What an absolute upgrade from old times. Had to renew license. Made appointment online for 4pm…read more Came into the MVA and checked in at kiosk. You can only check in 20 min before your scheduled appointment. Checked in right at 3:40. A number spit out. Waited maybe 3 minutes. Got everything done, walked back to my car and it was 3:55pm. This is efficiency and customer friendly service. They do have a 24 hour kiosk available as well. There's also a kiosk in the parking lot for emissions. Lots of parking. There's an information desk and lots of seating. The service representatives are all jolly and happy to help. I watched an employee with a walkie come to the service desk and guide people to actual windows to help move along the line. They are very aware of how valuable your time is. The MVA employee that waited on me was very personable and delightful. She was very attentive and efficient. She explained everything with great detail and it was a super smooth transaction (thanks Lisa). Not what we have all known the MVA to be like in the past. Oh the horror stories and hours of time wasted. This place has a well thought out plan to make sure that people are taken care of quickly and with ease. Sprinkle some attention to super customer service and positive vibes and this is the new MVA that values you as a customer. Well done.

I have visited this MVA location on three separate occasions. I prefer this location to others in…read morethe region because they honor appointment times. In addition, parking is always readily available, and the place is always clean and drama free. -- Front desk staff could use some customer service refresher courses, but what else is new?

Gunpowder Falls State Park has several locations; this review is for the Jerusalem Mill Village and…read moretrails near the headquarters. I enjoyed both my visits. Last week, I enjoyed visiting on a Sunday, just after the park office had closed. Walked along the trails near the river. In March 2025: * Limited parking on a weekend. First time, there was no parking in front of it nor in the overflow parking area. Glad that I turned around and came back. * Consider sharing a car or taking Lyft or Uber if you can, to save parking spaces for others. * Lot to see and do in the Village and beyond! Great chats to reenactors in the Jerusalem Miller's House, who cooked period-appropriate food. The blacksmith was working hard. * I took the trail south of the Village and west of the river down to Jericho Bridge. The trail was easy to walk, comfortably soft, and dry. North of the road is the Little Gunpowder trail

Historic Jerusalem Mill Village is a nearly intact mill village from the 1770s in Harford County,…read moreMaryland. Depending on the hour you visit, you can visit a number of structure: the Grist Mill (now a visitor's center), the Miller's House, the Blacksmith Forge, Tenant House, McCourtney's General Store, Barn ruins, the Jericho Covered Bridge, and more. We visited on a Saturday afternoon. We walked to the barn ruins and the covered bridge. Then we visited the blacksmith shop (a blacksmith in period clothes gave us a little lessons on blacksmithing) and McCourtney's General Store, which now houses a little museum about Jerusalem Mill. The staff at the General Store were very helpful and friendly and walked us around and pointed out different objects and artifacts. There is a trailhead that starts just near the parking lot on Jerusalem Road that I want to check out next time we're in the area. The Village also hosts different events, like their summer concert series, so it's a great place to get to know. The parking was in the area is very limited (lots of people in the lot park for the trail or to picnic in the meadow behind the blacksmith shop), and the area isn't very organized (stopping by the general store or visitor center first to get an idea of what your options are is probably the best way to tackle it). But it's a really interesting glimpse into Maryland's history and worth a visit if you're in the area or passing through!

Well- funded and staffed with opportunities for volunteers and educational facilities for…read moreafter-school participants. Summer camps are partially funded and they welcome donations and cooperative public and community collaboration.

This is part of Mountain Christian Church in Abingdon Bel Air and the main location on Mountain…read moreRoad. soon to come to Aberdeen as well. Very community oriented. Has a great children's program and they are always looking for ways to expand and support the community.Love the atmosphere go there every single week. It doesn't even feel like you're in church sometimes the atmosphere is so fun and warm. People are very friendly and that's what makes it all the better.

I have made the rule to only use the postal system for important documents if I absolutely have to…read more They have lost a few important letters over the past few years so I either try to send things electronically, fax, or go with UPS. Last week, I had no choice so I sent a few documents by priority mail that had to travel exactly 33 miles from this post office. Sure enough, they lost it. 100% done with USPS.

I know everyone like to read the negative reviews, so I want to say first that the counter staff at…read moreAbingdon is exemplary. They are wonderful, polite and personable and helpful. No complaints there. The moment the mail leaves that counter? Another story. My neighborhood has an entire Facebook group that should be titled, "Dude, where's my package?" It's nothing but wrong box, no key to the parcel locker, packages left unlocked in a parcel locker, etc. I get very busy at work sometimes and cannot pick up my mail every day. I use informed delivery to view if anything important is arriving. Usually it shows 1-2 mailpieces, so I don't stress too much about it. Went to pick it up this morning and received a notice inside saying that the residence was vacant and no more mail would be delivered. So. Done.

This is my favorite branch in the HC library system. Freshly remodeled, they have opened up the…read morespace and added more PCs and reading areas. A good selection of titles with various formats available although CDs are no longer available at this branch. That said, you can request a CD hold for pickup at the Abingdon branch. They will also order/request items they don't carry in the Harford County system from Baltimore for example. Also nice to be have the option to pick up your reserve items at the window. Most of the branches are open Sundays from October to April. I've always had a great experience with all of the staff at the various branches.

It's really fun they have lots of windows and they have a playground I like to get books and CDs…read moreand DVDs but they don't have CDs or DVDs anymore

Mixed feelings about the court, but since I was speeding I got to experience Maryland's version of…read moretraffic justice. I don't get it, so many people dressed like slobs and then expect the Judge to seriously consider their point of view. Everyone was polite and respectful, especially the Judge. I would have given them 4-stars but they only had one cashier and stood in line for greater than 30 minutes to pay my fine and court fees/costs. When I left the line was longer than when I first got into the line. The cashier kept apologizing because the other person was out sick. If they had a backup person it would have been so much better!!!

was sited a while back for a vilation with big truck this place does not love us Truck drivers as…read moretyey think were the outlaws of tye highways much like the Bikers.......with out truck drivers you wouldnt have yor foods and Items used each day in everyday life ...but we are regulated by 2 the goverment with there rulesvas well as local ...which these l8cals need to get on same ball of wax as they make up some crazy stuff .. Ill explain ......I had a ticket back in 1993 which is over 20 years ago maryland claims I never paid fine ....but ive had renewable class A licences renewed since then which would be like 12 or so renew Maryland suspended licence saying somehow I snuck under the wire What the heck ..are they tring to make up loss for the snow remov vee el and riots in baltimore ....and th7s 7s how they get extra income ......they dont wanta know anything c3pt you owe it and fine u big time for it the female judge here in harford county will not take any expination she hangs you out to dry ive seen k7ds get 3 dui and no suspension but throw te book at us truck drivers who are checked each day at state scale houses and port of entrys for vilations how coe it just came up now after 20 some years. what a crock. im ticked off and refuse to ship ino 8r outta Mary land as well as our other 200 trucks ...its who can we F**k to make a buck here in Maryland im pacing up and leaving this state as well as my company my relitives as well as friends if there gonna kep up there stealing corup ways Harford county is by far the worse county 7ve ever delt with .....this is my opion sorry if I ofended anyone but I think you all need to know th7s .......Crabcakerex21040@gmail.com.

I used to love the Bel Air Branch. Three times in the last year I've had issues with reserving…read moremovies and going to pick them up in drive-thru. Yesterday (5/19/25), I was supposed to pick up 13 movies, but she gave me only two. I called this morning and spoke with Brian who had no explanation, despite me saying this is the third time in less than a year this has occurred. He was rude to me, so I told him to return the other 11 he had in drive-thru for me. I called and left a message for the Administrative Office in Belcamp, but as with the last two times, no one ever calls. I'm returning the two I received yesterday and tearing up my card. Even though the library's free, it's not worth the aggravation!

What a cool sight to stop by! Part of the bridge floor is dry rotted and a little unnerving driving…read moreover it. You can park in a lot up the road and walk up to get a closer look. Or you can just drive through it. The other side is residential. Worth a visit. Do the tour of all three on the eastern side of Maryland. Originally constructed in 1865, the Jericho Covered Bridge is the last remaining covered bridge in Baltimore and Harford counties, and one of only six remaining in Maryland. It has a Burr arch through truss design, developed and patented by Theodore Burr in the early 1800s. This design allowed timber bridges to span longer distances than the typical single king post design used since the middle ages. This bridge was built by Thomas Forsyth in 1865 to connect the cotton mills and ironworks of Baltimore County with the mills and blacksmith shops in Harford County. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

We stopped by Jericho Covered Bridge when visiting the Historic Jerusalem Mill Village last…read moreweekend. The bridge was constructed in 1865 and crosses Little Gunpowder Falls. It is open to traffic so be careful of passing cars if you walk over to take photos. It may be one of the six last remaining covered bridges in the state, but it's not so easy to get a great shot of due to the vegetation near it and the number of cars and cyclists that cross it. Still worth checking out if you're in the area!