Abingdon News

It's tough to find a lot of holiday spirit in Sacriston, England, these days. Residents were not happy when the village installed its first attempt at a Christmas tree, which was likened to a four-foot bush, reports the Daily Telegraph .

Wedding videos on YouTube are not that uncommon, but one set of vows have people talking.

Many people have updated their Facebook and Twitter status messages in unusual places.

Dana Hanna of Abingdon, Maryland updated his Facebook relationship status at the altar, immediately after the presiding pastor declared the marriage.

Nicole Spagna, shown at center with her children Dominic Osorio and Kristina Spagna at Christmas 2008, thought up the Dominator to keep up Dominic's morale in his battle with brain cancer.

Harford officials announced Monday that the county will provide the city of Aberdeen with the additional water needed to meet its development.

Wegmans opened its first Maryland store in Hunt Valley in 2005. Ward Properties of Edgewood will break ground Thursday on a 700,000-square-foot business park in Abingdon to be anchored by a new Wegmans grocery store.

Four people were killed on Interstate-95 yesterday after the car in which they were driving collided and slid under a tractor-trailer, ejecting one person.

The Giant Food at the Tollgate Mall Shopping Center in Harford County will close its doors Oct.

ABINGDON, MD, September 11, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Greenery Florists, a flower shop in Abingdon, MD, is pleased to introduce its newly redesigned Web site.

ABINGDON, MD, September 7, 2009 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Breal L. Madison Sr., Administrative Officer for Army Operations Activity, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for demonstrating dedication, leadership and excellence in military staffing.

BEL AIR , Md.- Authorities are investigating a one-alarm fire that destroyed a children's day care center in Bel Air late Thursday morning.

State police charged a 40-year-old Bel Air man, who is a registered sex offender, with kidnapping and assault in the abduction of an Abingdon woman late Sunday.

An accident that happened in Harford County on Clayton Road has led the Harford County Sheriff's Office and State Fire Marshal's Office to solve at least three motor vehicle thefts, two arsons and a burglary that occurred through the summer months.

Rhonda Whitbeck and John Connelly IV were married in a small ceremony July 11 at sunset on the beach in Ocean City, Md., with Chaplain Phil Turk officiating.

Rhonda Whitbeck and John Connelly IV were married in a small ceremony July 11 at sunset on the beach in Ocean City, Md., with Chaplain Phil Turk officiating.

Greg Pappas has penned a remarkable supernatural fiction, sure to leave readers abuzz with an intoxicating mix of romance, terror, and spell-binding adventure that will leave them thoroughly satisfied in SoulBound, an Xlibris release.

ABINGDON, MD, July 11, 2009 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Brian R. 'KP' Kilpatrick, Vice President and Manager of Camber Corporation's Chem-Bio Division, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in all aspects of contract and project management.

Columbia-based home builder Altieri Homes has been charged by Maryland's attorney general with taking deposits and payments from at least 20 homebuyers in Howard and Harford counties but failing to either start or finish building the homes, The Baltimore Sun learned late Thursday.

As cold cases go, this one's a doozy. The world's first Methodist college, one of Maryland's earliest institutions of higher education, burned in 1795.