http://www.exploreharford.com/ Recent news from exploreharford.com en-us 2010 The Baltimore Sun Media Group, All Rights Reserved. technical@baltimoresun.com (Technical Help) http://www.exploreharford.com/news/5845/accidental-self-shooting-puts-hdg-man-hospital/ http://www.exploreharford.com/news/5845/accidental-self-shooting-puts-hdg-man-hospital/ A Havre de Grace man was taken to shock trauma last Friday after accidentally shooting himself in the bottom. The 54-year-old man said he was moving a bed sheet off his bed when his gun fired, according to the police report. Another resident at the residence, in the 100 block of Darlington... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:00:00 EST http://www.exploreharford.com/news/5871/markers-i-95-off-mark/ http://www.exploreharford.com/news/5871/markers-i-95-off-mark/ The Maryland Transportation Authority has been shifting its mile markers along I-95 to be more accurate, but the changes may also be leaving local emergency personnel temporarily befuddled. Scott Hurst, chief of the Susquehanna Hose Company in Havre de Grace, said his firefighters use the mile markers to know where their... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:00:00 EST http://www.exploreharford.com/news/5853/confession-robbery/ http://www.exploreharford.com/news/5853/confession-robbery/ An Aberdeen man was charged with robbing a Bel Air bank a year to the day after the robbery after confessing to detectives in Oregon. On July 28, Tommy Wayne Pardew turned himself in to the Portland Police Bureau and confessed to a detective he had robbed a bank, according to... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:00:00 EST http://www.exploreharford.com/news/5872/casino-cop-no-stranger/ http://www.exploreharford.com/news/5872/casino-cop-no-stranger/ Hollywood Casino Perryville has been under 24-hour security surveillance since August when all 1,500 slot machines were installed -- just ask John Reininger, Abingdon resident and security manager at the casino. Reininger is no stranger to Cecil County as he served as the resident trooper in Perryville with Maryland State Police. Reininger,... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:00:00 EST http://www.exploreharford.com/news/5860/earl-near-miss-harford-braces-precaution/ http://www.exploreharford.com/news/5860/earl-near-miss-harford-braces-precaution/ While Harford County wasn't expected as of Thursday to feel any serious effects of Hurricane Earl, county and state public safety crews say they are prepared for the worst. What the category four storm is predicted to deliver locally this holiday weekend, however, is little more than higher than usual tides... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:00:00 EST http://www.exploreharford.com/politics/5850/district-35-choices/ http://www.exploreharford.com/politics/5850/district-35-choices/ Among those who believe that the government that governs least governs best, there are those who believe the best approach after being elected is to do nothing and vote for almost as much. In our political culture, it's a theory of governance most widely practiced by people who call themselves conservatives. Not... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:00:00 EST http://www.exploreharford.com/politics/5849/no-excuses/ http://www.exploreharford.com/politics/5849/no-excuses/ Vote early and often, so went the old one-liner from the days of nefarious machine politics. As of this year in Maryland, though, voting early has taken on a new meaning: Registered voters can cast their ballots starting today (Friday) through Sept. 9 at the Bel Air Library at 100 Pennsylvania... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:30:00 EST http://www.exploreharford.com/news/5874/early-voting-kicks-off-harford-friday-polls-opened-10-am-bel-air/ http://www.exploreharford.com/news/5874/early-voting-kicks-off-harford-friday-polls-opened-10-am-bel-air/ The early voting option proved to be very popular in Harford County on the first day voters around the state could use it.As of about 4 p.m. Friday afternoon, county elections officials said more than 400 people had voted at the county's sole early voting location, the Bel Air Library,... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.exploreharford.com/news/5870/first-members-named-hdg-high-hall-fame/ http://www.exploreharford.com/news/5870/first-members-named-hdg-high-hall-fame/ The late U.S. Sen. Millard E. Tydings leads the first class of six people selected for induction into the newly-formed Havre de Grace High School Hall of Fame. Joining Sen. Tydings, an influential national political figure for almost four decades in the first half of the 20th century, are current... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.exploreharford.com/news/5869/first-day-school-exciting-everybody/ http://www.exploreharford.com/news/5869/first-day-school-exciting-everybody/ In the education world, students, teachers and administrators get to celebrate the first day of the year twice, according to Harford County Public Schools Superintendent Robert Tomback. First, there is New Year's Day on Jan. 1 and then there's the first day of school, which fell on Aug. 30 this year. "There's... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST