West Macphail News Today

While the decision over a public connector road looms, the Harford Board of Education is awarding construction contracts for the new Homestead-Wakefield School building.

Harford County Public Schools is moving forward with construction of a replacement school at Homestead-Wakefield Elementary School, despite a dispute with Bel Air.

Construction of a new Homestead-Wakefield Elementary School in Bel Air has been delayed because of a dispute between the town and Harford County Public Schools.

The Harford Board of Education is appealing to the circuit court to resolve an issue between the school system and the Town of Bel Air over a potential access road on the new Homestead/Wakefield Elementary School campus.

Hundreds of mourners gathered Thursday at the Schimunek Funeral Home in Bel Air to pay tribute to Lt. Paul Butrim, one of three firefighters killed last week in one of Baltimore’s deadliest fires for first responders.

Hundreds of mourners gathered Thursday at the Schimunek Funeral Home in Bel Air to pay tribute to Lt. Paul Butrim, one of three firefighters killed last week in one of Baltimore’s deadliest fires for first responders.