Cecil County News

Here are a few of the top Local Voices posts this week on Harford and Cecil county Patch sites.

Maryland's MARC commuter trains, which have always operated Monday through Friday, will begin offering weekend service between Baltimore and Washington on the Penn Line in coming months.

It's basically says that Cecil County doesn't think much of the act because the council voted unanimously that they feel it violates the second amendment to the constitution.

The fish was later released. Air temperature: 58 degrees Wind: E at 11 mph Barometric pressure: Stable at 29.91 inches Last month, we told you the best photo uploaded to our Catchbook fishing app would win an Ocean Kayak Trident 11 .

Here are a few of the top Local Voices posts from Harford and Cecil county Patch sites.

Cecil County lawmakers fired back at gun control in Maryland, unanimously passing a resolution opposed to the state Firearms Safety Act of 2013.

It costs $460 more on average to get a CT scan at hospitals like Harford Memorial Hospital than in nearby Balitmore County.

A citizens' budget advisory panel, which spent just a few weeks listening to presentations on the county's needs and the County Executive's proposed budget, on Tuesday suggested a budget slashing agenda with major cuts in county schools, public safety and infrastructure programs.

The Maryland Transportation Authority announced that foundation work on the Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge this weekend may result in construction noise and truck traffic.

It was almost a trip down bad memories lane in Elkton Tuesday when members of the Cecil County Council got into some heated exchanges on whether to offer a prayer to open future meetings, what to put on the county website, and the credibility of one Councilor's personal blog.

You can find live updates from the meeting below: 8:22 p.m.: The meeting is adjourned.

Who needs a fading casino when a little-known small power plant near the Pennsylvania state line has been a goldmine of revenues to Cecil County- providing a total of $54.2 million over 20 years? And what could be better than a new expansion of that same plant that will bring in a proposed additional $40.7 million? Some members of the government ... (more)

The facility, dubbed "2+2" is meant to enable students to enroll in psychology, sociology, criminal justice and education courses, among others, without a tedious commute to the central campus.

Here are a few of the top Local Voices posts from our Harford and Cecil county sites.

Gun rights advocates plan to use Havre de Grace's War of 1812 bicentennial festival this weekend as an opportunity to protest recent changes to Maryland's gun laws that restrict ownership of some firearms.

A veteran Maryland State Police trooper, Joseph D. Uhler, has filed candidacy papers to run against incumbent state Del.

Here are a few of the best Local Voices posts this week on Harford and Cecil county Patch sites.

CENTERSTAGE has announced the honorees for this years' Young Playwrights Festival, an annual competition that welcomes student playwrights around the state to submit their original works.

The president of Towson University came before local leaders in Harford County Thursday afternoon to share the big news: groundbreaking for Towson's satellite campus at Harford Community College will take place May 30.

A state lawmaker is calling for the head of the state's prison system to step down over the scandal at the Baltimore City Detention Center, which left 13 guards indicted -- four of them pregnant with the children of one inmate.