The Homecoming Project Wins IKEA Life Improvement Challenge

Bel Air-based nonprofit receives makeover of four rooms   

Bel Air, MD -- The Homecoming Project, a Bel Air-based transitional residential program for homeless women in substance abuse recovery, is one of 42 non-profits from across the United States to win the IKEA Life Improvement Challenge. Read more...

Habitat for Humanity Susquehanna Celebrates First Mortgage Burning

Ten years ago, Marion, a single mother of two, was struggling to make ends meet. She was making less than $20,000 a year and, as much as she desired to own her own home, she did not see a way to make it work. Wanting to provide a better life for her children, she turned to Habitat and was approved to buy an affordable home in Edgewood. Read more...

May Is Lyme Disease Awareness Month: Health Department Urges Precaution & Prevention

Bel Air, MD – Spring has returned to Harford County and with that comes a reminder about the risk of Lyme disease, the most common vector borne disease in the United States. With this in mind, the Harford County Health Department wants Harford County residents to be “tick aware”, even in areas they may not consider themselves to be at risk. This means being more attentive from springtime through fall, when gardening, doing yard work or while recreating near wooded and grassy areas. Read more...

Mother's Day Festival of Flowers at Bel Air United Methodist Church

The Mother’s Day Festival of Flowers will be held on Saturday, May 9 at Bel Air United Methodist Church, 21 Linwood Avenue, 9AM-2:30PM. The festival will offer a wide variety of colorful hanging baskets, tropical flowers, assorted annuals, and perennials. Popular favorites like geraniums, impatiens, and petunias will be available. Read more...

Aberdeen Community Garden and Outdoor Learning Lab

Boys & Girls Clubs Harford County, Aberdeen Club competing for $20,000 grant from organic food and seed company Seeds of Change to build an Aberdeen Community Garden

The location of the Aberdeen Boys & Girls Club site is considered a food desert, with access to just a corner store and a few fast food restaurants options that offer high-calorie nutrient poor choices and lack affordable healthy options. The Seeds of Change Grant will help us provide the community with an opportunity to access healthy and affordable foods, which is an important way for our community, to achieve positive health outcomes. Read more...

Earth Day Celebration at Christ Our King Presbyterian Church

Everyone welcome to join us on Saturday, April 25 from 9 am to 1 pm as we celebrate Earth Day and explore how we can help the Chesapeake Bay in our own back yard.

Mini workshops will include speaker Doug Myers, Maryland Senior Scientist at Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Bay-wise Certification in your own back yard, rain garden construction and children's activities. Read more...

January Is National Radon Awareness Month: Health Department Recommends Testing Your Home

Harford County, MD – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has designated January as National Radon Action Month to increase the public's awareness of radon, promote radon testing and mitigation, and advance the use of radon-resistant, new construction practices. Read more...

The Harford County Real Estate Market Shows Improvement

The local real estate market continues to show signs of improvement.  Statists from MRIS® multiple listing services, the Maryland Association of REALTORS® and the National Association of REALTORS® show Harford County outperforming our neighboring counties. 

 

October homes sold in Harford County increased 15% from 218 homes to 251 homes compared to the same month last year.  Baltimore County was up 14% and Cecil County sales remained the same.  Maryland showed a 9% increase. Read more...

DPW Receives Recycling Grant & Expands Recyclables

(Bel Air, MD) - - The Harford County Department of Public Works, Division of Environmental Services is pleased to announce it is the recipient of a $33,200 grant awarded by the Maryland Department of the Environment for electronic waste recycling.  The grant supports the high cost of recycling Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) televisions and computer monitors.  These items are difficult and costly to recycle due to the lead applied to the glass picture tubes. Read more...

DPW Partners with School to Build a Rain Garden

(Bel Air, MD) - - The Harford County Department of Public Works teamed up with Norrisville Elementary school to build a rain garden.  The Harford County Watershed Management started construction on the Norrisville Elementary Rain Garden on September 29 and hope to complete the project in five weeks. Read more...

September is National Preparedness Month

(Forest Hill, MD) - - The Harford County Department of Emergency Services is joining thousands of other departments and government entities throughout the country in recognizing September as the “National Preparedness Month”.  This year marks the 10th anniversary of September’s designation as “National Preparedness Month”, a month-long effort sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) encouraging households, business, and communities to prepare and plan for emergencies. Read more...

Elizabeth Markley of Forest Hill Wins First Annual “Carl’s Messiest Garage Contest”

The winner of Carl’s Messiest Garage Contest received a prize package that included four hours of professional organizing, junk hauling and a new Clopay garage door from Carl’s Door Service. 

 

[Baldwin, Maryland] – Elizabeth Markley of Forest Hill, the winner of Carl’s Door Service’s first annual “Carl’s Messiest Garage Contest,” received a brand new Clopay garage door installed by Carl’s Door Service. Read more...

Harford County Master Gardeners 2014 Training Program

Harford County Extension Office, 2335 Rock Spring Road, Forest Hill. Registration is open through September 3. Open Registration for the Harford County Master Gardeners 2014 Training Program at the Harford County Extension Office, 2335 Rock Spring Road, Forest Hill, MD. Read more...

Habitat for Humanity Susquehanna and Lennar Built Two Homes in Four Days

As part of National Home Builders Blitz 2014 

 

[Bel Air, Maryland] – From June 2-6, Habitat for Humanity Susquehanna partnered with Lennar, one of the nation’s leading homebuilders, to construct two new homes in Aberdeen in just four days for two first-time homeowners. The partnership was part of the nationwide Home Builders Blitz 2014, in which Habitat for Humanity partners with builders across the country to construct 300 new homes in just one work week. Read more...

Habitat for Humanity Susquehanna and Lennar to Construct Two New Homes in National Blitz

Builders and volunteers will work from dawn until dusk on June 2-6, 2014 to build homes in Aberdeen for two first-time homeowners. 

 

[Bel Air, Maryland] – Habitat for Humanity Susquehanna will partner with Lennar, one of the nation’s leading homebuilders for all generations, to construct two new homes for two first-time homeowners in just five days. The partnership is part of the nationwide Home Builders Blitz 2014, in which Habitat for Humanity partners with home builder associations across the country to construct 300 new homes in just one work week. Read more...

DILP Adopts the 2014 National Electric Code

(Bel Air, MD) - - The Harford County Department of Inspections, Licenses and Permits (DILP) has adopted the 2014 National Electric Code with local amendments.  The changes were detailed in Harford County Council Bill 14-5 as Amended.   

 

It was approved by the County Council in April.  The law takes effect June 10, 2014. It will be the code used for all electrical installations in Harford County made on or after this date. Read more...

Carl’s Door Service, Inc. Owner Michael Whitacre and Other Employees Earn Certifications

[Baldwin, Maryland] – Michael Whitacre, owner of Carl’s Door Service, Inc., recently earned his Master Technician Certification, the highest level of professional certification available in the door and access systems industry, from the Institute of Door Dealer Education and Accreditation (IDEA). Carl’s Door Service, Inc. is a family-owned, Harford County-based professional dealer of overhead garage doors, electric operators and entry doors that has served the region since 1965. In addition to Whitacre’s certification, seven other Carl’s Door Service, Inc. employees also earned the designation of Certified Residential Door Systems Technician from IDEA. Read more...

Thousands of Pounds of Clutter Recycled and Reused at Annual Clear Your Clutter Day

[Bel Air, Maryland] – Hundreds of Harford County-area residents unloaded pounds of clutter recently at the fourth annual Clear Your Clutter Day hosted by Sappari Solutions Professional Organizing and Harford Community College (HCC). Nearly 500 vehicles full of unwanted items were unloaded by volunteers from the many participating organizations responsible for repurposing or recycling the discarded items. Read more...

Join the Harford County Chapter of the Holistic Moms Network

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Living Green. Whole Foods. Organic. Non Toxic Living. Holistic Healing. Nutrition. Creating Balance. Holistic Education. Stress Reduction. Fighting Consumerism. Positive Discipline. Attachment Parenting. Breastfeeding. Cloth Diapering. Read more...

May Is Lyme Disease Awareness Month: Health Department Focuses on Prevention

Bel Air, MD – Spring has finally returned to Harford County and residents already are engaging in their favorite outdoor activities like camping, hiking, fishing, golfing, and working in the yard. Unknown to many, however, is that simply by enjoying these activities or working out of doors, they will put themselves at risk for Lyme disease, the most common vector borne disease in the United States. Read more...