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Havre de Grace High School was taken over by tiny robots last Saturday, Feb. 9, as 13 teams from schools and scout troops participated in Maryland FIRST Tech Challenge qualification tournament.

Lots to celebrate in February – groundhogs, freedom African American history

Maryland has good policies on bullying, but they aren't being implemented, and much more needs to be done on cyberbullying.

The Record looks at the Top 10 News Stories of 2012

It should have come as no surprise when members of the Harford County Board of Education balked recently at deciding how to approach replacing or renovating the current Havre de Grace High School physical plant. Left to its own devices, there's little doubt the board wouldn't be having this debate at all; however, this is 2009, not 2012.

The state's teachers are in "over their heads" and should be compensated at a higher level, says the Maryland State Education Association president.

The Harford County Board of Education has again voted to table a vote on a scope study on construction at Havre de Grace High School.

Discussions turned to construction of a new Havre de Grace High School and Youth's Benefit Elementary School at the Abingdon Community Council Monday night, and why the community's own William Paca/Old Post Road Elementary School isn't number one or two on the county's new construction list.

Johns Hopkins School of Nursing CAPABLE project aims to improve the living standards of elderly Baltimore residents so they can remain in their own houses rather than move to a nursing home.

Harford County voters had many reasons for packing the county's 75 polling places of Election Day Tuesday, and not all of them had to do with electing the nation's next commander-in-chief.

Members of the Harford County Board of Education raised several questions and concerns Monday night over a possible replacement of the current Havre de Grace High School building.

As more companies seek to protect their investments through patenting, scientists, lawyers and bioethicists are left questioning the impacts on research and patient care.

Online hiring systems frustrate applicants and may overlook qualified candidates, contributing to employer complaints about a lack of skilled workers.

While we enjoyed what week two had to offer on the courts, greens and fields last week, we also were brought back to football, NFL style.

Supporters of a new Havre de Grace High School kept up their efforts this week to involve the public and to lobby county and school officials in advance of this Monday's school board meeting where new school projects are likely to be discussed by the board.

The board has already begun planning its fiscal year 2014 capital improvement plan and the big debate of which school construction projects to put on there — if any — is still up in the air.

In a sense, Tatyana McFadden is turning the wheelchair racing on its ear. Never before has a wheelchair athlete raced as varied a schedule in the Paralympics as she will starting Sept. 3.

Maryland get $123 million in federal money to build health insurance exchange

The county will give additional funding to Harford County Public Schools so improvements at Havre de Grace High School's Harris Field can be completed.

Stay on top of new back-to-school health guidelines about everything from germs and vaccines to bullying and concussions.

"We're going to have to make some tough decisions with the priorities of the school system," Harford County Board of Education President Leonard Wheeler said Monday evening during a board business meeting. Harford's school board took its first look at the capital improvement budget for fiscal year 2014, which will not include any new school construction or renovations until a comprehensive study has been completed, members said.

The Supreme Court decision on President Obama's health care act means three-year-old Avey O'Doherty, who was diagnosed with leukemia in October 2011, cannot be denied health coverage for her pre-existing condition.

Harford County Executive David Craig envisions ground being broken for a new Havre de Grace High School before he leaves office in December 2014.

Baltimore's Archbishop Lori says Catholics' right of conscience is under assault by the federal government

Most agree Supreme Court decision on health care reform law won't stop all benefits

Maryland hospitals, insurers win grants under health care act for better care

Different government officials, and board of education members, have differing opinions

Pending approval of the county school board, Havre de Grace High School Principal Patricia Walling is expected to become principal of John Archer School at the end of the school year and will be replaced by James Reynolds, currently an assistant principal at Bel Air High School.

When Harford County Executive David Craig first proposed building a new Havre de Grace High School a little more than a year ago, I wrote a column that was generally supportive of the concept. While I still think Craig's proposal has merit, it appears the project isn't going to fly during his time as county executive, which means it probably won't get done during my time covering the news in Harford County, either. The project appears to be doomed for years, a casualty of fiscal reality or

The Harford Council voted Tuesday to remove outyear funding for 2014 to 2016 to replace Havre de Grace High School, criticizing County Executive David Craig for revising the school priority list.

$124 million capital budget proposed by David Craig

Opponents of the Affordable Care Act should be careful about wishing it would go away.

CDC finds a 23 percent increase in the number of U.S. children diagnosed with autism

Citizens gather for Rally for Religious Freedom outside of Harford County Circuit Courthouse

Nationwide movement Rally for Religious Freedom will come to Bel Air Friday afternoon in front of the Harford County Circuit Courthouse

NAACP marks National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day in Baltimore

HIV infection rates for Baltimore, five other 'hot spots' much higher than previously thought.

Despite what Rush Limbaugh might say, fiscal conservatives ought to be the first to favor improving women's access to birth control

Harford County public school officials said no drugs or tobacco products were found during a routine, random drug dog scan conducted in the Havre de Grace High School parking lot on Thursday, Feb. 23.

Dava Pharmaceuticals pays $11 million to settle charges it didn't rebate its drug prices enough

Baltimore's Catholic leader's letter shows selective outrage over the complex issue of contraception, public health and the role of government

Edwin F. O'Brien of Archdiocese of Baltimore writes letter saying church will not comply with birth control mandate under health care reform.

Drugs for chronic conditions such as Alzheimer's disease would move through the Food and Drug Administration approval process more rapidly under bipartisan legislation Maryland Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski will unveil Thursday.

Church officials and other religious-based groups are gearing up to fight a recent order by the Obama administration that they include birth control in employee health plans — a requirement some say could also threaten the protection of other moral beliefs and practices.

The University of Maryland Medical System and LifeBridge Health are among five suitors vying for a partnership with St. Joseph Medical Center, though a deal will likely be complicated by the embattled hospital's poor financial situation.

Nine states including Maryland will share $500 million in grant money won in a high-profile competition intended to jump-start improvements in often-overlooked early childhood programs.

Obama administration chooses politics over science in the familiar arena of birth control

Issues of religious freedom raised by Catholic bishops deserve serious consideration