Fallston

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

Fallston senior Madison Brown, center, recently signed a letter of intent to swim at Manhattan College. Brown has been swimming for 15 years, first for Loyola Blakefield Aquatics and Coach Keith Schertle and then for the Fallston High School varsity team for the past four years. In her freshman year, she won a state championship and followed it with two championships her sophomore year and one her senior year. She plans on majoring in marketing and global business at Manhattan.

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.

Maryland State Police and Sheriff's Office reports: Aberdeen Eric Christopher Briggs, 36, of the first block of Valley Bottom Road, was charged Friday with possessing a drug other than marijuana and possessing drugs with intent to distribute. Heather Merann Carlton, 32, of the 1800 block of Mitchell Drive, was charged Saturday with first- and second-degree assault. Kimberly Reed, 39, of the 100 block of Osborne Road, was charged Saturday with obstructing and hindering police.

  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)

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.

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.

A two-story Colonial-style home set on almost 3 wooded acres in Fallston is currently on the market for $620,000. "This is a stunning home located at 3002 Sheffield Court. in Haddon Hurst, a community of 30 homes all situated on 2- to 3-acre lots," said Maureen O'Shea, the listing co-agent with Long & Foster Real Estate. "[The] welcoming two-story foyer with curved staircase leads to a custom gourmet kitchen handcrafted by Amish craftsmen with granite counters and Viking appliances.

This weekend, June 8 and 9, Little Falls Friends Meeting in Fallston will celebrate the 275th anniversary of its founding. Speakers, tours, exhibits and printed histories will be brought together to share with the community the remarkable Quaker heritage of Harford County. Little Falls Friends Meeting is at 719 Old Fallston Road in the heart of the Fallston village. For more information, visit http://www.littlefallsfriends.org . Among the speakers will be Christopher Densmore, curator of the Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College, and Charles Cherry, of Villanova University, who will speak on William Penn, Man of Peace.

Harford's small contingent at the Maryland State Tennis Tournament resulted in a third-place showing for the Fallston mixed doubles team of Connor van Scyoc and Anna Holehouse Saturday at the University of Maryland. The pair won two matches to gain a semifinal spot, before losing. They opened play with a 7-5, 7-5 win over Ahmad Dajani and Brooke Davidson of Cambridge-South Dorchester. The quarterfinal win also came in straight sets, 7-6, 6-2 over Ben Slay and Erin Falvey of Severna Park.

Defending state champion Fallston protected its turf in Tuesday's Class 2A-1A boys lacrosse championship. Going against Harford County rival Patterson Mill, the No. 15 Cougars settled in with two quick goals and stayed in control to earn a comfortable 15-5 win over the Huskies at UMBC Stadium. The Cougars' superior quickness and skill, along with their balance on attack became more and more apparent as the game wore on. Senior Marc Badger led the way with three goals and three assists; Wes Rumple added three goalsand nine different Cougars either recorded a goal or an assist.

BOYS LACROSSE (All games at UMBC) CLASS 2A-1A NO. 15 FALLSTON (15-4) VS. PATTERSON MILL (10-9) When: Tuesday, 6 p.m. Outlook:  The Cougars will look to defend last year's championship in an All-Harford County final.  During the regular season, Fallston earned a 9-5 win over the Huskies in a game that was suspended because of inclement weather in late April. Tied at four late in the first half when play was halted, the Cougars dominated when play resumed to win. Kyle D'Onofrio (66 goals, 24 assists)

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.

The No. 9 Hereford field hockey team is off to a hot start this season, adding a victory against another ranked opponent on Wednesday to its record. The Bulls defeated No. 14 Fallston 4-1 on Wednesday, improving to 2-0 on the season. Last week, they defeated No. 3 North Harford. "North Harford knocked us out of the regional playoffs the last two years," Hereford senior Mary Claire Abbott said. "And last year Fallston took us to overtime before we won. We were ready to beat both of them.

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.

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)