Mike Bennett

Court hearing set for Aberdeen mayor's appeal of adverse ethics commission ruling

2013-04-03 13:50:59

The City of Aberdeen's Ethics Commission and city Mayor Mike Bennett are getting ready for a May 17 court hearing over the commission's November 2011 "admonishment" of Bennett's trip to Augusta, Ga., taken at the behest of Ripken Baseball. City lawyer...

Aberdeen in midst of budget season

2013-03-27 13:08:00

Monday's snow had no impact on the season at Aberdeen City Hall. It's the middle of Budget Season as the city and its department heads prepare the government's operating plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1. "The department heads owe the...

Lamenting the death of the room tax bill [Letter]

2013-03-26 13:53:00

A bill that I worked on with my Democratic colleague, Delegate Mary-Dulany James, was recommitted back to committee. HB 1395 promoted tourism and economic growth in Harford County and would have given the Harford County Council the authority to impose a...

Hotel tax for Harford is again before General Assembly

2013-02-28 06:29:00

Will 2013 be the year Harford County finally gets a hotel room tax? Two local delegates, as well as Aberdeen city officials and the county's tourism and arts advocates, say they certainly hope so. A brand-new version of legislation to levy along-...

Harford proposes $125 stormwater fee, lower than expected

2013-02-21 13:54:00

Harford County is proposing a stormwater remediation fee that is much lower than the $400 fee county officials warned about a month ago. The bill introduced by the County Council on Tuesday would create a flat fee of $125 to all residential and...

As Aberdeen prepares FY14 budget, fiscal issues loom beyond city's control

2013-02-13 11:08:00

Aberdeen City Manager Doug Miller, who is in the early stages of putting together the city's budget for the 2014 fiscal year, told the mayor and city council members last week that he expects most of city's revenue sources to be stable. He did, however,...

Torrey Smith gets special birthday wishes during appearance in Aberdeen

2013-01-29 14:03:52

The Olive Tree restaurant in Aberdeen was packed Sunday evening for a private party celebrating the restaurant's 20th anniversary, featuring an appearance by Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Torrey Smith. Fans young and old donned their purple and black to...

Aberdeen council postpones vote on ethics amendment

2013-01-29 03:15:00

Because Aberdeen city manager Doug Miller wants to give the city's elected officials more room to be involved in community activities than what state-mandated ethics regulations allow, the city council postponed a vote on a bill to amend its ethics...

Aberdeen approves loan for unique sewer lining equipment

2013-01-16 10:49:11

Aberdeen will soon be just the second jurisdiction on the East Coast to install special pipe-bursting equipment to line its sanitary sewers, Public Works Director Matt Lapinsky said Monday. The city council approved a resolution at its meeting Monday...

Martin Luther King 'would be proud' of today's military, APG commander says

2013-01-17 15:13:26

The diversity of the military and of Harford County at large is a sign of how far the country has come since Martin Luther King Jr. made his "I have a dream" speech in 1963, Aberdeen Proving Ground's new commanding general said Thursday. Major Gen....

Aberdeen ethics panel looking at possible settlement on Bennett case

2012-12-13 08:42:33

The Aberdeen Ethics Commission is discussing a possible legal settlement with Mayor Mike Bennett over his appeal of the remaining ethics violation the board charged him with in 2011. The violation stems from a 2011 trip Bennett took to Georgia to aid...

Development aimed at defense industry stalls in Harford

2012-11-28 12:36:11

The new Aberdeen Corporate Park promises 269,000 square feet of LEED-certified office space right off Route 22, close to the I-95 interchange. But the project's first building sits empty, and two Harford County council members said no one has even looked...

Aberdeen Mayor Mike Bennett is appealing a ruling against him by the city's Ethics Commission two years ago, made under a law Bennett claims was outmoded. Monday night, the city council finally passed an updated ethics ordinance that conforms to current state requirements.

2013-02-13 00:00:00

Members of the Tyler family are joined on the field at Cal Sr.'s Yard by Cal Ripken Jr. and Aberdeen Mayor Mike Bennett after the street sign naming Ernie Tyler Way was unveiled Monday night.

2012-08-13 00:00:00

Aberdeen Mayor Mike Bennett welcomes the teams to Festival Park in Aberdeen for Saturday's picnic after the World Series parade on West Bel Air Avenue in Aberdeen.

2012-08-12 08:33:00