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No one was injured Monday afternoon as firefighters battled a blaze at a Fallston home, officials said. Dave Williams of the Harford County Volunteer Fire and EMS Association said the fire was reported at about 3:25 p.m. on Franklins Chance Court. The occupant of the house was home but was able to self-evacuate, he said. Text BUSINESS to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun Business text alerts

Broadneck's Ellen McNulty had seven goals and an assist and Aislinn Probst scored four goals and added two assists to lead the No. 12 Bruins (17-3) to a 15-5 win over No. 15 Catonsville (16-3) in the Class 4A-3A state semifinals at Franklin on Saturday afternoon. Probst scored 10 seconds after winning the opening draw, and the Bruins had nine of the first 10 goals in the game on the way to a 10-3 lead at halftime. "We just were trying to stay patient and play our game and score early so we didn't have to fight back at the end," McNulty said.

APG Federal Credit Union (APGFCU) opened its new branch in Fallston Monday. APGFCU's new Fallston branch, in the Aumar Village Shopping Center at the intersection of Routes 1 and 152, offers a full range of financial products and services, lobby tellers, member service representatives and is equipped with a 24-hour drive-up ATM and a night deposit drop. The lobby is open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Fridays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. As a not-for-profit cooperative with its member-owner's interests at heart, the financial well-being of the membership remains APGFCU's top priority.

Local resident Maura Schmidt McCarthy is opening a new wellness office, Remedy Wellness. Remedy Wellness is a new wellness office that offers an environment like no other in Harford County. It is an earth-friendly, toxin-free, gorgeous space that offers customized massages and skincare. McCarthy and her team take customer service to a whole new level in their comfortable, quiet space, allowing true healing to begin. Wellness grand opening is Memorial Day Weekend offering champagne and lite fare and free seated massage sessions (must call or email to schedule)

  For her review in Friday's Live section, Kit Waskom Pollard took a trip up to Fallston to visit The Mallet  Located on the busy intersection of Bel Air and Mountain roads, The Mallet is a combination fine dining/crab house/martini lounge/tiki bar establishment, which wants to be "a destination for the residents of Bel Air and Harford County," Pollard writes, "whether they're looking for crabs with the kids, a nice...

Elmer Stephens "Mickey" Cochran was born in Fallston on June 24, 1911, so today will be his 100th birthday, a milestone he will celebrate with members of his family at his daughter's home in Baltimore County. One of 12 children born to the late Anthony and Catherine Cochran, Elmer Cochran is a retired farmer who worked for E.S. Voss in Monkton and also had his own farm near the Hillendale Country Club, according to his nephew, Charles "Chuggy" Cochran, who lives in Baltimore and also spends considerable time at a property he owns off of Hess Road in Fallston.

Senior Mike Antinozzi has built an impressive resume in the classroom and on the playing fields at Fallston, where he has maintained a 3.8 grade-point average and excelled in lacrosse and soccer. There's one final thing he would like to accomplish before he graduates in June — winning a state title. Antinozzi, four-year varsity midfielder in lacrosse, and the Cougars fell short in the title game in his freshman year and haven't been back. The past two years in soccer — he led the team in scoring this fall — the team made back-to-back state title-game appearances only to lose on penalty kicks and then in overtime.

Two people were injured in a three-vehicle collision Sunday evening at the intersection of Routes 1 and 152 in Fallston, Maryland State Police said. At approximately 6:37 p.m., troopers from the Bel Air Barrack responded to the intersection of Route 1 (Belair Road) and Route 152 (Mountain Road) in Fallston for what a state police news release called "a serious motor vehicle collision. " Preliminary investigation revealed that a 2005 Chevrolet Equinox, operated by Callie Jo Davidson, 28, of Abingdon, was traveling south (east)

Two juggernauts of the Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference met in Pylesville on Friday night, where North Harford hosted Fallston in a Chesapeake Division game in boys lacrosse. North Harford raced to a 6-1 lead and Fallston, with few first-quarter possessions, found itself in a hole it could not climb out of. The Hawks answered every Fallston surge, pulling away for an 18-9 win. North Harford (7-0, 1-0) led 10-4 at the half. The contest was the Hawks' first division game, while Fallston, the defending conference champion, slipped to 1-1 in the league and 4-3 overall.

A switch from midfield to forward this season has suited Wheeler well. The senior scored five goals and handed out an assist, in a 12 minute span covering the first and second quarters of a game against Patterson Mill on Wednesday. Fallston won, 14-10, to stay undefeated in the Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference at 4-0. Wheeler leads the team in points with 21 goals and 15 assists. He has a 3.8 GPA and will attend Virginia Tech to study engineering. His coach, Matt Parks, says Wheeler is "very savvy, good in tight spaces and has a great stick.

A Fallston man found guilty earlier this year of child sex abuse charges was recently sentenced to serve 20 years in prison, according to court records. James Thomas Starr, 26, was found guilty by a Harford County Circuit Court jury Feb. 8 of sex abuse of a minor and a third degree sex offense. On April 17, Circuit Judge Stephen Waldron sentenced Starr to serve 25 years with five years suspended on the child sex abuse conviction and 10 years with all 10 years suspended on the third degree sex offense conviction, according to Maryland online court records.

Stories from one of American history's most revered women, Clara Barton, filled the Fallston library April 11, when more than 50 people watched Mary Ann Jung portray Barton during a living history presentation that spanned Barton's brave life as a teacher, government worker, Civil War nurse and eventual founder of the American Red Cross. Through enthralling stories and interaction from the audience, Jung was able to portray Barton's independent spirit and perseverance despite meeting much opposition throughout her life.

Fallston High School and Fallston Middle School were placed on lockdown Friday morning following a report of a suspicious person in the area. A caller from the neighborhood reported seeing someone who might be carrying a rifle, but a search of the area did not find anyone, Eddie Hopkins, spokesman for the Harford County Sheriff's Office, said around 11:30 a.m. Parents of students at the neighboring schools on Carrs Mill Road were informed of...

Two juggernauts of the Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference met in Pylesville on Friday night, where North Harford hosted Fallston in a Chesapeake Division game in boys lacrosse. North Harford raced to a 6-1 lead and Fallston, with few first-quarter possessions, found itself in a hole it could not climb out of. The Hawks answered every Fallston surge, pulling away for an 18-9 win. North Harford (7-0, 1-0) led 10-4 at the half. The contest was the Hawks' first division game, while Fallston, the defending conference champion, slipped to 1-1 in the league and 4-3 overall.

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.

Firefighters from several volunteer companies in Harford and Baltimore counties battled a woods fire in Fallston Tuesday afternoon. On Friday evening, another woods fire in Joppatowne required several area fire companies to control. The Fallston fire was reported in the rear of Fallston Valley Drive at about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Harford County Volunteer Fire & EMS Association's media Facebook page. Several dozen firefighters from volunteer companies in Fallston, Bel Air, Kingsville and Long Green responded to the blaze, which consumed several acres, association spokesman Rich Gardiner said.

The junior outside hitter helped lead the No. 5 Cougars to the Class 2A state championship Nov. 22, when Fallston swept Mariotts Ridge in three games for the program's first crown. In the team's 25-13, 25-14, 25-20 win at the University of Maryland, Holehouse contributed 19 kills, nine digs, three aces and two assists. In the state semifinals against Poolesville on Nov. 18, another 3-0 sweep, Holehouse finished with 21 kills and 11 digs. For the season, Holehouse had 205 kills, 114 digs, 103 assists and 57 service aces.

Rachael Holehouse Fallston, hitter, senior Holehouse was the undisputed leader of a team that won the Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference championship for the fourth straight year. Her ability to step up at key times in big games was a major reason Fallston compiled a 34-5 record over the past two seasons. A four-year starter at Fallston, Holehouse led the Cougars to a berth in the Class 2A state title game this year. She contributed 32 kills in that match, which ended in a four-set loss to Century.

Firefighters from several local companies were called to fight a fire in a Fallston barn on Friday afternoon. The fire destroyed most of the 40-by-25 foot barn and a smaller chicken coop, killing 20 chickens and 14 hens, according to the notice of investigation from the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office. Damage was estimated at $60,000 to the structure and $20,000 to the contents, according to fire investigators. The call for a working building fire in the 800 block of Reckord Road was broadcast by Harford County's emergency dispatch shortly after 2 p.m. Several pieces of firefighting equipment and medical support were requested from the Fallston, Bel Air, Kingsville, Jarrettsville and Long Green volunteer fire companies in Harford and Baltimore counties, according to monitored broadcasts.

Villanova-bound Devin McNamara scored all four of his goals during a 10-0 run to power the No. 6 Loyola boys lacrosse team past visiting St. Joseph's Prep (Pa.), 13-5, on Saturday. The Hawks (2-1) took an early lead, winning the first four faceoffs and enjoying success attacking the weak side of the goal. St. Joseph's led 3-2 before Loyola's Kevin Jackson (four goals) and Ryan Conrad (two goals) started the run with two unassisted goals with 2:13 and 7.7 seconds left in the first quarter.