From the Harford County Health Department: “DON’T FRY DAY” CELEBRATES MELANOMA AND SKIN CANCER DETECTION & PREVENTION Every Friday before Memorial Day, The Harford County Health Department joins the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention in observing national “Don’t Fry Day” to encourage sun safety awareness. Skin cancer affects all skin types and is the […]
Harford County Health Department Celebrates “Don’t Fry Day” for Melanoma and Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention
From the Harford County Health Department: For most, Memorial Day heralds an official start of summer. The Harford County Health Department joins the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention in observing Friday, May 27th as national “Don’t Fry Day” to encourage sun safety awareness. Skin cancer affects all skin types and is the most common […]
Time for the Sun: Read This Column…Then Get Out and Soak Up Some Vitamin D!
Switching things up: I’d like for you not to be sitting at your computer reading, but outside enjoying the sunshine and hopefully experiencing something awesome! Get out and soak up the Vitamin D! We aren’t as lucky as other areas, so go out and get some rays to help with your daily dose. **Here are […]
Harford Health Department Recommends Protective Measures Against Skin Cancer
From the Harford County Health Department: While the month of May is designated every year as the official national observance of Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month, the official start of summer and this week’s heat wave reinforce the public’s need for heightened awareness about protection against ultraviolet radiation and the risks of skin cancer. […]
Harford 2009: The Dagger’s Top Ten Stories Of The Year
The year 2009 opened on a sad note in Harford County with residents still mourning the death of prominent, longtime school superintendent Jacqueline Haas. Before the year was over, Harford County would lose two other wellknown female leaders – former delegate Joanne Parrott and Harford County Councilwoman Veronica Chenowith. It was also a year of […]
Light For Some: The Dagger Too “Professional” for Sun’s Blog Contest
The Dagger apparently isn’t bush league enough to be considered for the Baltimore Sun’s “Mobbies,” a contest which highlights non-traditional media enterprises The Sun doesn’t consider a threat. Or so we believe after reading the e-mail chain posted below between us and a polite Sun representative. To summarize: because we attempt to organize our reported […]
“You Can’t Get The Ink Out Of Our Blood” – Baltimore Sun Takes On The Dagger
A couple of weeks ago, a few of us sat down with Baltimore Sun Today Editor Andrew Ratner for about an hour-and-a-half. A Harford County resident himself, Ratner had been following The Dagger for some time and was interested in writing a story about us. That story was published today in The Sun: Local Web […]
Examining The Dwindling Options For Getting Local News In Baltimore
With the Baltimore Examiner on the way out, where are we supposed to get our news now? the b? The Examiner may have been an object of derision among people looking for more than shallow sips of news, and from people adverse to a paper with a right-wing slant, but it brought some important things […]
