From the Harford County Public Library: The Edgewood Library will celebrate 50 years of service to the community with a special open house on Monday, December 9th. Amongst the planned commemorative activities are historical displays, a cake cutting at 5:30 pm and a special holiday performance from the Edgewood High School Jazz Ensemble at 6:00 […]
Harford County Historic Preservation Award Presented for Journey Stories Exhibition
From the Harford County Public Library: Harford County Public Library and the Harford County Department of Community Services were presented with a Special Preservation Award by the Harford County Historic Preservation Commission for their partnership in bringing Journey Stories to Harford County. The award was given during a May 10 ceremony at the Liriodendron Mansion […]
Living History Presentation Continues Civil War Commemoration in Harford County
From the Harford County Public Library: Stories from one of American history’s most revered women, Clara Barton, filled the Fallston Library on April 11. With over 50 in attendance, Mary Ann Jung portrayed Barton during a living history presentation that spanned Barton’s brave life as a teacher, government worker, Civil War nurse and eventual founder […]
Dr. Alan Taylor to Speak at Harford Community College on Role of African-Americans in War of 1812
From Harford Community College: The Hays-Heighe House at Harford Community College will welcome Dr. Alan Taylor on Monday, April 8 as part of the College’s commemoration of the Bicentennial of the War of 1812. Dr. Taylor will offer a public lecture at the Chesapeake Center at 10 a.m. His talk, “The Internal Enemy: Freedom, Slavery, […]
Graw Days in Havre de Grace Hosts Authors for Speaker Series and Mini-Museum for History Buffs
From Havre de Grace Main Street Inc.: One of the most beautiful buildings in downtown Havre de Grace is the newly restored 1904 First National Bank building which houses the popular La Banque de Fleuve banquet and reception hall. But, on October 13, 2012, the building will be transformed into the Graw Days’ History @ […]
Celebrate the Centennial of Racing History at 5th Annual Graw Days Festival October 13 in Havre de Grace
From the City of Havre de Grace Office of Tourism and Marketing: Downtown Havre de Grace is once again transforming its streets and shops into a whimsical, yet family friendly, festival extravaganza. Jam-packed into a single day, this 12-hour marathon of entertainment, history, speaker series, antique cars, music, food, arts, crafts, shopping, theater, and dancing, […]
IronBirds Shatter Records for Attendance, Runs Scored, Three Others in 21-7 Rout of Staten Island Tuesday
From the Aberdeen IronBirds: The IronBirds surpassed four franchise records in their win over the Yankees 21-7. Most hits in a game (20), most runs in an inning (11), most runs scored in a game (21), total runs scored in a game (28), and attendance at Ripken Stadium (6,904) were each the highest in Birds’ […]
Havre de Grace Agenda July 2: Historic Preservation Commission Reappointments; Closed Session to Discuss Land Acquisition
The Havre de Grace City Council is expected to reappoint five members to the Historic Preservation Commission during its Monday night meeting. Ronald Browning, Melvin Wolinski, Kathy Keen, Grace Dennis, and Judy Plitt are each up for reappointment to the commission. Also Monday night, the city council will discuss a license agreement at 810 Market […]