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Harford high school students urged to bring bottled water to school after PFAS chemicals found in drinking water
PFAS — short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — are human-made chemicals that have been used since the 1940s in a range of products including stain and water-resistant fabrics and carpeting, cleaning products, paints, cookware, food packaging and fire-fighting foams. These chemicals are commonly referred...
Speakeasy secrets: History of Harford’s Prohibition era remembered
A century ago, Harford County was swimming in spirits. Prohibition was law but, in Maryland’s outlier counties, liquor flowed. Moonshiners ran stills in the old barns and deep woods, and bootleggers rattled down back roads to stay off the grid. During Prohibition (1919-1933), towns like Bel Air, Havre de Grace and Darlington housed speakeasies, which served parched patrons on the sly — often ...
Former Matthew's owner to open new pizzeria in Forest Hill
FOREST HILL, Md. — The longtime owner of Eastern Avenue's popular Matthew's Pizzeria will soon open a pizza restaurant in Harford County. Chris Maler said he expects to open "Matthew's L3 Pizzeria" this November, in the Bel Air North Village shopping center at 1517 Rock Spring Road. The new...
WATCH: Body camera footage of migrant accused in murder, rape of Maryland mom Rachel Morin
Newly released body camera footage captured the arrest of the illegal migrant accused of killing Maryland mom Rachel Morin. In footage released by the Tulsa Police Department and obtained by FOX 5, officers encounter Victor Martinez Hernandez at a bar in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His arrest came 10 months into an...
LL Flooring To Close Three DMV Stores Amid Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Proceedings
The flooring company - once known as Lumber Liquidators - plans to shutter the doors of two locations in Maryland, and one in Virginia amid its massive reorganization process. In Maryland, stores in Edgewood (Harford County) and Lutherville (Baltimore County), while in Virginia, the Woodbridge (Prince William County) store is on the chopping block.
Maryland gas explosion victims remembered, investigation into cause underway
BALTIMORE -- National Transportation Safety Board investigators were back at the scene of a deadly house explosion in Bel Air South Tuesday as they work to complete an independent investigation into the cause.The blast on Sunday leveled one home -- killing a BGE contractor and the homeowner -- and caused structural damage to several nearby houses.WJZ Investigator Mike Hellgren spoke one-on-one with Harford County Executive Bob Cassilly at the scene Tuesday who said they are providing shelter for seven families and working with the Red Cross."You look at some of the homes and you think surely, they can go back...
Video shows Maryland house explosion that rattled community
BALTIMORE -- New video shows the devastating natural gas house explosion that rocked a Harford County community Sunday morning. The security video shared by Abingdon resident Obed Rodriguez shows the ground shaking and smoke and debris rising from the home on Arbors Woods Drive in Bel Air South.Two people died in the explosion -- 73-year-old homeowner Ray Corkran Jr. and 35-year-old BGE contractor Jose Rodriguez-Alvarado. Investigators believe the explosion was fueled by a gas leak."One of the loudest sounds I've ever heard," said neighbor Eric Phillips. "I was sleeping and then I wasn't."Community rattledNeighbors watched Monday as investigators worked the site...
BGE contractor killed in Harford County explosion set for Sunday funeral
A Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. contractor will be laid to rest Sunday, a week after he died in a gas explosion that rocked a Bel Air neighborhood. José Rodriguez-Alvarado’s funeral services are set to be held at Mt. Rainier Christian Church/Emanuel Spanish Seventh-day Adventist Church in Mount Rainier in Prince George’s County, with a visitation scheduled to start at noon and run to 5 p.m., when the funeral will begin.
Motorcycle Crash Sends Biker Down 25-Foot Embankment In Bel Air
In the wake of the home explosion that claimed the lives of two in Bel Air, first responders were called on Tuesday morning to investigate a reported motorcycle crash that send a biker down an embankment. According to the Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company, at around 10:50 a.m. on Aug....
Surge of animals takes $100,000 bite out of Harford Humane Society budget
Gone are the tent and trailer that housed the sudden glut of shelter dogs. At the Humane Society of Harford County in Fallston, there’s a respite — and sense of normalcy — following a spike in canine admissions last spring that taxed the staff’s resolve and cost the shelter nearly $100,000 in non-budgeted expenses. As a no-kill shelter, the humane society is required to take in all animals ...
How do natural gas explosions happen? Investigators probe origin of Harford County blast
All it takes is gas and a spark. Fire safety experts say the aftermath of an explosion in Harford County shows the magnitude of what gas leaks can do: A Bel Air residence was leveled, killing both the homeowner and a Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. contractor. The blast also spread debris throughout Arthurs Woods Drive and rendered 16 homes uninhabitable. Crews started clearing debris Monday as ...
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