Harford County News

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The substitute teacher doesn't know Robert Richardson III. Neither does the school bus driver, or the stay-at-home mom.

The biggest crime problems in Harford County are all related to drugs. That's the message Harford County Sheriff Jesse Bane delivered Saturday morning at a town hall meeting for the Abingdon community.

A woman who was found dead Saturday outside the Joppa home of a relative was likely not the victim of foul play.

A Harford County taxicab driver was stabbed and robbed in the Bel Air area early Saturday morning, the Harford County Sheriff's Office said.

Harford County woke up to a light dusting of snow Saturday morning. The flakes continued to fall as the morning moved toward the afternoon.

Members of a union for Harford County educators have accepted an agreement with the school system that will allow members to accept a one-time bonus that had been held up for months over a disagreement with County Executive David R. Craig.

Free and open to the public, Harford County's 2nd annual Early Years Expo resource fair will take place Saturday, April 14, 2012 from 9:00 a.m.to 1:00 p.m. at the Abingdon Elementary School, 399 Singer Road, in Abingdon, MD.

The following are recent arrests made by Maryland State Police with the Bel Air Barrack : Abingdon man charged with drug possession Nicholas Edward Dement, 20, of the 3800 block of Philadelphia Road in Abingdon, was charged Feb.

A In New Orleans, Bourbon Street comes alive for Mardi Gras every year. For the last five years, the same can be said about the side street in Havre de Grace .

A request by Crossroads Community Church to be included in Harford County 's development envelope is drawing support and criticism from residents in the Creswell area, while at least one person is against expanding the county's designated growth area by 700 acres between Aberdeen and Havre de Grace .

While Maryland ranks No. 1 in the country for the fourth year in a row for the percentage of graduating seniors who passed Advanced Placement exams last year, Harford County students' performance fell short of those in the Baltimore Region's other suburban counties.

In the 1200 block of Fountain Green Road, a car rear-ended a school bus Thursday morning, according to Harford County Sheriff's Office Spokeswoman Monica Worrell.

Supporters of a 16-year-old Bel Air boy charged with his father's murder raised several hundred dollars for him at a restaurant fundraiser in Havre de Grace Tuesday night.

With another round of military base realignment potentially looming in 2013 or 2015, Harford County could be in position to benefit like it did in 2005, local officials say.

Harford County Sheriff Jesse Bane will try again to hold a town hall meeting for Bel Air South communities Saturday at the Abingdon library.

A 30-year-old Harford County woman was killed Wednesday after her car collided with two other vehicles along Belair Road in Perry Hall , Baltimore County Police said.

Chase Elementary fifth-grader Kaitlyn Bookhultz said being a good citizen means trying to help people of all ages-from children to the elderly-who may need assistance.

There was an unusual fundraiser Tuesday night in Harford County. A community of moms rallying around a teenager charged with murder.

Some Maryland state lawmakers hope to impose criminal sanctions on people who do not report report suspected child abuse or neglect.