Port Deposit

5K Run and Walk, Juke Box Saturday night coming up in Perryville

2012-05-22 20:07:56

My niece, Natalie Barton, is an extra in the movie "The Avengers." She is the daughter of Linda Southall-Barton and grand-daughter of Herb and Mary Lou Southall. Natalie and her mother traveled to Ohio to go on the "extras" red carpet on opening night....

Port Deposit: Water Witch Fireman's Carnival opens Monday

2012-05-15 17:00:00

The Water Witch Firemen's Carnival will start Monday, May 21 and run through Saturday, May 26. The carnival opens at 6 p.m. each evening and there will be a matinee on Saturday at 2 p.m. Come and enjoy the rides, games, raffles, music and food. The...

50 years ago: School board buys Shucks Corner property for Harford Junior College

2012-05-14 00:00:00

As taken from the pages of The Aegis dated Thursday, May 17, 1962: The board of education announced that it was purchasing Prospect Hill Farm at Shuck's Corner as a new site for Harford Junior College. The purchase price for the 204-acre farm was $204,...

50 years ago: Harford's new congressman to serve at-large

2012-05-07 11:19:00

As taken from the pages of The Aegis dated Thursday, May 10, 1962: For the first time, in 1962, Harford County voters were able to vote for two congressman. Because of Maryland's population growth at the 1960 census, the state gained another congressman....

Harford County Police Blotter

2012-05-08 16:57:00

Harford County sheriff's deputies and Maryland State Police report: Aberdeen Christian Soto-Perez, 25, of the 200 block of Plaza Court, was arrested on a bench warrant Friday in a case in which he was charged with second-degree assault. Melissa A....

First Port Palooza a 'grand' success

2012-05-09 18:48:29

The first Port Palooza of the season was a grand success Saturday. There were lots of folks in town listening to music, browsing the vendors, eating along the river, strolling Main Street and enjoying the beautifully sunny day. The next Palooza on June...

City to cut budget 28 percent

2012-05-10 06:46:38

Aberdeen unveiled a proposed $12.4 million operating budget for fiscal year 2013 at Monday night's city council meeting that not only holds the line on taxes, but also cuts spending by a surprising 28 percent. The budget was one of several important...

Main St. pops on first Saturdays

2012-05-04 00:00:00

Linda Read was kind enough to send me information about this season's Port Paloozas. The event is a monthly street festival, held on the first Saturday of each month from May through October. Crafters and vendors set up shop in the town square and live...

Join River Sweep and cleanup along the Lower Susquehanna Heritage Trail

2012-04-11 18:46:00

Lower Susquehanna Heritage Greenway 12th annual River Sweep, a volunteer shoreline and roadside clean-up in honor of Earth Day, will take place in Havre de Grace, Perryville, Port Deposit and on Garrett Island on Saturday April 21. Registration begins at...

Water Witch fire company honors its volunteers

2012-04-11 18:57:00

The members of the Water Witch Fire Company, along with their EMS unit, the fire police and the ladies auxiliary, gathered at the VFW Post 8185 in Port Deposit Saturday evening for their annual awards banquet and dance. This year's event was extra...

Cleaning up

2012-04-12 05:34:23

Disturbingly, come the morning of April 21, a swarm of volunteers will have no trouble filling bag after bag with garbage collected from the banks of the Susquehanna River from the Conowingo Dam downriver to the mouth at Havre de Grace and Perryville....

When it comes to casino revenue, don't look a gift horse in the mouth

2012-04-12 05:40:00

Good news for Perryville's non-profit organizations – they are eligible to receive part of more than $100,000 in revenue left over from the town's proceeds from Hollywood Casino Perryville. And there will be more to come in subsequent years. This...

Dressed in some flashy print socks, friends Amanda Fender, left, and Danielle Nelles of Port Deposit wait for Bel Air's Turkey Trot to begin Thursday morning.

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Country legend George Jones performs at Marina Park in Port Deposit Saturday afternoon.

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Country legend George Jones performs to nearly one thousand fans at Marina Park in Port Deposit Saturday afternoon.

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