From the Harford County Department of Public Works: It has come to the attention of the Harford County Department of Public Works that a political candidate has sent a letter to residents of the area surrounding Moores Mill Road in Bel Air regarding an upcoming construction project that will result in the temporary closure of […]
Burbey: “A Few Simple Tasks That Will Help Us to Fight for the Funding HCPS Desperately Needs”
From Harford County Education Association President Ryan Burbey: Dear Concerned Citizens, It is extremely important that we act to support funding our schools. I am asking you to complete a few simple tasks that will help us to fight for the funding that HCPS desperately needs. –Attend the County Executive’s Budget Hearing on Jan. 28th […]
Gahler: Bane “Failed to Provide Effective Leadership” on Issue of Detention Center Deaths
From Jeffrey R. Gahler: Earlier this month, another inmate being held in the Harford County Detention Center attempted to take his own life. There have been many statements made indicating that this latest incident did result in the inmate’s death, however, attempts to verify the statements through any official reporting meets only silence. If yet […]
Stover: Wal-Mart Move “Ill-Conceived For Any Number of Reasons”
I am writing to express my opposition to the proposed Walmart relocation project. This project is ill-conceived for any number of reasons. As a longtime resident of the Joppatowne community, I can tell you first hand how it was when we lost our SuperFresh and Kmart. Moving the Walmart further away from Joppatowne and Edgewood […]
Bel Air Independence Day Committee Thanks Community for Support; C. Milton Wright Named Parade’s Best Harford County High School Band
From the Bel Air Independence Day Committee: To the Editor: On behalf of the Bel Air Independence Day Committee, Inc., I wish to thank the greater Bel Air and Harford County community for its response to this year’s parade. The weather was hot — maybe the hottest ever for a July 4, although as I […]
Burbey: “We Cannot Allow This Kind of Crony Capitalism to Continue in Our County”
From Ryan Burbey: Over the past several years the gaps between the prosperous and the needy in Harford County have become even more pronounced. The budgetary cuts, which have been imposed by the Craig administration, have almost unilaterally affected those with the least in our county, while simultaneously rewarding those with the most. Over the […]
Gahler: On Bane’s Proposal to Meet on Staffing Figures, “I Must Decline His Offer”
From Jeffrey Gahler: Sheriff Bane has proposed a meeting to discuss staffing figures. I must decline his offer, as I wholeheartedly believe that I am not the appropriate audience. The audience is each and every citizen of Harford County who deserves to be addressed, accurately and with respect. It is only fair as it is […]
Sheriff Bane: “To Mr. Gahler, I Extend the Invitation to Him to Sit Down With Me to Look at the Numbers”
From Harford County Sheriff L. Jesse Bane: The ratio of deputies the Harford County Sheriff has per 1,000 population to police Harford County is .8! This is the statement I have quoted at town hall meetings and in public forums. My numbers do not include the number of officers in the towns of Bel Air, […]