Joppa crash leaves 1 injured

JOPPA, MD—Crews responded to a crash in the Joppa/Edgewood area on Friday afternoon. At around 2 p.m. on February 9, units from Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company responded to a motor vehicle collision involving a dump truck and a passenger vehicle along Philadelphia Road near Clayton Road. Paramedics transported one patient to a local trauma center. There has been no word […]

Health alert issued for chicken pilaf products sold at Trader Joe’s due to presence of small rocks

WASHINGTON—The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is issuing a public health alert due to concerns of a frozen ready-to-eat chicken pilaf product that may be contaminated with foreign material, specifically rocks. FSIS is issuing this public health alert to ensure that consumers are aware that this product should not be consumed. A recall was not requested because the product […]

Governor Wes Moore delivers 2024 State of the State address [VIDEO, FULL TEXT]

ANNAPOLIS, MD—This week, Governor Wes Moore delivered his second State of the State address in the House Chamber of the Maryland State House. Governor Moore spoke before the Maryland General Assembly about how moving together in partnership will create progress and realize Maryland’s promise. Video from the address can be viewed below along with the full text: Governor Moore’s State […]

Two-alarm house fire reported in Joppa

JOPPA, MD—Crews are on the scene of a two-alarm house fire in Joppa. The fire was reported at just before 2:30 on Monday, February 5, 2024 in the 600-block of Shore Drive on Rumsey Island. Units arrived to find fire showing from three homes. A second alarm has been sounded. Shore Drive has been shut down between Bridge Drive and […]

Harford County purchases 129 acres formerly slated for residential development to become new Joppa park

JOPPA, MD—On January 31, 2024, Harford County Government, in collaboration with Harford Land Trust, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, and Aberdeen Proving Ground, purchased 129-acres of open space in Joppatowne on the eastern side of Trimble Road. Foster Branch Park will be the County’s newest public park and is permanently preserved with a conservation easement through Maryland’s Program Open Space. […]

Gas prices inch up for second straight week

BALTIMORE, MD—For the second straight week, the nation’s average price of gasoline has climbed, rising 4.3 cents from a week ago to $3.12 per gallon this week according to GasBuddy data compiled from more than 12 million individual price reports covering over 150,000 gas stations across the country. The national average is up 4.0 cents from a month ago and […]

BOOM ALERT: Aberdeen Proving Ground announces testing schedule for week of February 5

ABERDEEN, MD—Loud noise alert! Aberdeen Proving Ground officials say the base has firing operations scheduled for the week of February 5, 2024. APG has daytime and nighttime testing scheduled from Monday, February 5, through Thursday, February 8, from 8:30 a.m. to midnight. Noise may be heard in some areas off the installation. Military weapons, watercraft and/or aircraft will be visible […]

Suspect arrested after Facebook Marketplace exchange ends with armed robbery in Edgewood

EDGEWOOD, MD—Detectives with the Harford County Sheriff’s charged a juvenile on Saturday morning in connection with an armed robbery that occurred in Edgewood earlier this week. At around 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday, January 31, deputies responded to an armed robbery in the 2200-block of Hanson Road. There, they made contact with the caller, who was the victim of an armed […]