U.S. Marine Corps

Remines named Marine Corps League's Marine of the Year

2013-05-13 10:48:49

The Marine Corps League, Harford County Detachment 1198 held its annual installation of officers and Marine of the Year presentation April 23 at the Jarrettsville VFW post. The Marine of the Year award was presented to Evelyn Remines. This is the most...

Carroll Sheriff Tregoning will not seek reelection in 2014

2013-05-16 18:50:00

Longtime Carroll County Sheriff Ken Tregoning announced Thursday that he will not seek reelection in 2014 after completing his 16th year in office. Tregoning said a combination of factors led him to decide against running for reelection in 2014,...

Bel Air area residents blast county council on 'Walmart bill'

2013-05-09 12:53:13

Residents of Bel Air South and their supporters lambasted members the Harford County Council earlier this week for not voting on a bill which the residents expected would stop Walmart from building a store in their community. Bill 13-16, dubbed the...

Harford student to attend summer U.S. Naval Academy program

2013-04-10 00:00:00

Natalie Muneses, a student at The Science and Math Academy at Aberdeen High School in Aberdeen, will be among the 2,550 students from across the country invited to participate in the 2013 U.S. Naval Academy Summer Seminar program. The Naval Academy...

Jacklyn Hendrix to wed James Baumgardner

2013-04-10 00:00:00

Donna Jean Dean, of Joppa, has announced the engagement of her daughter, Jacklyn Rose Hendrix, to James F. Baumgardner of Lancaster, Pa., son of Larry and Doris Baumgardner and father of Sophie Baumgardner. The bride-to-be is a graduate of Harford...

Wedded: Abby von Kelsch and Chad Omweg

2013-03-22 13:02:00

Wedding date: Feb. 16, 2013 Her story: Abby von Kelsch, 37, grew up in Stafford, Va. She works for Booz Allen Hamilton as a disaster consultant. Her mother, Linda, is a retired librarian and her father, Hank, is a retired U.S. Marine Corps officer who...

McMullen is Hall of Famer

2013-03-20 09:25:59

Perryville's Merritt "Mickey" McMullen began his softball career in 1954, playing fast pitch before enlisting in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1957. He returned in 1960 and played both fast pitch and baseball in the Baltimore Major League until 1985. In 1962,...

Fire Department a Blessing [Aberdeen]

2013-03-15 00:00:00

Without question, one of the most important services the Aberdeen community has ever been blessed with is the Aberdeen Fire Department which, according to remaining records, is determined to have been established in 1889. That was three years before the...

Northrop Grumman pins Navy contract strategy on Linthicum facility

2013-01-27 00:00:00

The specter of federal budget reductions has meant hundreds of jobs lost at Northrop Grumman Corp. in Maryland, but as the defense contractor vies to build a key Navy radar system, that same cost-cutting pressure could boost the importance of Northrop's...

BNI Laurel chapter joins local Toys for Tots drive

2012-12-11 12:25:00

The BNI Laurel Thursday Breakfast Chapter joined the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve this year to help the Toys for Tots Foundation collect toys for children who are less fortunate. Members of the Laurel BNI Chapter have collected more than 21 toys and will...

Two Aberdeen teens charged with robbery, assault

2012-12-03 22:00:00

Two Aberdeen teens are being charged as adults for allegedly robbing and assaulting another juvenile. Austin Douglas Dobbins, 17, of the 200 block of Bush Chapel Road, and 16-year-old Bryce Aiersean Dyson, of the 200 block of Center Dean Avenue, have...

Toys for Tots Campaigns begin

2012-11-28 04:00:00

�Toy drives will be held this holiday season at Baltimore-area Giant Food stores and at Toys R Us in Glen Burnie. The Marine Toys for Tots Foundation has joined forces with Giant Food of Landover for the second year. Toys will be collected at all 170...

Sgt. Nick Postler, with the U.S. Marine Corps, teaches his sister-in-law Jacqueline Lozier how to properly salute while waiting for the start of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy's 132nd commencement in New London Wednesday. Lozier's brother, Stephen Lozier, was graduating from the Academy.

2013-05-22 00:00:00

Georgian soldiers take part in the joint Georgian-U.S. military training exercise "Agile Spirit 2013" at the Vaziani military base outside Tbilisi March 29, 2013. A group of 350 U.S.

2013-03-29 00:00:00

U.S. Marine Corps handout photo of Brig. Gen. James W. Lukeman at Camp Lejeune

2013-03-20 10:43:43