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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.

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Dr. James W. McCauley was sworn in July 1 at the Harford County courthouse as a new member of the Harford Community College Board of Trustees, serving as representative for county council District F.

Living history of what was once optimistically called the War to End All Wars may have faded, but we'd be foolish to allow our understanding of this key event in human history to be forgotten.

Patrick DeGroodt, who oversaw the development of a communications system for the Army that allows soldiers on the battlefield to communicate with the same ease that the rest of us have with cellphones, has been named a finalist for the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal.

A fire hit an Aberdeen home early Monday afternoon, Harford County's Volunteer Fire & EMS Association reported.

The July 4 2014 Independence Day events in Bel Air offered fun, patriotic splendor, and educational interest to the entire region.

A team of chemists and engineers from Aberdeen Proving Ground has begun to neutralize chemicals from Syria's weapons stocks, the Pentagon said Monday.

The skull and crossbones rode high along Joppa Farm Road Saturday evening for the "Pirates of the Caribbean"-themed Edgewood-Joppatowne Independence Day Parade.

The organizers of Friday's Independence Day parade in Kingsville were watching the weather closely during the hours leading up to the parade start time, hoping storms driven by Hurricane Arthur would not force them to cancel.

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A team of chemists and engineers from Aberdeen Proving Ground is ready to begin the historic destruction of Syria's chemical weapons, the Pentagon said Thursday.

John Laursen, an Army veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and his wife Casey have spent about than a year handling his recovery after being medically evacuated from Afghanistan, but they are able to begin moving forward, with the first steps being across the threshold of their new home in Harford County Wednesday.

An Edgewood man is accused of stealing wallets from truck drivers at two local travel plazas for the past two months, Maryland State Police reported.

Aberdeen city leaders, joined by first responders from the city and Harford County emergency officials, as well as Aberdeen Proving Ground military leaders, unveiled Saturday a memorial to those who lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks.

As Harford County farms diversify and their owners try to figure out their future, the county's ag community hopes events like Sunday's annual Farm Visitation Day can keep people interested in the wide world of agriculture.

Harford County's Muslim community is preparing to celebrate the month of Ramadan and is again reaching out to residents of all faiths with a community-wide dinner.

Over the last six years, enrollment numbers in Advance Placement, or AP, testing across Harford County Public Schools has increased, but that increase has not necessarily translated more students passing the exams.

They say it ain't over until the fat lady sings, and the colorful life of the Havre de Grace Opera House is clearly far from over.

Harford County firefighters were kept busy late Wednesday night and into early Thursday, as multiple companies responded to two dwelling fires, one near Bel Air and the other in Aberdeen.

The Baltimore Women's Classic 5K turned 39 years old Sunday, still running strong with a field of 2,890 finishers. It is the second oldest continuously run women's race in the U.S.

APG tethered blimps necessary to spot potential rogue missile with a nuclear payload

A property owner in Havre de Grace found military munitions that Aberdeen Proving Ground came out to dispose, Havre de Grace police reported.

The last time the military consolidated, Maryland's installations grew. But base realignment and closure usually goes the other way — and the Army is calling for another round. Officials in Maryland aren't waiting to see what happens. They're already preparing.

The Army is planning to launch a pair of blimps over Maryland this fall to watch the Eastern Seaboard for incoming cruise missiles. It's what else they might be able to see from up there that worries privacy advocates.

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Nick Pasko of Bel Air and Patrick Hairfield of Abingdon finished one-two in the 20-24 age group Saturday in a round-trip between the Baltimore Zoo and Lake Montebello.

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Two giant missile tracking blimps, part of an airborne attack defense exercise, will soon be perched high above parts of Aberdeen Proving Ground in Harford and Baltimore counties, as Army officials have been going to lengths reassure residents that they will not be spying on them.

Facing mounting opposition from state and local officials, the Obama administration has dropped the idea of converting a vacant office building in Baltimore into a shelter for immigrant children who have entered the country illegally, officials familiar with the decision said Wednesday.

Thousands of child migrants from Central America are crossing our southern border fleeing violence, poverty and civil war at home; the U.S. must deal with them humanely

The Aberdeen Room Museum, at 18 Howard St., is devoting its exterior window to Aberdeen's canning industry. The industry, no longer the important one it once was, still has its influence on the community.

The president of Harford County's Army Alliance told community leaders Tuesday that federal budget cuts and the uncertainty of any future BRAC process raise plenty of questions about the future of Aberdeen Proving Ground.

They came by the hundreds, from near and far, hoping to get their few seconds of fame on the small screen. The "House of Cards" open casting call for extras needed in Season III of the Netflix political thriller starring Kevin Spacey drew a huge crowd of hopefuls to downtown Bel Air on a sunny Saturday morning.

Seventy years ago today, more than 100,000 American, British and Canadian troops landed on a fortified section of French beach as they began what Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower called "a great crusade" to liberate France and the rest of occupied Europe from the Germans.

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The path wasn't always smooth for the five young men who just graduated from Harford County's John Archer School, but, as graduate Jaquille Maye kept reminding everyone, "it's all good."

Wednesday was a day for the members of C. Milton Wright High School's Class of 2014 smile and celebrate their graduation, but it was also a day to remember a classmate who is no longer with them.

An Aberdeen resident who was banned from owning a backyard flock of chickens two years ago is continuing his drive to get city officials to overturn a law against owning and raising poultry in the city.

Military veterans have a knack for building successful businesses, professionals say, but they have more trouble than non-veterans attracting investors. That's a challenge now being tackled by a new crop of Maryland-based initiatives aimed at helping veteran entrepreneurs.

The phrase "old soldiers never die; they just fade away," has long been a staple of soldiers' songs, and it was even uttered by famed Gen. Douglas MacArthur.

Memorial Day ceremonies are planned around Harford County today, Monday, to honor those who died in the defense of our country and our liberty.

Some see in 3D printing the potential for change as substantial as the industrial revolution — a different way of making things that could kick start tiny operations, disrupt entire industries and literally change the landscape.

Summer was unofficially kicked off 25 years ago this week by celebrating Memorial Day with remembrances across the county, including in Bel Air, where American flags were placed on graves of veterans

Brigadier General Bruce T. Crawford will officially assume command of the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command and of Aberdeen Proving Ground on Tuesday during a 10 a.m. ceremony on the post.

For the third consecutive year, The Aegis was honored as Newspaper of the Year among the state's largest circulation non-daily papers by the Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Press Association during the organization's annual awards luncheon Friday.

Gov. George Wallace won a majority vote in the Harford County over Sen. Daniel Brewster in the Democratic presidential primary held this week in 1964