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September 26, 2018

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Sheriff's office top official says Maryland Rite Aid shooter had schizophrenia, criticizes state gun laws

Tuesday, Sep 25

Maj. William Davis of the Harford County Sheriff's Office briefs Aberdeen leaders on last week's workplace shooting at the Rite Aid distribution center, revealing that the shooter had been diagnosed with acute schizophrenia, and critiquing weaknesses in state law that allowed her to buy a gun.

Maryland Rite Aid shooting survivor, still in hospital, recounts day of attack

On Monday night, Purna Acharya lay on a hospital bed inside Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. He still had serious pain in his stomach, where he had been shot Thursday while on the job at a Rite Aid warehouse in Aberdeen.

Bringing a dark chapter to light: Maryland confronts its lynching legacy

While the gruesome practice of lynching is most closely associated with the Southern states of the former Confederacy, hundreds were committed elsewhere in the country — including at least 44 in Maryland.

Hannah Bluemel, musician who co-owned ornamental grass firm, dies

Hannah Petersen Bluemel, a musician who owned and operated a Harford County plant nursery and garden design business, died of blood cancer Aug. 26 at her Baldwin home. She was 78.

Jarrettsville's Elaine Williams named a Harford Living Treasure

The impact Elaine Putnam Williams has had in her Jarrettsville community was evident recently when she was honored as a Harford Living Treasure. “Half of Jarrettsville is here, so obviously you meant a lot to many people and we thank you for that,” Councilman Chad Shrodes told Williams last week

Six Aberdeen businesses honored for years of service

Several Aberdeen businesses recently received certificates recognizing their years of service in the city.

Golf teams battle tough conditions before play is halted at District VII tourney

Tuesday’s District VII Golf Tournament, which also serves as the Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference championship, ran into a water problem at Mountain Branch Golf Course in Joppa.

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