Seafood Festival Donates Road Sign To City

Mayor Wayne Dougherty and City Council accepted a gift from the Havre de Grace Seafood Festival Monday night.

Seafood Festival organizers Lori and Chuck Maslin donated a road sign, which they had purchased from Bear, DE to utilize during the Seafood Festival this month.

The sign—originally orange—was used along U.S. Route 40. After the festival was over, the Maslins had it painted white to match Havre de Grace city vehicles. It was .

"The city really needs one of these signs," Maslin said. "It was in the budget a couple of years ago, and unfortunately it didn’t make the cut in the budget."

Chuck Maslin said the sign has the ability to rotate six panels per message, and it can also display animation.

Council President Randy Craig suggested the city put into place a policy for organizations to request use of the sign.

"You and your husband did a great job. Excellent festival," Craig said to Lori Maslin. "Thank you for the sign donation. I think you understated its value from a public safety standpoint."

Councilman Bill Martin said new signs typically cost $17,000.

"Normally when government buys things, they buy them new," he said. "The gift you gave the city was substantial. It’s going to be put to good use."

The Seafood Festival also has a laundry list of local non-profits to donate to this year. Some of them have already received donations, others are forthcoming in the near future, Lori Maslin said.

Those non-profits include: Young At Heart, Upper Chesapeake Health Red Pump Ball, Havre de Grace Arts Commission, Soroptimist International of Havre de Grace, Havre de Grace Main Street, Havre de Grace Chamber of Commerce, Boys & Girls Clubs of Harford County, , , Harford United Charities, Harford Family House, Habitat For Humanity, Veteran Tickets Foundation, Good Cause Foundation, Harford Community College Foundation, , Upper Bay Counseling, S.M.I.L.E.S., Homecoming Project, Havre de Grace Independence Celebration, Wounded Warrior Project, Haven House, Visitonary Arts Museum and the .

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