From the office of Sen. Barbara Mikulski: U.S. Senators Barbara A. Mikulski and Benjamin L. Cardin (both D-Md.) today announced the Water Witch Fire Company won $76,760 in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program to purchase firefighting equipment. As a member of the Homeland Security Appropriations […]
Armed Robbers of Darlington Pharmacy Arrested in Cecil County
From Maryland State Police: Maryland State Police apprehended two suspects early this morning following an armed robbery of a pharmacy in Harford County. The accused are identified as John Collins, Jr., 19, of the unit block of Peacock Lane in Port Deposit, Maryland and Joshua A. Dietz, 20, of the 700-block of Dr. Jack Road […]
High-speed Chase in Northern Harford Leads To Arrest of Serial Robber
(Harford County, MD: December 9, 2009) The Harford County Joint Investigative Task Force consisting of members from the Maryland State Police Bel Air Barracks and the Harford County Sheriff’s Office arrested William Preston Grace Jr., age 22, of Port Deposit, MD in connection with several armed robberies and thefts that occurred in Harford County between […]
Ilya The Manatee Surfaces For Photo Ops In Harford And Cecil
After his debut last week, Ilya the Floridian manatee seems to have taken a liking to the Susquehanna River and has recently made appearances on the shores of both Cecil and Harford County. A Perryville Town Commissioner snapped photos of the wayward sea cow last Wednesday and a group of Havre de Gracians greeted the […]
DNA From Mask Links Cecil Suspect To Havre de Grace Armed Robbery
Havre de Grace – State Troopers arrested a Cecil County man Thursday on robbery charges after a DNA sample recovered at the scene linked him this week to the holdup in December. Sha-Quan Adrian Triplett, 19, of 26 Race Street, Port Deposit, MD., was arrested at his home without incident on a warrant obtained by […]
Cecil Land Use Alliance To Discuss New Granite Cliffs Subdivision in Port Deposit
The Cecil Land Use Alliance Board has set the next CLUA meeting for Wednesday, April 22, at 7 p.m. at the Port Deposit VFW. The VFW is located at 520 Susquehanna River Road (MD 222) about a mile north of downtown Port Deposit. There is ample parking. The entrance to the meeting room is on […]
Clark Turner Day in Port Deposit: An “Extreme” Win-Win Situation
A good thing happened recently in Port Deposit. I know that sounds far-fetched (I mean, previously, the best thing that ever happened to Port Deposit was getting mentioned on four separate instances by Ripley’s “Believe it Or Not”), but when ABC’s popular Extreme Makeover: Home Edition television show rolls into town it’s hard to get […]