From Maryland Environmental Service: HOGAN ADMINISTRATION RELEASES CONOWINGO DAM PILOT PROJECT REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL State of Maryland Seeking a Private Partner to Help Demonstrate Results of Sediment Removal The Maryland Environmental Service (MES) announced Sept. 1 the release of a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Conowingo Capacity Recovery and Innovative Reuse and Beneficial Use […]
Gov. Hogan Announces Project to Demonstrate Dredging Behind Conowingo Dam, Reuse of Dredged Material
From the Office of the Governor of Maryland: Governor Larry Hogan today held a second Conowingo Dam Summit in Darlington, Maryland, where he hosted state and local officials, regional partners, and members of the scientific, research, and environmental advocacy communities to discuss solutions to the growing threat posed to the Chesapeake Bay by sediment flowing […]
More than 500 Visitors Attend Hosanna School Museum’s First Juneteenth Celebration
From the Hosanna School Museum: More than 500 visitors attended Hosanna School Museum’s first Juneteenth celebration on Saturday, June 17, at the museum in Darlington. Juneteenth is a nationally recognized day that commemorates the ending of slavery in the United States and celebrates African American history and culture. Among the day’s highlights were standing-room only […]
Hosanna School Museum Celebrates Juneteenth – America’s “Other” Independence Day
From the Hosanna School Museum: Juneteenth is a nationally recognized day that commemorates the ending of slavery in the United States and celebrates African American history and culture. As part of its 150th anniversary, Hosanna School Museum will hold a Juneteenth celebration festival on Saturday, June 17, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the […]
Darlington Assault Investigated as Potential Hate Crime; Public’s Help Sought To Identify Suspects
From Maryland State Police: The assault and taunting of a Pennsylvania man who was driving through Harford County earlier this week is being investigated as a potential hate crime and troopers are asking for the public’s help in identifying the suspects involved. The victim is a 20-year-old African American man from southeastern Pennsylvania. He is […]
Hosanna School Museum Celebrates 150th Anniversary
From the Hosanna School Museum: Hosanna School Museum in Darlington, the first of three Freedmen’s Bureau schoolhouses in Harford County, celebrates its 150th anniversary with a banquet Friday, April 7, at 7 p.m. at APG Federal Credit Union Arena at Harford Community College. Dr. Freeman Hrabowski III, president of UMBC and one of Time Magazine’s […]
New Mother’s Mobile Home Torched in Edgewood; Bel Air Homeowners Alerted to Fire by Service Dog
Firefighters were busy battling blazes across Harford County on Sunday, including the arson of an Edgewood mobile home while the owner was in the hospital giving birth, fire in a Bel Air home in which hearing impaired occupants were saved by their service dog, and a two-alarm fire in a Darlington barn that took two […]
Darlington House Fire Blamed on Deterioration of Chimney Brick Mortar
Construction workers working on a house in Darlington may have inadvertently set the home ablaze Thursday afternoon after a fire they started to keep warm escaped the deteriorating mortar of the chimney and into the attic. Just before 1:15 pm on Thursday, emergency responders were dispatched to the 1100 block of Main Street in Darlington […]
