Clad in Youth’s Benefit Elementary School green, approximately 30 advocates attended the June 25th meeting of the Harford County Board of Education, asking board members to put a replacement school for Youth’s Benefit at the top of their funding priority list for the fiscal year 2014. The Harford County Board of Education approves a capital […]
Annie’s Playground in Fallston to be Temporarily Closed for Repairs
From Harford County Government: (Bel Air, MD) – The Harford County Department of Parks and Recreation has announced that Annie’s Playground in Fallston will be closed for repairs during the week of July 9 – July 13, 2012. The firm of Leathers and Associates is scheduled to complete repairs on some of the playground equipment, […]
Wheel Road, Between Patterson Mill and Laurel Bush Roads, to Close to Through Traffic for 6 Months
From Harford County government: The Harford County Department of Public Works has announced that Wheel Road, between Patterson Mill Road and Laurel Bush Road will be closed to through traffic on or about June 13, 2012. The road closure will remain in effect for approximately six months. Motorists who normally travel this area of Wheel […]
Culvert Replacement Begins on Harford Road in Kingsville; Work Expected in Vicinity of Gunpowder Falls State Park Through Mid-August
From the State Highway Administration: This week, the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) will begin a project to replace a culvert on MD 147 (Harford Road) over a tributary to the Little Gunpowder Falls in Kingsville. Weather permitting, the $163,000 project will be complete by mid-August. The project includes removing an existing box culvert under […]
Portion of Cedar Lane Reopened to Traffic
From Harford County Government: (Bel Air, MD) – The Harford County Department of Public Works has announced that Cedar Lane from the Cedar Lane Park entrance to 750 feet west of the Cedar Lane Park entrance, has been re-opened to traffic. The road had been closed for more than a month to allow for roadway […]
“Capt’n” Jim McMahan’s Coffee Talk, May 18: Smart Meter Hearing, Patterson Mill Road Closure
From Harford County Council District C Councilman Jim McMahan: Capt’n Jim’s “Coffee Talk”© May 18, 2012 NEWS “SMART METERS” There have been a lot of questions about smart meters and whether there is an option to reject them. Del. Pat McDonough co-sponsored legislation during the 2012 session of the Maryland General Assembly that would have […]
Patterson Mill Road to be Closed Two Weeks For Construction
From Harford County Government: (Bel Air, MD) – The Harford County Department of Public Works has announced the temporary road closure of Patterson Mill Road from Wheel Road to Gillingham Drive. The closure will last approximately 15 days effective May 16, 2012 to allow for road construction work to be completed. Motorists who normally travel […]
Harford County Sheriff’s Office Citizen’s Police Academy Week 9: Emergency Operations Center
A creaky-looking leather chair. A large easel with a map of Harford County. A worn, wooden desk, on which rests a rotary phone, a tube radio, and a reel-to-reel recorder. Yesterday, this was the county’s emergency operations and dispatch center in downtown Bel Air. Today, the center occupies a low-slung building in Hickory, a decades-old […]