Cecil County

The Susquehanna Region Private Industry Council will be able to hire 300 more youths in its Summer Youth Employment and Training Program (SYETP).SYETP consists of summer jobs and work experience for economically disadvantaged Harford and Cecil County youth between the ages of 14 and 21, who receive resource services in school or who meet Federal income eligibility requirements.The program will run approximately six weeks, from June 28 to Aug. 6, 1993. Participants will be employed by the SRPIC but will work at non-profit agency and organization sites in the two-county area.

Table games at Maryland Live Casino generated $8.4 million in revenue in their first month at the Anne Arundel County facility, on top of $38.2 million from its slot machines, the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency reported Monday. While overall revenue at Maryland Live was up $1.95 million in April from March, revenue from slots fell about $6.45 million in April from the month before. By far the largest of Maryland's casinos, Maryland Live operates 4,217 slot machines and 122 table games.

When movie tough guy Robert Mitchum died July 2, news stories announcing his death listed his birthplace as Bridgeport, Conn.However, according to a 1948 story in The Sun, Mitchum, the son of a railroader, was born in the Cecil County town of Rising Sun:"Hollywood, Sept 1 (AP) -- Robert Mitchum, screen player, and two actresses left jail under $1,000 bond each today after their arrest earlier in a narcotic raid on a Laurel canyon home."Mitchum along with actress Lila Leeds, 20; dancer Vickie Evans, 25, and Robert Ford, a real estate man, were booked on suspicion of violating state and Federal narcotics laws after police said they broke in on a marijuana smoking party in the girls' home.

Old Dominion Electric Cooperative said Tuesday that it will seek approval from Maryland regulators to build an electric power plant in Cecil County. The Virginia-based Old Dominion supplies power to about 550,000 households and businesses through 11 cooperatives in Maryland, Virginia and Delaware, including the 52,000-member Choptank Electric Cooperative on the Eastern Shore. The nonprofit said its proposed plant would be constructed near Rising Sun, at its Rock Springs facility.

While we're already in a battle to stop in-state tuition for illegal immigrants, the politicians and the Maryland Transportation Authority are trying to increase tolls and abolish the decal system. The decal system lets locals in places like Cecil County pay a small annual fee for unlimited access to enter the county where they live. Many of you have voiced your outrage at the proposed toll increases. I have one thing to say to the elected politicians and the MdTA leadership who want to put their hand in our pockets again: Our money belongs to us and you do not have a right to it. Cecil County is the only county the citizens have to pay to enter.

A Cecil County woman was killed early Wednesday in Arbutus when her car was broadsided by another vehicle as she tried to make a turn, Baltimore County police said. Gail Gwiazdowski, 58, of North East was driving north on Southwestern Boulevard near Interstate 695 in a Subaru Outback station wagon about 6:25 a.m. when she changed lanes in preparation for a U-turn, police said. As she did so, a Dodge van, also traveling northbound, struck the Subaru in the driver's door. Gwiazdowski was killed upon impact, according to Cpl. Michael Hill, a department spokesman.

A Cecil County zoo that got its start as a personal hobby for its owner, survived political controversies and delighted children and other visitors for 24 years has closed its doors. Ed Plumstead, 82, of Rising Sun, the founder and owner of Plumpton Park Zoo, could not be reached for comment, but the county's tourism director, Sandy Turner, said Plumstead had contacted her last week to tell her he would close the zoo because tending its more than 300 animals had become too hard for him. He shut the business down sometime last week, she said.

Two construction projects that are expected to cost more than $3.3 million will allow boaters greater access to the waterways of Harford and Cecil counties this year, creating potential boons for the regional economy, state officials say. Harford County will remove more than 20,000 cubic yards of dredge material from the Bush River and Otter Point Creek, improving navigation to two popular boat ramps and a marina. In Cecil County, the town of Perryville has hired a Maryland contractor to build a 575-foot pier, a structure that will provide 12 slips for visiting boaters.

A 62-year-old Aberdeen man died shortly before 6 a.m. Saturday after the vehicle he was operating crashed near the Hatem Bridge in Cecil County, according to Maryland Transportation Authority police. Officer Dawn Tufts identified the man who died as Raymond Rowe. She said he was driving a 2007 Dodge eastbound and it struck the jersey wall, then hit the curb in front of the toll plaza and came to rest in a grassy area by the toll plaza. No one else was in the vehicle. The crash and its cause remain under investigation, Tufts said.

Maryland State Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a Cecil County man. David Everson, 41, of the 100 block of Elk Forrest Road in Elkton died after being shot in an apparent domestic dispute, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene and his body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for an autopsy. Police said Everson's ex-wife called 911 to say Everson had pulled into her driveway on Vanderlyn Drive in Chesapeake City and was beating on the door.

APG Federal Credit Union (APGFCU) celebrated a membership milestone on April 1, when Michael Willis joined the credit union. Willis is the 100,000th person to open an APGFCU account and he received a $100 Visa gift card as a congratulatory award. In 2012, APGFCU membership grew by 4.3 percent over 2011. The credit union is ranked number one in deposit market share among financial institutions in Harford County with deposits of $948 million, (as of Feb. 28, 2013). APGFCU attributes its success to its long-term, loyal members, talented employees and dedicated volunteers.

Forty-one years ago, Maryland Gov. Marvin Mandel pulled off a series of staggering triumphs that The Sun compared to winning the Triple Crown: Maryland's first gun-control law; a unique, state-run auto insurance agency; and a higher gasoline tax to support Baltimore's first rapid rail line. He achieved this in the face of ferocious opposition from the National Rifle Association and the insurance and trucking industries. It took Mr. Mandel's enormous persuasive skills - including arm-twisting and deal-making - to win those monumental battles.

APG Federal Credit Union honored Louise Oldland, operations analyst, in February with an award for 25 years of dedicated service to the credit union. In 1987, Oldland was hired as a teller at APGFCU's Aberdeen Proving Ground branch and was later promoted to support services representative. Since then, Oldland has held positions as member service representative and administrative assistant. In her current role as operations analyst, information technology, Oldland is responsible for identifying, prioritizing and resolving issues within APGFCU's technological infrastructure.

Executives from APG Federal Credit Union (APGFCU), Harford County officials and local dignitaries celebrated the opening of the new Fallston branch, at 210 Mountain Road in Fallston, March 15 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the credit union's 11th branch. In attendance were Mary Chance, director of administration; Harford County; Jim Richardson, director, Harford County Office of Economic Development; Jackie Euler, owner of Aumar Village LLC; Jeanette Lucas, director, Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce; Christine Sullivan, director, administration and finance, Harford County Chamber of Commerce; David Gilbert, APGFCU chairman; William Schultheis, APGFCU executive vice president; and representatives of Frederick Ward Associates, Paul Risk Associates and local business owners.

Howard Bank has agreed to buy Cecil Bank's branch at 3 W. Bel Air Ave. in Aberdeen, the institutions announced Monday. Under the deal, Howard Bank, based in Ellicott City, will acquire at least $38 million in loans and $37.9 million in deposits from Cecil Bank. That's about 10 percent of Cecil Bank's deposits. "It was a fit for both of us," said Mary Halsey, Cecil's CEO. "They were looking to expand; we were looking to head back into Cecil County, where are roots are. " Howard Bank's CEO, Mary Ann Scully, said in a statement that the bank had been growing beyond its Howard County roots, and the branch acquisition will mark its entry into Harford County.

Patricia du Pont, founder of the Fair Hill Pony Club who was active in animal rescue work, died Feb. 16 of complications from a stroke at her home in Fairview, Cecil County. She was 94. The daughter of Archibald du Pont, who had been CEO of the Delaware Trust Bank, and Elizabeth Hayward du Pont, a homemaker, she was born and raised in Wilmington, Del. She was a graduate of St. Timothy's School. An accomplished horsewoman, show rider and avid fox hunter, Miss du Pont enjoyed fox hunting with the Elkridge-Harford Hunt Club, and hunted with her own pack of foxhounds.

Volunteers built a modest chapel in a remote area of northeastern Maryland nearly 200 years ago and dedicated it to the patron saint of their homeland. Volunteers today have saved that simple frame building from ruin. Many descendants of those early settlers will gather at the fully restored St. Patrick's Chapel in Cecil County for a rededication Saturday. They will offer prayers of gratitude to their forebears and to those who have preserved their legacy. The 10 a.m. Mass in a hamlet known as Pilottown is expected to draw the great-grandchildren of the Irish immigrants who settled along the Susquehanna River in the early 19th century.

The three children who were trapped in a burning townhouse in Cecil County a week ago died of smoke inhalation, according to a preliminary investigation by the state fire marshal's office. Bruce D. Bouch, a deputy fire marshal, said Friday that investigators "have a couple of hypotheses" about the cause of the fire but were waiting to speak with the children's 29-year-old mother, Jewel Johnson, when she is well enough, perhaps early next week. Johnson was badly burned in the fire and is being treated at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center for smoke inhalation and burns on at least 17 percent of her body.