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Events include an open house from 1 to 5 p.m., an appearance by USO Girls, tours of the former naval training center with start times of 1:30, 3, and 4:30 p.m., plus a great Navy Recruitment Team.

VFW Post 8185 and District 10 Commander D. Harvey Cunningham Jr. announced last weekend that Port Deposit's Post 8185 made "All-American Post" again this year, which is the highest award given at the national level.

Less than a week after a grim earnings report sent Millennial Media's stock price tumbling, CEO Michael Barrett purchased shares worth $1 million, giving the shares a boost Wednesday.

The Parks and Recreation of Harford County submitted an application 50 years ago this week to buy 19 acres declared surplus by General Services Administration. The land was between Singer Road and the Atkisson Dam Reservoir

A large shareholder that is pushing Hampstead-based Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. to negotiate with suitor Men's Wearhouse plans to nominate two company directors at Bank's annual shareholder meeting.

Better late than never with the results of this year's decorating contest in Port. The 2013 "Magic on Main" winners are

Investors waging a campaign against Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc.'s management are part of a growing wave of shareholder activists, whose actions often end up changing a company's structure and strategy, experts said.

Legg Mason Inc. announced the appointment of a new chairman at its annual meeting on Tuesday.

The Workforce Investment Board of the Susquehanna Workforce Network held its 30th Anniversary meeting on June 28 at Bulle Rock Golf Club in Havre de Grace.

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The Boy Scouts of America lifts its ban on gay youth starting in January, the latest sign of a shift in American attitudes toward gays and lesbians.

The Harford Land Trust honored former board member Mildred Krieder with its Conservation Award at its annual meeting held March 16 at the Bel Air Armory

Under Armour plans to hire hundreds of workers at its Locust Point headquarters this year, expand facilities on its campus and bring its brand of sports apparel and footwear to new markets in the U.S. and around the world.

Price holds annual meeting and discusses loss of top manager, ETFs and Obama tax proposal

Exelon Corp. said Tuesday that its executive compensation package received an advisory OK from three-quarters of shareholder votes during the annual meeting, which the Chicago energy company held in Baltimore.

The annual meeting of the Greater Fallston Association (GFA) will be held on Thursday, April 18 at 7pm at Grandview Christian Church, 2022 Fallston Road in Fallston.

Members of the controlled growth advocacy group Friends of Harford, as well as one Harford County Council member, say Walmart's controversial plan to build a store in Bel Air South should not have surprised anyone.

About 900 McCormick & Co. investors packed into a Hunt Valley ballroom Wednesday to hear about the company's performance, applaud its stock price gains and see how it is marketing its spices, recipe mixes and other goods worldwide.

The historically slow to move Columbia Association Board of Directors is moving at breakneck speed to give away Symphony Woods. They are waiving, suspending and otherwise ignoring all of their long established due process procedures to finalize the deal prior to May 1 when they might face new members.

Television executive Peter Liguori was named the new chief executive of Tribune Co. Thursday, taking the reins of the reorganized Chicago-based media company weeks after its emergence from bankruptcy.

Shareholders elected four people to Legg Mason's board of directors and approved a $4.9 million pay package for Chairman and CEO Mark R. Fetting at the Baltimore-based investment firm's annual meeting Tuesday morning.

The Greater Towson Committee's annual meeting, which was held in the Towson City Center building, was a fitting sendoff for Cindy Bledsoe, outgoing GTC director and one of the project's biggest proponents.

John D. Porcari, U.S. deputy secretary of transportation, returns to Maryland to serve as the featured speaker at the BWI Business Partnership's 2012 annual meeting. The breakfast meeting is scheduled for Thursday, June 14, from 7:45 to 9:15 a.m., at the Hotel at Arundel Preserve, 7795 Arundel Mills Blvd., in Hanover.

Elkridge: I'm sure you join me in welcoming May with open arms! Well, I've been telling you about this for weeks now, and it's finally here. This weekend is the Patapsco Heritage Greenway's 13th annual Garlic Mustard Challenge.

The story covering our annual meeting states in several places that Friends of Harford was "lukewarm" to PlanMaryland and can lead your readers to believe that FOH does not support the Plan. That is incorrect information which we ask that you correct. Thank you.

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Spice maker McCormick & Co. is planning to make more acquisitions, especially in emerging markets in Eastern Europe and Asia, where sales are expected to make up 13 percent of the firm's overall revenue this year.

Even after Stanley Black & Decker shareholders rejected the tool and security company's executive pay plan last spring, the company paid Nolan D. Archibald, its chairman and the former CEO of Black & Decker, a total of $64.4 million in 2011.

Frederick County officials welcomed news that President Barack Obama will host this year's G-8 summit at Camp David — while acknowledging the potential for protests of the sort that have accompanied past gatherings of the leaders of the Group of Eight most developed nations.

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The study of history is much more than physical buildings, documents, and dates. You can look up a date on the Internet, but you can't Google the feeling of pride and heritage of who we are as Carroll countians.

Russett Community Association elections were held at the Sept. 13 annual meeting.

Legg Mason Inc. shareholders approved a $5.9 million pay package for Chairman and CEO Mark R. Fetting in an advisory vote announced Tuesday at the Baltimore-based company's annual meeting.

Carroll officials take four days of training at annual Ocean City event