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Harford Co. Community In The Running For America's Favorite Small Town

A Harford County waterfront community has been named a finalist in the America's Favorite Small Town contest.

HAVRE DE GRACE, MD — A nationwide competition to determine America's Favorite Small Town includes Harford County's very own Havre de Grace.

Leonardtown in St. Mary's County also happens to be a finalist.

There are 40 finalists in the nationwide competition "honoring towns with populations under 250,000 that make our country shine." Parade and Steller teamed up to host the competition. Each finalist needed community votes to get to this stage.

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"Once you walk around the town and see what we have to offer, it's no surprise that we're a finalist in the competition," Lauri Orzewicz, the tourism manager for Havre de Grace told WMAR. "We have shopping, we have restaurants, we have history, we have museums, so we have it all."

Regional winners will be announced on June 1 and the national winner will be crowned June 12. To see all of the finalists, click here.

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Finalists will appear in Parade’s Favorite Small Towns in America special print issue and the winning town will enjoy a Parade x Steller activation at the town’s July 4th festivities. The winning town also gets to use the “Favorite Small Town in America” badge and signage to showcase their achievement, according to the website.

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