Chapel Road

A Westminster woman was taken to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore after a head-on collision between a car and a dump truck on Stone Chapel Road about 9:30 a.m. yesterday.It was the third accident in the area in as many days between a dump truck and a passenger car.Linda Carol Miller, 44, of the 4100 block of Eyre Court, was in serious condition yesterday, a hospital spokeswoman said.State police said her 1981 Chevrolet Chevette was westbound on Stone Chapel Road, when it crossed the center line and crashed into thefront of a 1990 International dump truck driven by William Asper Zile, 37, of Upperco.

A Belcamp teenager has died of injuries from a car crash late Monday in Aberdeen, officials said. Austin D. Remines, 17, was driving on Bush Chapel Road near the intersection of Mt. Calvary Church Road shortly after 11:15 p.m. when he rounded a curve and lost control of the car, the Harford County Sheriff's Office said. Witnesses told sheriff's deputies that Remines' 2008 Suzuki Forenza crossed into the path of an oncoming 2008 Toyota Yaris driven by 27-year-old Christopher Radcliffe of Aberdeen.

Two Crofton men were arrested on drug charges Tuesday after being searched when an officer stopped their car on Waugh Chapel Road because a headlight was out.Police said yesterday that the officer was on Chapelgate Drive at Waugh Chapel Road shortly after midnight when he saw the suspects' 1987 Dodge Aries traveling west on Waugh Chapel Road.When the officer stopped the car, he asked the driver and passenger to consent to a search. The officer found in the driver's pants pocket and on the passenger an unspecified amount of a substance that tested positive for marijuana, police said.

Ayres Chapel Road at Jackson Branch near Norrisville has been closed to traffic for about one week, effective Monday, the Harford County Department of Public Works announced. The work will include the removal and replacement of a damaged beam on the bridge. The section of the road affected is between Route 23 (Norrisville Road) and Harford Creamery Road.. Questions about the temporary road closure should be addressed to Dan Svrjcek, Harford County Department of Public Works, at 410-638-3545, ext. 1392.

A 36-year-old Baltimore man died at the Maryland Shock Trauma Center Wednesday of injuries suffered when his car ran into the back of a truck Tuesday on Route 3 in Crofton near Waugh Chapel Road.John Daniel Jones, 36, of the 3800 block of Eastern Ave. was pronounced dead about 4 p.m.Jones was southbound on Route 3 just after 10 p.m. Tuesday when his 1981 Mercedes-Benz ran onto the right shoulder just south of Waugh Chapel Road and hit a 1978 Chevrolet truck that was disabled there.Pub Date: 12/20/96

The Harford County Development Advisory Committee serves as a forum for the review of subdivision and site plans submitted to the Department of Planning and Zoning by those seeking building permits. The committee will review the following proposals at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the second-floor conference room of the Harford County government building, 220 S. Main St., Bel Air: Chapel Road Sports Complex Location: North side of Chapel Road. Developer: Harford County/G. E. Fielder & Associates.

A 42-year-old Woodbine resident was arrested and charged with indecent exposure after a woman told police that a man exposed himself to her and other passing motorists in Glenelg Thursday, Howard County police said.Darrell Shipley of the 7400 block of Pickett Road was released on personal recognizance by a District Court commissioner Thursday. Mr. Shipley was charged with multiple counts of indecent exposure.About 5 p.m. Thursday, Howard police officers responded to a report of indecent exposure on Jennings Chapel Road near Howard Chapel Road in Glenelg.

An 85-year-old New Windsor woman died yesterday after losing control of her sport utility vehicle and slamming into a utility pole, police said. Maryland State Police at the Westminster barracks identified the woman as Zelma Lorraine Adler. Adler was driving west on Medford Road near Stone Chapel Road about 1:45 p.m. when she lost control of her Honda CR-V, according to police. She drove onto the shoulder, veered back on to the road, then veered off again. The car then flipped onto the driver's side and hit the pole, police said.

A Hanover motorist who accidentally killed a pedestrian on an unlighted bend in Telegraph Road was sentenced yesterday to three months in jail.Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge Pamela L. North sentenced James Q. Walker, 22, of the 7600 block of Ridge Chapel Road to one year, then suspended nine months and imposed five years' probation.Walker pleaded guilty in March to drunken driving in the death in July of Michael A. Kinstler, 29, of the 7700 block of Ridge Chapel Road.Walker was charged with manslaughter, but prosecutors said they doubted they could prove his guilt.

A Millersville man held county police at bay for more than two hours Wednesday night after he threatened a man who tried to serve him with a civil summons, officials said.Robert L. Mend, 34, a representative of Chesapeake Recovery Inc., went to the man's house in the 1700 block of Severn Chapel Road about 8:40 p.m. The man locked himself in a closet to avoid being served, then came to the door and pointed a handgun at Mr. Mend, police said.Police sent a hostage negotiation team and members of the special operations section to the scene.

From the pages of the Havre de Grace Record dated Thursday morning, Oct. 12, 1961: The biggest story, or at least the one with the big headline across the top of the front page, was inexplicably that "Teachers To Convene October 19. " As tradition has it, that weekend in October is for the Maryland State Teachers Convention. In 1961, it was the 94th annual convention of the Maryland State Teachers Association with 20,000 teachers expected to converge on Baltimore. The lengthy story didn't say anything about whether schools would be closed, but with a full convention agenda, it was probably understood that schools would be closed.

Some of my colleagues will tell you I'm not much of a driver, at least in the speed department. Those who have shared the Harford County community newspaper business with me for any number of years will especially smile thinking about those of us who left the office together late at night for the trek to our various homes. Inevitably, they would blow past whatever vehicle I was navigating toward my Havre de Grace home, not slowing down a bit as they zoomed by. My driving tends to be more akin to Morgan Freeman's "Driving Miss Daisy" than to any driver who has had even a fleeting thought of racing.

The Harford County Development Advisory Committee serves as a forum for the review of subdivision and site plans submitted to the Department of Planning and Zoning by those seeking building permits. The committee will review the following proposals at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the second-floor conference room of the Harford County government building, 220 S. Main St., Bel Air: Chapel Road Sports Complex Location: North side of Chapel Road. Developer: Harford County/G. E. Fielder & Associates.

An 85-year-old New Windsor woman died yesterday after losing control of her sport utility vehicle and slamming into a utility pole, police said. Maryland State Police at the Westminster barracks identified the woman as Zelma Lorraine Adler. Adler was driving west on Medford Road near Stone Chapel Road about 1:45 p.m. when she lost control of her Honda CR-V, according to police. She drove onto the shoulder, veered back on to the road, then veered off again. The car then flipped onto the driver's side and hit the pole, police said.

The Maryland Department of Transportation's State Highway Administration will temporarily close a portion of Route 97 (Roxbury Mills Road) about one-half mile north of Jennings Chapel Road. The closure will be from about 8 p.m. Friday to 5 p.m. June 11, weather permitting, to allow crews to replace a culvert along Route 97 over a Cattail Creek tributary. Motorists will be asked to detour from Route 97 to Union Chapel Road, to Jennings Chapel Road and back to Route 97. Local traffic will have access to homes.

Carrs Mill Road closing scheduled Carrs Mill Road between Route 152 and Ryan Road will be closed on or about Wednesday for a three-month reconstruction project, the Harford County Construction Management Bureau announced. The road will be closed to through traffic between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. during the project. Access to Fallston High School and Fallston Middle School will remain open. School buses and emergency vehicles will be allowed access from both ends of the road closing, officials said.

A 15-year-old Gambrills boy was in critical condition at Maryland Shock Trauma Center yesterday after he ran into traffic on Waugh Chapel Road and was hit by a car Tuesday, county police said.Jacob Paul Mysiuk of the 2300 block of Maytime Drive in Gambrills was struck by a car driven by Craig Carlton Wharton, 40, of the 1700 block of Sharwood Place in Crofton, police said.Wharton was driving east on Waugh Chapel Road about 8: 30 p.m. and had a green traffic signal at Maytime Drive, police said.

On July 19, 2006, ANNETTA G. WRIGHT, 86, of White Hall, MD. She is survived by many friends and caregivers, and by her family of choice. Annetta was preceded in death by her brother, Melvin F. Wright. A funeral service will be held at 11 AM on Friday, July 21 at Ayres Chapel United Methodist Church, 3046 Ayres Chapel Road, White Hall, MD. Burial in Ayres Chapel United Methodist Cemetery. Friends may call at the church on Thursday, July 20 from 6-9 PM and on Friday, July 21 from 10-11 AM. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to The Annetta G. Wright Memorial Piano Fund, c/o 2434 Bradenbaugh Road, White Hall, MD 21161.