Employees

Freedom Federal recognizes first 'Core Values Award' recipient of 2013

2013-06-17 09:51:17

Marketing coordinator Kevin Zaegel is the winner of Freedom Federal Credit Union's quarterly "Core Value Award," which recognizes Freedom employees who continuously demonstrate support of Freedom's unique core values established as a vision and guidance...

Bel Air commissioners could add $50K to employee pensions

2013-06-17 03:10:00

Bel Air town officials have an opportunity to put at least $50,000 into their employees' pension funds, if the town commissioners approve a resolution to amend the budget for the 2013 fiscal year during Monday's town meeting.. Resolution 1007-13,...

Senate committee taking up VA claims backlog

2013-06-18 09:13:00

WASHINGTON – The Senate Appropriations Committee will consider a 10-point plan this week to address the claims backlog at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Chairwoman Barbara A. Mikulski said Tuesday. “When our veterans return from war,...

Fans should alert authorities immediately of problems at Oriole Park

2013-06-13 11:15:00

A 25-year-old man is struggling for his life at a local hospital after an altercation involving patrons during a ball game at Oriole Park last week ("Taunting at O's game ends in intensive care," June 1). This situation could have been averted if fans...

Regus 'flexible workplace' centers expand in Maryland

2013-06-03 17:50:00

Technology company Hope LoanPort could have signed a conventional lease for its new headquarters in Baltimore. But the nonprofit doesn't work in a conventional way. Its 10 employees live in three states. Some work at home part-time but need office space...

Defense contractor reverses course, keeps Baltimore location

2013-06-03 12:40:00

A British defense contractor said Monday that it has decided not to close its Baltimore facility after all, though it expects to lay off about 35 employees there. Cobham PLC, which said in January that it would shut that location and move those...

Public works board to consider Md. housing agency move

2013-05-28 18:28:00

The state Board of Public Works is expected to vote today on a contract that would clear the way for the Department of Housing and Community Development to move from its park-like campus in Crownsville to a transit hub in Prince George's County. The...

As more Harford school budget protests loom, Craig and teachers union head trade charges

2013-05-28 13:29:50

Teachers and others concerned about county funding of the 2014 school budget were expected to stage another protest at Tuesday night's Harford County Council meeting in Bel Air. With time running out in the budget review process, the 1 percent pay...

Edwin L. Kess

2013-05-29 13:50:00

Edwin L. Kess, a retired labor relations director who was active in his church, died May 22 of cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Columbia. He was 86. "Edwin was strong-willed and wanted to succeed. He wanted to succeed in whatever he tried to do,"...

Residents, workers share views on Fallston gas pipeline

2013-05-22 06:37:00

About 20 people made passionate pleas Tuesday for and against a proposed parallel Columbia Gas Transmission pipeline which would go through a number of agricultural and residential properties and nature areas in Baltimore and Harford counties. The...

Harford schools to implement 4-day week for summer

2013-05-16 15:58:16

Harford County Public Schools announced last Friday that it will implement a four-day work week schedule for an eight-week period – from mid-June to early August – to save money and to have its facilities open into the early evening for...

3 percent raises proposed in budget for Bel Air town employees

2013-05-16 18:33:47

Employees of the Bel Air town government are expected to get 3 percent raises next year, if the budget is approved as proposed. The Bel Air town commissioners held their final budget work session Tuesday as town officials finalize the $15.07 million...

A workers of the Alstom Wind, a subsidiary of French energy and transportation group Alstom, holds a paper windmill reading "Alstom steals our future" during a demonstration by Alstom Wind workers in front a the French consulate in Barcelona on June 18, 2013, to protest against the layoff of 373

2013-06-18 00:00:00

8 p.m. Thursday, May 30, Fox Co-workers turn on each other to get rid of bad employees in this mean-spirited reality show. Pictured are employees of Velocity Merchant Services (VMS) in Downers Grove. Other Thursday premieres: "Pawn Stars," 8 p.m. History; "Renovation Raiders," 8 p.m.

2013-05-27 16:14:00

Workers walk on a cable of the newly constructed eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on May 23, 2013 in Oakland, California.

2013-05-23 00:00:00