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Bel Air Fire Chief Rick Davis resigned Aug. 8. A special election to name his successor will be Sept. 6. - An uptick in black admissions among the U.S. Coast Guard Academy's Class of 2018 is certainly promising, but the academy has made progress in the past and then failed to sustain its diversity gains.
- The Howard County Citizens Association (HCCA) Board of Directors fully agrees and supports the referendum effort that is pivotal in being placed on the ballot in November.
- The Annapolis housing authority created a new position for Carl O. Snowden, whom the city's mayor decided not to reappoint to the authority's board.
- Laurel Prep Academy, a post-graduate school located in the Laurel Boys and Girls Club, has been closed by the Maryland Department of Education, a department spokesman said Tuesday.
- NAACP selected attorney Cornell William Brooks as its new president and CEO, at a board of directors meeting in Fort Lauderdale Friday.
- Reg Avery will be allowed to serve on the Columbia Association¿s Board of Directors at least until November, CA board members decided Thursday night.
- Newcomer Jeanne Ketley unseated longtime Town Center representative Suzaane Waller by a vote of 141-75. In Hickory Ridge, where a quorum was reached for the first time in recent years, incumbent Gregg Schwind defeated challenger Harry Schwarz 274-147. Alan Klein will succeed long serving Harper's Choice representative Cynthia Coyle, who did not seek reelection, after defeating newcomer Bob Fontaine by a vote of 269-179.
- Gregg Schwind was reaffirmed as the second representative of the 10-member board and will continuing serving on the seven-member Trust board, which oversees the Inner Arbor Trust. The Trust is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation created in February of 2013 by the CA Board to implement the Inner Arbor Plan for Symphony Woods – 36 acres of woodlands owned by CA in downtown Columbia.
- A conservative group will try to collect enough signatures to force a referendum on a law approved by the General Assembly this year protecting the rights of transgender individuals.
- The Howard County Education Association announced Thursday that it will recommend Bess Altwerger, Dr. Zaneb Beams, Dan Furman, and Cindy Vaillancourt for the Board of Education.
- The Columbia Association will hold elections on Saturday, April 26. During the elections, Columbia residents who pay the Columbia Association assessed fee can vote in their respective village for their village's representative to the 10-member Columbia Council, which becomes the 10-member Board of Directors.
- The Columbia Association will hold elections on Saturday, April 26. During the elections, Columbia residents who pay the Columbia Association assessed fee can vote in their respective village for their village's representative to the 10-member Columbia Council, which becomes the 10-member Board of Directors.
- The Columbia Association will hold elections on Saturday, April 26. During the elections, Columbia residents who pay the Columbia Association assessed fee can vote in their respective village for their village's representative to the 10-member Columbia Council, which becomes the 10-member Board of Directors.
- The Columbia Association will hold elections on Saturday, April 26. During the elections, Columbia residents who pay the Columbia Association assessed fee can vote in their respective village for their village's representative to the 10-member Columbia Council, which becomes the 10-member Board of Directors.
- The Columbia Association will hold elections on Saturday, April 26. During the elections, Columbia residents who pay the Columbia Association assessed fee can vote in their respective village for their village's representative to the 10-member Columbia Council, which becomes the 10-member Board of Directors.
- The Columbia Association will hold elections on Saturday, April 26. During the elections, Columbia residents who pay the Columbia Association assessed fee can vote in their respective village for their village's representative to the 10-member Columbia Council, which becomes the 10-member Board of Directors.
- For American dairy farmers, the will not get everything they want through the 2014 Farm Bill, but they should get everything they need, according to a Harford County dairy producer.
- If you ask longtime Harper's Choice village manager Wendy Tzuker, who retired last month after 27 years, about her job, she'll tell you at the crux it's about solving problems.
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- Columbia Association Board of Directors chair Andy Stack will run uncontested for his seat as the board representative for Owen Brown village in the upcoming Columbia elections.
- The Trust, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that was created by the CA board to manage the development of the property, has recently referred to the development as "Merriweather Park," much to the chagrin of some board members.
- The Board of Directors of Marshall Craft Associates is pleased to announce the election of new corporate officers. Effective January 1st, 2014, Stephen A. Bates, AIA now serves as President; Michelle S. Hooper, AIA as Vice President + Corporate Secretary; and Merrill A. Messick, III, AIA as Vice President + Treasurer. Founding officers Linton S. Marshall III, Michael S. Craft and Sherrie L. Kormann remain active Principals with the firm, contributing technical and practice management expertise.
- Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. offered to restructure the nearly $1 billion planned acquisition of seven ABC affiliates and a Washington-based cable news network, changes it says will satisfy cross-ownership concerns recently raised by the Federal Communications Commission. It also announced that its board approved spending $150 million more to repurchase shares.
- Symphony Woods' development stirs more debate
- Some members of the Columbia Association Board of Directors haven taken umbrage with the entity's representation on the Inner Arbor Trust, a separate non-profit CA created to manage the development of Symphony Woods Park, spurring possible changes to the two entities relationship.
- Men's Wearhouse sweetened its hostile bid for Hampstead-based Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. Monday, raising its price more than 10 percent in a deal that hinges on the smaller men's apparel chain dropping its plans to buy Eddie Bauer.
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- The Horizon Foundation, a Columbia-based nonprofit dedicated to health and wellness initiatives in Howard County, announced Wednesday additions to its Board of Directors.
- Men's Wearhouse launched a $1.6 billion hostile takeover bid for Jos. A. Bank Clothiers on Monday.
- Just as its offer was rejected, Jos A. Bank Clothiers Inc. rejected the $1.2 billion turn-table acquisition bid by The Men's Wearhouse Inc. on Monday, but most observers still believe a merger is inevitable.
- Upper Chesapeake Health officially merged with the University of Maryland Medical Systems this week, changing its name to "University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health" and effectively ending local control of the longtime hospital institution in Harford County.
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- Canidates running for Laurel City Council in the Nov. 5 elections are Michael Leszcz and Adrian Rousseau, at-large; Valerie Nicholas, H. Edward Ricks and John Mathew Smith, Ward 1; and Donna Crary, Thomas Matthews and Frederick Smalls, Ward 2. Each candidate was asked to provide the same information for the voter's guide.
- The Board of Carroll County Commissioners voted 4-1 Thursday to reject a proposal increasing the Student College Bus Fare for Carroll Community College students who use public transportation to get to class.
- Smalls, who is currently serving his third term as council president, will seek his 13th and 14th years on the council on Nov. 5 election when he and fellow Ward 2 incumbent Donna Crary battle challenger Thomas Matthews for two seats. Smalls and Crary, along with the other three incumbents, are running in support of each other. All three challengers are also running on the same ticket.
- Report notes lack of annual reports, failure to inventory collection
- Officials will be offering a preview of what visitors will experience when it reopens for good in the spring
- Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. has appointed a former Bon-Ton Stores executive to its board of directors, the Hampstead-based men's apparel chain said Wednesday.
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- The Columbia Association Board of Directors voted to keep the annual charge for lien-payers at $0.68 per $100 of assessed property value in the FY 2015-16 budget last week.
- Legg Mason Inc. announced the appointment of a new chairman at its annual meeting on Tuesday.
