Seven file suit against Aberdeen over annexation

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A lawsuit against the city of Aberdeen was filed Thursday in Harford County Circuit Court over an annexation many thought was decided during a referendum election in December.

The seven plaintiffs in the case allege that the city is violating the “will of the voters,” according to the lawsuit, by accepting a second annexation petition from the Wetlands Aberdeen Group, the group that petitioned the city last year to annex more than 500 acres into the city.

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