Harford County

Inmate's handcuffs have to be cut off at Bel Air courthouse

2013-05-22 12:40:00

A prison inmate was briefly stuck in his handcuffs while making an appearance at the Harford County Circuit Courthouse in Bel Air Wednesday morning. Officials at the courthouse called for bolt cutters at about 10 a.m. when they were unable to get the...

15 arrested in connection with Harford marijuana smuggling ring tied to California

2013-05-22 13:28:00

Fifteen people, including four men who graduated together from C. Milton Wright High School in Bel Air in 2005, have been arrested following a two-year undercover investigation by the Harford County Task Force into a marijuana smuggling ring based in...

Residents, workers share views on Fallston gas pipeline

2013-05-22 06:37:00

About 20 people made passionate pleas Tuesday for and against a proposed parallel Columbia Gas Transmission pipeline which would go through a number of agricultural and residential properties and nature areas in Baltimore and Harford counties. The...

Nearly 1,000 turn out for Bel Air 'House of Cards' casting call

2013-05-21 11:33:00

An estimated 1,000 people came through the Bel Air Reckord Armory Saturday in the hope of landing a part on the second season of the Netflix television series "House of Cards." "It was a great cross section of people, I think, that will allow us to...

Bel Air Police investigate abduction, attempted sexual assault last week

2013-05-21 11:42:31

Bel Air Police say they are investigating an abduction and attempted sexual assault that began on the town's southwest side late the evening of May 14. At approximately 11 p.m., the victim, a woman in her mid-20s, reported stopping in the area of...

Nominations sought for Harford Soil Conservation board

2013-05-21 11:50:38

The Maryland State Soil Conservation Committee is accepting nominations for appointment to the Harford Soil Conservation District Board of Supervisors. The appointment will be to fill the unexpired term of Michael S. Birch on Oct. 17, 2016. Nominations...

Concerned about possible future trash transfer station [Letter]

2013-05-21 12:10:00

I just read the editorial in The Aegis entitled "Grateful in Joppa."� We were until the county executive had a bill introduced May 7 that put a damper on our elation.�Bill 13-22 has a paragraph in it that is very upsetting.� It's the very last paragraph...

The best defense against guns is guns [Letter]

2013-05-21 12:15:00

On May 10, 2013, Aegis Managing Editor Allan Vought disagreed with my belief that expanding concealed carry permits is a viable defense to gun violence worth public debate. Although I respect Mr. Vought's opinion, "more guns won't do anything - but kill...

Sheriff's office doing a good job under Bane [Letter]

2013-05-21 11:56:00

I went to the Harford County� Sheriff's Office town hall meeting last Saturday at North Harford High School. I was disappointed at the low attendance. There were less than�20 people from the North Harford area that bothered to come to the meeting....

Bel Air commissioners pass new budget, honor poster contest winners

2013-05-21 12:37:14

The Bel Air Board of Town Commissioners voted Monday to adopt a $15,075,295 budget for the 2014 fiscal year and also agreed to borrow more than $750,000 for parking garage improvements and studies of the town's sewer system. Monday night's town meeting...

Oklahoma tornado hits home for Harford

2013-05-21 15:08:00

The massive tornado that devastated suburban Oklahoma City on Monday was followed closely by many in Harford County, as it was around the nation. Krista Demcher, a Bel Air resident, who lived in Lawton, Okla., for five years while her husband was in the...

Hearing on controversial parallel gas line through Fallston scheduled for Tuesday

2013-05-21 03:10:00

Fallston-area residents can make their voices heard on a proposed natural gas pipeline extension – slated to go through part of their community – during a public hearing Tuesday night. The hearing will be held in the cafeteria of Fallston...

Deputed Testamony and Donnie Miller Jr. are led to the winner's circle after capturing the Preakness on May 21, 1983. The colt, owned by Harford County's Bonita Farm and Francis Sears, is the last Maryland-bred winner of the state's most important horse race.

2013-05-17 09:47:00

This is the odd duck of the bunch, a Harford County bottleneck that pings the radar only during the holiday travel days in November and December. But what a snarl, lasting on some days from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and extending an average maximum length of 14 miles.

2013-05-04 00:00:00

Tom Mottley, left, of RKS Realty, 2013 Harford County March for Babies walk chair; Michael J.

2013-04-23 17:10:00