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/opinion/5851/executive-pick/ http://www.exploreharford.com/opinion/5851/executive-pick/ The choice for the next Harford County Executive essentially belongs to the county's 62,470 registered Republican voters. And that choice is between the incumbent County Executive David Craig and Rob Wagner, the former 16-year county councilman, who served as council president from 2002 to 2006. The Democratic Party has failed to field... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:00:00 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/opinion/5842/get-em-reading-young/ http://www.exploreharford.com/opinion/5842/get-em-reading-young/ Congratulations to Bainbridge Elementary School, which, according to Beverly Southall's column, won Cecil County Public Library's Summer Reading Trophy. It was the first time Bainbridge Elementary has won the award, which is given to the school in the county with the highest participation rate. Almost 40 percent of Bainbridge's student body participated... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.exploreharford.com/sports/5836/suddenly-being-spotlight-can-be-confusing/ http://www.exploreharford.com/sports/5836/suddenly-being-spotlight-can-be-confusing/ Sitting in the club level at Ripken Stadium Monday afternoon, I was struck by a disconcerting thought: This guy talking, he's just a kid. The thought came to me as I listened to Manny Machado give a press conference prior to his first game with the IronBirds. In case you've been... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.exploreharford.com/opinion/5835/taking-leap-faith-dance-floor/ http://www.exploreharford.com/opinion/5835/taking-leap-faith-dance-floor/ I'm not particularly afraid of heights, or the dark. Spiders and insects don't bother me much, but there's something about being lifted into the air in the middle of dancing that unnerves me. This past weekend, some friends and I participated in Lindy 500, a three-day event at Towson University that... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.exploreharford.com/opinion/5827/endorsements-2010-harford-county-school-board/ http://www.exploreharford.com/opinion/5827/endorsements-2010-harford-county-school-board/ The Sept. 14 primary election will be the first time Harford County residents are able to vote on people they want to serve on the county board of education. While this first round will be limited to voters in certain geographic areas and the entire election process is insanely complicated, the... Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:30:00 EST http://www.exploreharford.com/opinion/5826/endorsements-2010-dist-7/ http://www.exploreharford.com/opinion/5826/endorsements-2010-dist-7/ There will be nominal changes in the team District 7 sends to the Maryland General Assembly as a result of this fall's elections, but only because the incumbent senator is seeking a different office and one of the incumbent delegates is running for the open State Senate seat. On paper, it... Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.exploreharford.com/opinion/5777/district-34/ http://www.exploreharford.com/opinion/5777/district-34/ In the Harford County portion of legislative District 34 along Route 40 from Joppatowne to Havre de Grace, there are contested Democratic and Republican primary elections for seats in the House of Delegates and a contested Democratic primary for the State Senate seat, which also represents Western Cecil County. The... Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:00:00 EST http://www.exploreharford.com/politics/5774/sheriff/ http://www.exploreharford.com/politics/5774/sheriff/ Republican voters in Harford County will have a tough choice to make when they pick their party's nominee for sheriff in the Sept. 14 primary election. Four men, all with excellent backgrounds in law enforcement, are campaigning for the nomination and have been working hard to get it, most of them... Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:00:00 EST