Monkton News

The Harford County Council approved a number of school-related and other amendments to the fiscal 2014 county budget Tuesday night, including funding Sunday hours at the Jarrettsville library branch and new computers at a Bel Air school.

Steve Frazer from Reisterstown was looking for the recipe for the chocolate chip cake that used to be sold at Miller's Delicatessen in Northwest Baltimore in the 1970s.

Adkins Arboretum , 12610 Eveland Road, Ridgely, 634-2847, adkinsarboretum.org . This 400-acre sanctuary on the Eastern Shore is focused on preserving a huge collection of plants native to Maryland.

A proposal for a gravel quarry in Monkton now awaits resolution in the Environmental Division of Vermont Superior Court, more than a year after the application was presented to the town.

Mark Beecher gave a thumbs-up sign and flashed a wide grin as he entered the paddock following the 117th running of the Maryland Hunt Cup on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in Worthington Valley.

Because John Mays isn't one to blow his own horn, the Hereford Community Association did it for him by naming Mays, 77, Person of the Year at a community meeting April 9. "Oh, my gosh.