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Feral Cat Prowling Outside Best Western Hotel In North East Tests Positive For Rabies
On Saturday, Aug. 10, Animal Services picked up a cat near the Best Western hotel on Elwoods Road in North East that later tested positive for the virus after acting aggressively in the area. The cat was described as being a small to medium-sized brown and white female tabby. Officials...
Cecil County Health Department reports rabid cat found in North East
NORTH EAST — Anyone who may have had contact with a feral female Tabby cat seen acting aggressively in the area of Elwoods Road should visit their doctor and report the contact to the Cecil County Health Department. Health department officials reported Wednesday that the small-to-medium sized brown and white cat was captured in the area of the Best Western hotel and tested positive for the fatal neurological disease that is spread through saliva or a bite or scratch from an infected animal; typically a...
$50,000 Winning Bonus Match 5 Ticket Sold in Aberdeen
There was a big Bonus Match 5 winner last night as a $50,000 top-prize ticket was sold in Aberdeen. Klein’s Shop Rite, located at 949 Beards Hill Road sold the latest top-prize winning ticket. The winning numbers for the Thursday, Aug. 15 drawing were 6, 7, 11, 12 and 19; the Bonus Ball was 16. Lottery officials urge the winner to sign the back of the ticket and put it in a safe place. The player has 182 days to claim the prize.
Jackpot-Winning $50K 'Bonus Match 5' Ticket Sold At Aberdeen Grocery Store
One top-prize winning Bonus Match 5 ticket worth was sold at Klein's Shop Rite on Beards Hill Road in Abedeen for the drawing on Thursday, Aug. 15, though it has not been cashed in a day later. The winning numbers for the Thursday drawing were 06-07-11-12-19 with a Bonus Ball...
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 ...
Author (and Stephen King collaborator) Richard Chizmar writes horror novels that celebrate life
When Richard Chizmar was 10 years old, he wrote a story about a snowman who couldn’t melt. The thermometer climbed, and the sun blazed, but the snowman remained standing, watching his once hard-packed buddies dissolve into slush. “He was so lonely,” Chizmar recalled and grinned. “I always saw the world differently than the other people around me. Even then, I was exploring the dark side.” Now, ...
Fundraiser will benefit animal rescues
Britain Hill Venue & Vineyard, 790 Little Britain Road North, Quarryville, will host its annual Whiskers, Wags and Wine event from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 7. The fundraising event will include various vendors, food trucks, prize drawings and live entertainment, and it will be attended by multiple nonprofit organizations dedicated to animal advocacy.
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...
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