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Road repair and maintenance money, Hatem Bridge tolls and concerns about rising tuition are on the agenda of Harford County's legislators as they prepare for the 2015 session.

Aberdeen's long-awaited approval for a room tax may have hit another snag, as Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler just questioned the legality of the tax's approval method.

Aberdeen's administration is proposing a $14.1 million budget for fiscal year 2015, a 16 percent drop from fiscal year 2014.

Art Helton is again seeking the State Senate seat he once held more than three decades ago and, as happened when he ran four years ago, his residency has been challenged.

The City of Aberdeen's Ethics Commission and city Mayor Mike Bennett are getting ready for a May 17 court hearing over the commission's November 2011 "admonishment" of Bennett's trip to Augusta, Ga., taken at the behest of Ripken Baseball.

Monday's snow had no impact on the season at Aberdeen City Hall. It's the middle of Budget Season as the city and its department heads prepare the government's operating plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1.

This is a good bill, especially since Harford County is the only jurisdiction in Maryland that does not impose a hotel rental tax.

A brand-new version of legislation to levy along-fought-for tax on hotel and motel room rentals was introduced by Del. Glen Glass and Del. Mary-Dulany James in the Maryland General Assembly on Feb. 14.

Harford County is proposing a stormwater remediation fee that is much lower than the $400 fee county officials warned about a month ago.

Aberdeen City Manager Doug Miller, who is in the early stages of putting together the city's budget for the 2014 fiscal year, told the mayor and city council members recently that he expects most of the city's revenue sources to be stable. He did, however, have a few words of caution.

The Olive Tree restaurant in Aberdeen was packed Sunday evening for a private party celebrating the restaurants 20th anniversary featuring an appearance by Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Torrey Smith.

Aberdeen city manager Doug Miller said he wanted to give the city's elected officials more room to be involved in community activities than what state-mandated ethics regulations allow.

The diversity of the military and of Harford County at large is a sign of how far the country has come since Martin Luther King Jr., made his "I have a dream" speech in 1963, Aberdeen Proving Ground's new commanding general said Thursday.

Aberdeen will soon be just the second jurisdiction on the East Coast to install special pipe-bursting equipment to line its sanitary sewers, Public Works Director Matt Lapinsky said Monday.

The Aberdeen Ethics Commission is discussing a possible legal settlement with Mayor Mike Bennett over his appeal of the remaining ethics violation the board charged him with in 2011.

The new Aberdeen Corporate Park promises 269,000 square feet of LEED-certified office space off of Route 22. But defense contractors have been slow to set up shop at this and many other office projects in and around Aberdeen.

Festival Park will get a new "splash pad" and Bakerfield Elementary School will get sidewalk improvements as part of several new grants announced by the city of Aberdeen Monday night.

The mayor of Aberdeen announced Monday that the city has hired an Annapolis law firm as its principal legal counsel, breaking decades of tradition of using Harford County lawyers for such duties.

Ballot questions for the upcoming presidential election, specifically the ones dealing with same-sex marriage and county charter amendments, brought out some opinions at Havre de Grace's council meeting Monday.

The Aberdeen City Council approved bids Monday for a water storage tank and the purchase of three vehicles under the city's contract to provide water to Aberdeen Proving Ground.

Aberdeen OK with signs that 'benefit the community'

The city of Aberdeen is still a couple weeks away from submitting to the state its revised ethics ordinance, which the state rejected earlier this year after it was approved by the city council. The state has a disclosure form and earlier this year required the city of Aberdeen to submit one, which City Manager Doug Miller said he made "easy to follow and administer and met the spirit of the law," but the state said it's wasn't good enough.

Hundreds of mourners and law enforcement officials packed St. Stephen Church in Bradshaw, just over the Harford County border, to lay to rest Aberdeen Police Ofr. Charles Armetta.

Aberdeen is losing two major community leaders, as Aberdeen Heritage Trust chairwoman Ruth Hendrickson has just died and Habitat for Humanity Susquehanna head Joann Blewett is stepping down.

Longtime burger restaurant makes a comeback to Harford County

Council members allow two major projects to go forward

The sounds of country music will fill Aberdeen's Ripken Stadium on Aug. 17, when "Queen of Country" Reba McEntire is expected to hit the stage there.

Mayor, city manager have muted reactions to major state plans

Ribbon-cutting held for new plant, which would process at least 20 million gallons daily

Quarterly meeting draws slim attendance during council president's son's viewing

It wasn't exactly crickets chirping, but the response to Harford County Executive David Craig's casino proposal from other elected officials was not overly enthusiastic.

City council asked to consider changing poultry law

Ravens play some softball to support Boys and Girls Club at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen

Aberdeen plans to cut its 2013 budget by 28 percent, or more than $4.8 million, much of the cut coming from savings through the refinancing of debt on Ripken Stadium. The city made most of its savings on the debt service, as the stadium debt of $9.3 million was refinanced in October 2011.

Your mother no doubt told you that money doesn't grow on trees, but in Harford County many of us, including our elected officials, tend to think more in terms of another of those trite phrases: The streets are paved with gold.

Council approves resolution for coop health plan, hears about annexation

Early Friday morning, the grounds of Aberdeen High School were a flurry of activity. The entrance to the school was lined with pots of pretty plants ready to be set in the ground, while volunteers in bright green shirts were busy pulling up weeds, spraying down concrete and otherwise getting their hands dirty all around the school.

City council also introduces budget amendment

Aberdeen: Aberdeen council members slam McGrady, water critiques, local media

City council tries new initiatives

Aberdeen council members approved a code amendment Monday.

City council justifies controversial decision, one councilwoman disagrees

Mayor Wayne Dougherty recognizes those who give back

Firefighters and EMS responders were honored during the annual banquet in Aberdeen Saturday night.

Drivers who use the Route 40 and Route 715 interchange in the Aberdeen area should expect numerous lane closures in the next year as the construction project there continues.

Bennett spent more in 2010 election than previously

Some residents and commission members opposed to adding site by Wetlands Golf Course

Winners announced at council meeting Monday

Councilwoman Sandra Landbeck says McGrady hijacked city election and council

Many Christmas events announced at council meeting