From Harford County Government: BEL AIR, Md., (Feb. 11, 2015) – County Executive Barry Glassman issued the following statement on the Facilities Master Plan report prepared for Harford County government by Jacobs Engineering, Inc. in association with DeJong Richter and Grimm+Parker Architects: “I welcome this comprehensive, independent analysis of the state of our county facilities. […]
Aberdeen Proving Ground Building Sustains Major Damage in Explosion Monday Night; Damage Reported Half-Mile Away
From U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command: ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (June 11, 2013) A carbon dioxide tank exploded outside a building owned by the Aberdeen Test Center, U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, Monday at approximately 10 p.m. causing a loud boom to be heard across Aberdeen. No one was injured. The building located […]
Bel Air Wal-Mart Temporarily Denied by Advisory Committee; Hundreds Protest Plan
Hundreds of protesters flooded a meeting Wednesday, during which Wal-Mart’s plans to build a new Supercenter in Bel Air were met with concerns from the committee charged with recommending projects for county approval. Wal-Mart said after the meeting that it would address comments made by the Developement Advisory Committee and work to meet state and […]
Harford Schools Scratch Pad: Craig Scores Victory for Havre de Grace; School Board Requests New Havre de Grace High, Youth’s Benefit; Upgrades to Joppatowne High
Another in an occasional series of informal reports, analysis and opinion based on a meeting of the Harford County Board of Education. The Harford County Board of Education voted last week to request funding for new school buildings to replace Havre de Grace High and Fallston’s Youth’s Benefit Elementary, plus significant upgrades to Joppatowne High. […]
Aberdeen Agenda Aug 27: Unsafe Buildings Ordinance; Humane Society and Highland School Project Support; New Construction Standards
The Aberdeen City Council will vote Monday night on an ordinance providing procedures for the repair and removal of unsafe buildings in the city, when those buildings have been deemed able to endanger the health and safety of others. Ordinance No. 12-O-06 would require the securing, repair, removal, or demolition of a building that is […]
Harford School Board Faces Weighty Decisions Following Public Hearing on Capital Priorities
A public hearing on capital budget priorities for Harford County Public Schools drew a standing room only crowd on Monday, with advocates calling for the Harford County Board of Education to build replacement facilities at Havre de Grace High School and Youth’s Benefit Elementary School in Fallston. Among the advocates were elected officials with the […]
Fallston Advocates Ask School Board to Prioritize Replacement Facility for Youth’s Benefit Elementary
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 […]
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 […]
