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The sun is shining brightly and temperatures are hovering around the 10-degree mark Friday morning, as Harford County digs out from a snowstorm that brought from 7 to 10 inches of new snow to the area Thursday.

"You are the last generation to hear of our suffering and the miracles by which we survived the Holocaust," Halina Silber told a rapt audience of mostly-teenage faces in The John Carroll School's auditorium Tuesday morning.

Harford County dodged the brunt of what was supposed to be the biggest snow of the season, getting only between 2 and 5 inches overnight Monday into Tuesday morning.

Icy conditions overnight Monday into Tuesday morning closed schools in Harford County and led to some treacherous driving conditions, county school and highway officials reported.

Towson and Morgan State introduced their newest recruiting classes as part of Wednesday's national signing day.

Shocked by news that their longtime academic home would soon be no more, parents and alumni of the 40-year-old Mountain Christian School launched a campaign in hopes of keeping the Joppa school's doors open.

Former Harford County Sheriff Jesse Bane officially became the Town of Bel Air's administrator on Tuesday night when the Board of Town Commissioners approved his appointment.

Six Harford County high school seniors have been selected to serve as student pages for the 2015 Maryland General Assembly session in Annapolis.

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The Charlie Riley Community Service Scholarship Foundation awarded $26,000 in scholarships at its annual awards ceremony Nov. 12 at Level Volunteer Fire Company.

Between Friday and Sunday, Harford and Cecil County residents and visitors can enjoy Christmas festivities in one of five local municipalities.

With three of Harford County's former sheriffs sitting to his right and his wife and two daughters sitting to his left, Sheriff Jeff Gahler pledged to an audience of nearly 600 people, many of them the deputies under his command, during his inauguration Monday to return more deputies to duty patrolling the community, work with the county government and State's Attorney's office to combat heroin and ensure the Harford County Sheriff's Office remains "a place that will inspire and instill

Maryland Governor-elect Larry Hogan will speak during the inauguration of Harford County's new county executive and county council, as the county is set to welcome those new officials and its new sheriff at ceremonies planned for Monday, Dec. 1.

The Bel Air Board of Town Commissioners formally appointed Sheriff's Office Major Jack Meckley as interim police chief Monday night, with Chief Leo Matrangola being placed on medical leave at the end of last month.

Two thousand Roman Catholics converged on Baltimore Sunday for a special All Saints' Day Mass celebrating the 225th anniversary of the archdiocese where American Catholicism was born.

Four Harford runners captured age-group wins Sunday in the race within the Race for the Cure in Hunt Valley.

Bel Air town officials honored members of the Dresher family for their contributions to the town through the family's Dresher Foundation with a reception and proclamation Monday evening.

Leaders of The John Carroll School, along with town and Harford County officials and representatives of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, celebrated the long-awaited start of construction Monday on two new artificial turf athletic fields at the Bel Air private school.

A night of celebration was shattered by tragedy for the Bel Air High School community, as two students succumbed to injuries suffered in a Kingsville car crash late on Friday.

The Bel Air town commissioners unanimously approved Monday a memorandum of understanding and financing resolution that will allow construction work to commence on two new athletic fields at The John Carroll School and a replacement municipal sewer main.

Bel Air town officials have taken steps to replace a sewer line running under the football stadium of The John Carroll School, whose presence has held up installation of new artificial turf fields.

Members of the Bel Air and Harford County community remember Virginia Morgan Dresher as a warm, kind and generous person, who passed that giving spirit on to her children and grandchildren.

Negotiations continue between the Town of Bel Air and The John Carroll School over the fate of a town sewer line running through the school's property where the school plans to install two synthetic turf athletic fields.

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The Town of Bel Air and The John Carroll School are still negotiating the ultimate fate of a town sewer line that runs under the school's football field.

A new church building will soon join the diverse crop of religious offerings around central Bel Air.

The John Carroll School in Bel Air could be getting two new artificial turf fields later this year, he first step in a major upgrade to the private high school's outdoor athletic facilities.

Nick Fransham and Courtney von Lange set the pace in the fifth annual Pirate 5K road race in Havre de Grace Saturday.

The Harford County Department of Community Services Local Management Board recently presented 16 Champions for Children and Youth awards to nominated professionals, volunteers, and youth in the community who went above and beyond the call of duty to help the young people of Harford County.

A sunny, unseasonably cool day brought the crowds out to Bel Air's Main Street on early Friday evening for a high-spirited Independence Day parade that celebrated schools, businesses, politicians and talent from Bel Air and beyond.

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.

Parades, fireworks other Independence Day events coming to Bel Air, Kingsville, Havre de Grace, Joppatowne

Peter Wolfe of Aberdeen, owner of the Green Derby Restaurant, was the first case settled 50 years ago this week in the pinball machine pay-off raids conducted on May 27, 1964.

2014 Independence Day Celebrations

Moving the Greek Festival from Darlington to Bel Air this year didn't seem to hurt attendance this weekend, as people streamed into the double doors of John Carroll School on Saturday.

Sts. Mary Magdalene & Markella Greek Orthodox Church plans to celebrate its 10th anniversary with a bang, moving its annual summer Greek Festival from the Darlington-based church to The John Carroll School in Bel Air.

The Cody G. Richardson Memorial Scholarship Foundation is thankful for all of the community and business support for the 3rd annual CGR Relentless Run 5K and Fun Walk held May 31 in Perryville. More than 540 participants and volunteers helped make the day a huge success

"Please have a good time and enjoy this moment," choir director David Tramontana told Havre de Grace High's roughly 148 seniors in the last "you-better-behave" speech they were going to hear in high school.

Thomas M. "Tom" Gibbons, former president and CEO of Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Companies who also served on boards of business and educational institutions, died Sunday of complications from a stroke at The Terraces of Bonita Springs Retirement Community in Bonita Springs, Fla. He was 88.

Allegations were made against the operator of a driving school that its examiners had been excepting bribes to pass the applicants in the Bel Air driving test

The 161 members of The John Carroll School's Class of 2014 have the distinction of graduating during the school's 50th anniversary year, a fact immortalized in a time capsule created by some of the graduates.

Hunter Ritter's year on the wrestling mat just keeps getting better.

Kathleen Schenking thought meeting a saint sounded like something from ancient times, but it happened to her, unknowingly, 25 years ago.

Joe Barger, of Fallston, wasn't nervous about running in this year's Boston Marathon, but his children were less confident.

Two years after its shutdown was ordered, Peach Bottom Atomic Power Plant was officially given the go-ahead 25 years ago this week to start up again.

As Chinese students spending their senior year at The John Carroll School, William Du and Sunny Lu knew how it felt to wait weeks to get mail from home or to miss their families.

Lorraine D. Mihok, a retired John Carroll School office administrator, died March 6 at Symphony Manor Assisted Living of complications of a fall following a stroke she suffered in 2012.

President Obama turned to the Basilica in Baltimore, the first Catholic cathedral built in the U.S., for a special present to give to Pope Francis when they met for the first time on Wednesday. The wood for the seed chest he gave came from former pews in the basilica

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