberdeen IronBirds' off-season, city manager Doug Miller said.

More than 100 children of active-duty military and civilian personnel at Aberdeen Proving Ground spent Tuesday evening running football drills with a little help from Baltimore Ravens players.

The Abingdon branch of the Harford County Public Library is one of the first places to offer county residents free access to a 3D printer. And residents are taking full advantage of the cutting-edge technology.

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons already won the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to strip Syria of its stockpile of chemical weapons. But carrying out the process is a complex feat of chemistry – one that could require the help of a team of scientists at Aberdeen Proving Ground.

Aberdeen, once again, is starting the season with Christmas Street on Saturday, Dec. 7. The theme this year is "Christmas Dreams," so get your thinking caps on because you will surely want to be a part of the many activities planned.

St. John Properties, Inc. has selected Charm City Concierge to support the approximately 45 companies situated within The Government and Technology Enterprise (The GATE) project, with a full complement of business and personal concierge services.

President Kennedy accepted an invitation from Governor Tawes of Maryland and Governor Carvel of Delaware to attend the ceremony to open the Maryland Northeastern Expressway. A special opening day luncheon would be served at the new Maryland House restaurant on the Expressway near Aberdeen. From the luncheon, the dignitaries were expected to travel east to the Maryland-Delaware line, where President Kennedy would help officially open the roadway, arriving there from Washington via helicopter

Then again, it was a good option when it was the HEAT center, even if it did sound like a home improvement contracting company.

A fire, which was the result of burned wood chips placed in a trash can, caused $15,000 in damage to an Aberdeen house Tuesday afternoon.

The residents along Aberdeen's Route 22 whose houses were razed to make room highway improvements may be gone, but they may not soon be forgotten.

Newspaper files from years ago tell us so much about the people who served our community, and donations to the Aberdeen Room Archives and Museum are often clippings saved over the years because they tell stories important to families

President of the Harford County Farm Bureau Jay Rickey said Hurricane Sandy, which ravaged through parts of the northeast this week one year ago, did not impact farmers and agriculture as dramatically as Tropical Storm Irene in 2011

On Thursday afternoon, a crowd of business leaders, academics and local politicians met to celebrate the renaming of the Higher Education and Conference center to the University Center.

When the Nobel Prize committee announced on Oct. 11 that the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons had won the 2013 Peace Prize, members of a Harford County laboratory rejoiced.

The Harford Business Innovation Center (HBIC), in cooperation with the Harford County Office of Economic Development and other partners, has announced the establishment of a Technology Transfer Office to assist Harford County and regional companies in developing opportunities to connect in research and development with Aberdeen Proving Ground

As the government shutdown drags on, one Harford County municipality plans to let furloughed federal workers put off paying their water bills.

The last of three Maryland Transportation Authority hearings on a proposal for express toll lanes on I-95 drew a slim crowd to Patterson Mill High School in Abingdon on Tuesday.

Cal Ripken Jr.'s mother has been the victim of two violent crimes in a little over a year

Getting back to some of the many years of the Ryland Lee Mitchell donated books, we found the scrapbook of the year of 1972 very interesting. Within its pages were clippings of articles about some of Aberdeen's people that made news at the time

Joel R. Bailey, a longtime Baltimore County public school educator who also coached basketball, died Friday from complications of a stroke at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 77.

The Harford County Council narrowly approved a $125,000 economic development loan to Independent Can Company and also passed an updated water and sewer master plan during its Tuesday night meeting.

Thirteen people living in the 1700 block of Judy Way in Edgewood were displaced after a fire caused major damage to one townhouse and minor damaged to a neighboring home Saturday.

The rain which had left Harford County a sodden mess in recent days held off long enough for organizers to hold a successful sixth annual Graw Days Festival to celebrate Havre de Grace's time as a major destination for horse racing.

About 60 people from Baltimore, Cecil and Harford counties gathered Wednesday for a presentation on a feasibility study regarding the creation of a University Research Park in Harford County, which would serve the northeastern region of Maryland.

A Havre de Grace resident who worked at Aberdeen Proving Ground pleaded guilty 25 years ago this week to transferring military secrets to South African agents

Education became a heated topic as residents said students and parents on the south end of I-95 were being ignored.

The federal government may still be shutdown, but that is not stopping testing at Aberdeen Proving Ground.

Commissioners voted unanimously to approve a new website for Bel Air at a town hall meeting on Monday night.