UPDATE: During a Thursday morning count of absentee ballots, Jim Miller gained six votes to John Correri’s five additional votes – meaning Miller will retain his Havre de Grace city council seat with a narrow 5-vote victory over former mayor Correri. Original story below: Havre de Grace city councilmen Bill Martin and Fred Cullum were […]
“HCPS Doesn’t Have the Right to Teach My Children Discrimination”
A petition with nearly 700 signatures; hecklers who had to be called to order; religious leaders with conflicting views; elected officials invoking parental rights; an ACLU lawyer invoking the law; and school board members whose comments included terrorists, psychotics and recreational sex; all made for a dramatic public comment period at the school board meeting […]
Harford’s Got Talent Winners Include A Capella Chorus and Watercolor Artist
From Harford Center for the Arts: Bel Air, MD (May 3, 2010) Harford’s Got Talent winners were chosen by the audience of 800 at the event on May 1st. The winner of the $1500 Performing Arts Award was Upper Chesapeake Chorus-A Capella 15. The group included Linda Brown, Mary Gray, Diana Jurist, Carol Klein, Deb […]
Spring Concert in Bel Air Honors “Mr. D”
Another fine turnout of lovers of great music, performed by the Bel Air Community Band Sunday afternoon. This was a special ‘spring concert’ that concluded with a masterful arrangement, “Anthem” composed by Patrick Burns, who was on hand for the first ever performance. Anthem is dedicated to the life and talent of the late Ray […]
HCC Sports Round-Up: Tennis Nationals, Lacrosse Accolades
From the HCC sports desk: Strine in Quarterfinals, Four Other Matches on Slate for Harford Women’s Tennis on Day 3 of NJCAA Nationals TUCSON, Ariz.—The 2010 Harford women’s tennis team has already eclipsed the 2009 squad with four match wins at the Division-I NJCAA National Championship, including two by sophomore Kelsey Strine (Abingdon, Md./Edgewood), who […]
Commuter Appreciation Day for MARC Train Riders in Harford
From Harford County government: (Bel Air, MD) – – If you travel by MARC train to get to your job, you are in for a treat. On Wednesday, May 5, the Department of Community Services’ Commuter Assistance Program and others from the Baltimore Metropolitan Council will personally greet early morning commuters at the MARC train […]
O’Malley Visits Aberdeen on Re-Election Tour Amid Tea Party Protests
By Kate Froehlich Special to The Dagger Governor Martin O’Malley continued a statewide tour to announce his candidacy for reelection on Thursday in Aberdeen, and was met with both supporters and a few protestors at the Festival Park event. O’Malley was met with a “very warm welcome” with “several hundred people” attending the rally, according […]
Man Barricades Himself in Home in Jarrettsville
From the Harford County Sheriff’s Office: (Jarrettsville, MD – May 3, 2010) On Monday, May 3, 2010 at approximately 4:30pm, Harford County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a 911 call for a domestic disturbance involving a gun in the 2900 block of Felicity Court in Jarrettsville, MD. A 49-year-old male resident had barricaded himself in the […]
