Darlington

Ramblewood in Darlington has hosted a broad variety of events over the years, ranging from marching band camps to nudist conventions. The latest booking, however, may be the most unusual yet for the secluded 200-acre facility near the Conowingo Dam. This one, scheduled for Oct. 22, is a 5K race in which faux-zombies chase the participants over and around a dozen obstacles. And the inaugural event is being organized by a local company, Reed Street Productions LLC, started specifically to put on this race.

Editor: I would be remiss if I didn't note the passing of the longest serving voice for Deer Creek land stewardship. Sensible politics and characteristics of a true gentleman. Monroe Duke was 94 and his beautiful wife, Olga, who predeceased him, were the kind of couple that continue to keep Darlington's integrity intact. Bob Chance Darlington

It took only a few words of warning from Dale Earnhardt to get Davy Jones' attention.Prior to the International Race Of Champions series opener last month at Daytona, talk among drivers turned to the first-ever IROC event at Darlington Raceway, scheduled for Saturday.Five-time NASCAR Winston Cup champion Earnhardt told Jones that most of the tales about the old South Carolina track's treachery and toughness were true. Coming from a driver normally as dauntless as Earnhardt -- Darlington's leading active victor with seven major triumphs -- the affirmation proved plenty enough for Jones.

Harford County sheriff's deputies and Maryland State Police report : Aberdeen Lawrence Millard Price, 29, of the 500 block of North Paradise Road, was arrested on a bench warrant Tuesday in a case in which he was charged with theft less than $100. Randy Wayne Jennings, 19, of the 100 block of Bannister Avenue, was arrested on a bench warrant Wednesday in a case in which he was charged with second-degree assault. There was an attempted break-in Monday in the 200 block of Golf Drive.

Early in the 19th century, Maryland encouraged a movement to establish academies to "prepare students for entrance into institutions of higher learning and for public life." One such academy was the Darlington Academy. Building began in June of 1841, and the first floor was opened in December. John M. Cooley was the headmaster. The state donated $150 annually but though the academy was a "public" school, tuition was required. Financial help was provided to some students by donors. An early photograph suggests that, at least until 1867, black and white students attended the academy together.

DARLINGTON, S.C. -- Davey Allison boosted his bonus possibilities in the Southern 500 to $214,000 yesterday, putting his Ford on the pole with a sizzling lap of 162.506 mph at Darlington Raceway.If Allison takes the NASCAR Winston Cup Series classic Sunday at the 1.366-mile track, he'll earn $114,000 for starting first/finishing first, and another $100,000, the Winston Million consolation prize. The latter goes to a driver winning two of stock car racing's Big Four events in the same season.

Despite threatening skies and occasional showers, visitors crowded the streets of Darlington yesterday to pay tribute to their favorite fruit at the rural Harford County village's ninth annual autumn apple extravaganza.The Darlington Apple Festival has become a regional rite of fall where the apples are red and golden, fresh and crisp, dipped in caramel and rolled in nuts, baked in pies and cooked in cakes.Visitors attend the festival for the apples as much as the small-town atmosphere kept alive by village residents.

One person was killed yesterday - burned beyond recognition - after a car ran off Route 161 near the Harford County community of Darlington early yesterday, crashed into a tree and burst into flames, state police reported. The victim was the lone occupant of the 1995 Chevrolet Camaro, which was southbound near Price Road when it crashed about 1:40 a.m., police said. State police called on its auto-theft unit to retrieve vehicle identification numbers to help identify the car's owner.

Old-time food wagons, an apple pie contest with the winning entries auctioned off, fire-safety exhibits, live entertainment, country markets, arts and crafts, helicopter rides, stamp exhibits, hay rides anddelicious food are just part of a long list of activities scheduled for the sixth annual Darlington Apple Festival.The event will be celebrated from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, throughout the northern Harford village -- rain or shine.Special parking will be available on U.S. 1, near Route 161, withshuttle buses to the festival.

On Dec. 13, 1841, the first building of the new home for Darlington Academy was ready for occupancy. Darlington Academy was founded with the help of a $150 state appropriation and governed by a board of trustees that held its first meeting on May 21, 1836. In 1877, the academy became jointly run with the public school system. By 1891 the original stone building was in significant disrepair. A new two-room frame structure was built on the site, using the original stone for the foundation.

Harford County sheriff's deputies and Maryland State Police report: Aberdeen Samuel Elijah Brown, 22, of the 400 block of South Law Street, was arrested on a bench warrant Tuesday in a case in which he was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol. Nicholas B. Conn, 33, of the 500 block of East Michaelsville Road, was arrested on a bench warrant Tuesday in a case in which he was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol. Corey Aaron Brown, 42, of the 900 block of South Stepney Road, was arrested on a bench warrant Wednesday in a case in which he was charged with fourth-degree burglary.

James Bernard "Bernie" Dayhoof Jr., former owner of a Harford County home improvement business, died Oct. 25 of cardiac arrest at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air. The lifelong Bel Air resident was 70. James Bernard Dayhoof Jr. was born and raised in Bel Air, where he graduated in 1958 from Bel Air High School. After serving in the Navy for several years, he worked at Black & Decker Corp. and Corbin Fuel Co. as an oil burner repairman. Mr. Dayhoof learned the home improvement business while working for Richard Edwards Contracting Co. In 1974, he established James Bernard Dayhoof Home Improvement and Repair Co., which he owned and operated for 35 years, until retiring in 2009.

A Street man recently pled guilty to trying to influence a state's witness and related burglary and theft charges. Aubrey Gerald Pritt, 39, pled guilty Sept. 9 to trying to influence a state's witness and related burglary and theft charges. Pritt was charged with burglary after he entered a vacant home in Darlington and removed the copper piping and wiring and theft for allegedly stealing 1,160 feet of 50-strand Verizon telephone wire from a construction site in Forest Hill. The evidence showed that Pritt exchanged the copper for cash at a local recycling center.

Picturesque little Darlington is a national historic district, home to an annual Apple Festival that attracts thousands and, come Saturday, a feasting ground for the undead. "Run for Your Lives," a 5K run, with zombies, is coming to this tiny Harford County town. Oh, the horror. "That's such a cool thing they're doing," says Heather Wheatley, a three-year resident of Darlington who sells soaps out of a newly opened apothecary shop across the river in Port Deposit. "We're gonna take these zombies just the way they are and accept them wholly.

Ramblewood in Darlington has hosted a broad variety of events over the years, ranging from marching band camps to nudist conventions. The latest booking, however, may be the most unusual yet for the secluded 200-acre facility near the Conowingo Dam. This one, scheduled for Oct. 22, is a 5K race in which faux-zombies chase the participants over and around a dozen obstacles. And the inaugural event is being organized by a local company, Reed Street Productions LLC, started specifically to put on this race.

HAMILTON: Jamie Hamilton, of Churchville, a 2011 graduate of McDonogh School, has been accepted to the University of Miami in the fall, where he will pursue a career in Industrial Engineering. He is the son of Jimmy and Kris Hamilton, of Churchville and grandson of Sue and Harold Petty, of Darlington, and Jim and Rose Hamilton, of Churchville.

A dozen horses graze on a hillside pasture crested by a stately farmhouse just south of Darlington.On another hillside, about two miles south, new houses have sprouted in a field overlooking nearby farms and woods.The two scenes show the diverging paths facing the Darlington area, a farming community in northeastern Harford County.The Deer Creek Watershed Association, a Harford-based conservation group, wants Darlington to continue to look like the first picture -- one of tranquil horse farms, cornfields and orchards.

An elderly Pennsylvania woman was killed and a mother and her 15-month-old child were injured last night in a head-on collision on U.S. 1 in Darlington, state police in Harford County reported. Emma Lloyd, 78, of Folcroft, Pa., was driving a 1991 Chevrolet Lumina southbound on U.S. 1 near Castleton Road about 7:30 p.m. when her car was struck head-on by a northbound 1993 Mercury Sable that had crossed the double-yellow line, said Tfc. Michael Cusimano of the Bel Air state police barracks.

Margie Combs, of Darlington, has the announced her daughter, April Combs, of Edgewood, became engaged Sept. 9, to Matthew Warren Shannon, of Edgewood. The couple is planning a wedding in the near future.

Ten years later and we still can't forget. More than 350 firemen and women, police officer, friends, relatives and nearby residents gathered inside the still-rather-new Darlington Volunteer Fire Company station, 1520 Whiteford Road, on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks to commemorate a special memorial outside the station dedicated to those who died and those who survived that day, as well as the people in the community who...