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Danville City Commission touched on hiring an interim city manager again Monday but came out of another executive session without taking any action. Mayor Bernie Hunstad said commissioners discussed three or four candidates in closed session. Most of...

In a decision that drew both groans and applause, Danville City Commission voted to hire longtime mayor John W.D. Bowling as interim city manager Thursday night. It was another 3-2 vote, with Mayor Bernie Hunstad and commissioners Gail Louis and Ryan...

LANCASTER — Interim Lancaster Police Chief Allen Weston is making some changes, and the city council seems to like what it's seeing. The police department saved about $3,600 in overtime costs during the month of January, Weston told the council...

Joe Moglia's hire as head coach of the United Football League's new Virginia Destroyers isn't just out-of-the-box, it's out-of-the-factory-where-they-make-the-box. Moglia, as chronicled elsewhere, is a Bigfoot businessman with a nine-figure portfolio...

On July 1, following years of political debate, a resolution passed last year by the Board of County commissioners and months of extensive planning and rehearsal, the Carroll County Sheriff's Office officially assumed its new role as the county's...

WBAL radio has signed Mary Beth Marsden as the new anchor of its "Afternoon News Journal." She will start Sept. 6 at the news/talk station's afternoon drivetime anchor desk. The former anchorwoman for WMAR-TV replaces Shari Elliker whom the station...

Our neighbors recently put their home on the market. They received an excellent offer within 24 hours of listing the property and got more money for their home than I thought they could. Meanwhile, two other neighbors have had their homes listed for a...

A telecommunications company has settled an age-discrimination lawsuit about its Mid-Atlantic hiring practices for $1 million, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Monday. The federal agency said Cavalier Telephone had made a practice...

Ahigh school counselor in La Puente once told Hilda Solis' mother that the girl really ought to forget about college and become a secretary. Well, so she has. Hilda Solis is the U.S. secretary of Labor. The daughter of factory workers and ardent union...

Dirty, used oil promises to bring some badly needed jobs to Baltimore, one recycling company says. But energy-saving light fixtures aren't proving to be the growth business that another company thought they were — at least not yet. FCC...

Jeff Smisek was a partner at a law firm in Houston in the mid-1990s when, during a business lunch, he was offered the opportunity to meet with Gordon Bethune, CEO of Continental Airlines. He didn't know Bethune, but his sales instincts kicked in. He...

In the last couple of months, Glendale City Manager Jim Starbird and City Atty. Scott Howard announced they are retiring. These positions are some of the top management positions in the city. Since these announcements there has been a lot of public...