The following opinion survey was conducted by Rick Impallaria, State Delegate, District 7, Rick.Impallaria@house.state.md.us 410-841-3334. His letter follows:

“Thanks to all of you who answered my survey. Your thoughts are important to me, and help me to clarify issues with my colleagues. So, I am pleased to present to you the results of the 2009 Opinion Survey.
We received a phenomenal 26.5% response rate – the highest ever. I take this as an indication of how dissatisfied people are with the status quo, and how desirous they are of making their opinions heard. Continue Reading »

Alarms are an effective tool in preventing crime; however, unless alarms are used and maintained properly, they can cause time-consuming, potentially dangerous and expensive false alarms. In 2007, the Harford County Council acted to reduce false alarms by providing for the establishment of service fees for excessive false alarms. The law requires the Sheriff’s Office to carefully track false alarms to assure that the law is fairly and uniformly enforced.

False Alarms include signals that are: Continue Reading »

The Harford County Sheriff’s Office is pleased to release that the 26th Annual Christmas Drive was once again a resounding success. Despite the largest increase in numbers seen in several years, the Sheriff’s Drive was able to help 198 families (421 children and 266 adults) in need throughout the county this holiday season. Special thanks go out to the many individuals and partners that contributed to the effort, especially the Festival at Bel Air, Forest Hill Mini Storage, Mason Dixon Community Services, Citizen’s Police Academy Alumni Association, St James UME Church in Darlington, Karen Tracy, Drayer’s Physical Therapy in Bel Air, the Young Marines, HCSO Explorers Post 6600, the Boy Scouts, Merrill Lynch in Bel Air, Tiny Toes, Dollar General in Churchville, Bel Air Elementary School, the many deputies and civilian volunteers of the Harford County Sheriff’s Office, as well as the citizens of Harford County.

The Harford County Sheriff’s Office is currently establishing a list of Harford County high school students interested in attending the 2009 Sheriff’s Youth Academy. Continue Reading »

Cordish Company

Since my last report on the Cordish Company and their lack of improvements to the Edgewood Shopping Center, the following has been accomplished. We met with Mr. Cordish at the Edgewood Shopping Center to discuss the lack of capital improvements to the facility. Mr. Cordish has agreed to put a facelift on the entire shopping center and will start that part of the project by late spring or early summer.  He also has agreed to tear down the two buildings that are separate from the shopping center near the Southern Precinct Police Station.  In addition, he also has agreed to allow us to have our carnival this year on his parking lot in front of the old Giant store. Continue Reading »

Saturday, January 17, 2009: Obama Rolls Through Edgewood

“An estimated 1,300 people gather in Edgewood, Maryland to wave as the Obama Express passes through.” Continue Reading »