The 43rd annual Bel Air Town Run kicks off Sunday, June 4

The Bel Air Town Run, an annual late spring tradition since the early 1980s, is set to kick off early Sunday morning as participants in the 5K run and one-mile Fun Run/Walk thread their way through downtown and nearby neighborhoods.

About 1,000 people had ...

Town of Bel Air SUNDAY Summer Concert Series

All performances begin at 7pm and are free of charge, so bring a blanket or chair, your friends and family, and your favorite snacks for a beautiful evening of entertainment at the Bel Air Summer Concert Series. The concerts take place at Shamrock Park, l...

Hometown Heroes banners, featuring 2023-2025 honorees, grace Main Street

Take a walk along Main Street downtown, and you’ll see lots of smiling faces on banners – maybe the face of someone you know – who has served in our nation’s armed forces or served the community as a first responder.

These 27 faces, which can be seen on ba...

Fun for the whole family at the Bel Air Farmers' Market in June

There will be fun for all at the Bel Air Farmers' Market throughout the month of June 2023, starting this Saturday, June 3, with a workshop on creating a log planter herb garden with Flowers by Dene. The workshop will be behind the ProEdge Sharpe...

Stay cool this summer at the Chesapeake Sensory Plaza in the Rockfield Park playground

Just hours after staffers with the Bel Air Department of Public Works had readied the equipment and turned on the water for the Chesapeake Sensory Plaza at the Rockfield Park playground, children were splashing about in the water pooled at the bottom of t...

Nominations open for Bel Air Business of the Year and Citizen of the Year awards

The Bel Air Board of Town Commissioners and the Economic & Community Development Commission are soliciting nominations for the Business of the Year award. Nominees will be evaluated based on the Bel Air business that has made the greatest contribution...

Angela Robertson named director of economic development for Town of Bel Air

Angela Robertson, who has more than a decade of service with the town’s Economic Development Department, has been promoted to director of economic development.

Her promotion was approved unanimously by the Board of Town Commissioners during their meeting M...

Real property tax RATE not increasing; real property REVENUE increase projected w/higher assessments

The town’s real property tax rate will not increase in the next fiscal year, even as a “proposed real property tax increase” was put forth in a recent newspaper advertisement.

The real property tax rate is slated to remain the same at $.54 per $10...

Shamrock Park playground closing for up to five weeks, starting Wednesday, May 10, for upgrades

The Shamrock Park playground will be closed for a number of weeks – starting on Wednesday, May 10 – in order to install several pieces of equipment that can be used by children with disabilities. A new rubberized playing surface, as we...

First Fridays kicks off for 2023 season with live music, beer garden, food trucks and more

There will be plenty for adults and children to enjoy at the site of this year’s first, First Fridays celebration – a beer garden, food trucks, live music, artisan vendors, entertainment for kids – but attendees should not limit themselves to the festivit...

Support the ‘Bel Air Five’ with pollinator-friendly plants in your garden and yard

Pollinating insects, including butterflies and moths, are crucial for food production and healthy ecosystems. Residents can do their part to support the insects that support humanity by putting native plants in their gardens and their yards.

“It&...

‘Music in the Park,’ Wednesday concert series, kicks off with Pineapple Band

Bel Air’s parks will be filled with music this spring and summer, and things kicked off Wednesday in Shamrock Park with a performance by the Pineapple Band, a local cover group formed in Bel Air.

The show was the first of 11 dates in the &ldq...

Special exception granted for assisted living facility on South Main Street

The developer of a 32-bed assisted living facility, which is slated for a former dental office building in the 900 block of South Main Street, has been granted a special exception to build in a part of town zoned for residential office use.

Multiple regula...

Public input sought on narrowing Thomas & George St., improving traffic safety around Plumtree Park

The town’s plans to narrow Thomas and George Streets and improve traffic and pedestrian safety around Plumtree Park – plans that have been in the works for nearly 10 years – are expected to come to fruition later this year.

Pr...

Trish Heidenreich, economic development director for 17 years, calls Bel Air ‘a town that’s alive’

On one of her final days as the Town of Bel Air’s economic development director, Trish Heidenreich was walking through the Armory Marketplace – a collection of former garages behind the town’s iconic Armory building that has been rehabilitated as a busine...

Town’s draft budget for fiscal 2024 released, next public hearing will be May 15

The town’s $23.4 million draft budget for fiscal 2024 is available for public viewing online.

The current tax rates of $.54 per $100 of valuation for real property and $1.20 for personal property are expected to remain the same when the next fisc...

Bel Air Farmers' Market opens Saturday, April 8

Come support your local farmers as the Bel Air Farmers' Market kicks off its 2023 season on Saturday, April 8. The market will be open from 8 a.m. to noon in the parking lot of the Mary E.W. Risteau state office building at Bond and Thomas Streets. Visito...

Election for Town of Bel Air Board of Commissioners

The Town of Bel Air Municipal Election for three (3) seats on the Bel Air Board of Town Commissioners is scheduled for November 7, 2023.

The Board of Town Commissioners consists of five members who are elected to four-year terms. Any citizen who d...

Bel Air Armory Top Wedding Venue in Harford County!

Bel Air Armory Featured in the TOP 8 Wedding Venues in Harford County!