Since stepping down last month as founder, chairman and CEO of the now-struggling 1st Mariner Bank, Ed Hale has more time for hunting, among other things, on his Talbot County farm. This life of relative leisure is unusual for the former truck and shipping magnate who rose to prominence as an ambitious outsider, taking over the Bank of Baltimore in a proxy fight in the early 1990s. Hale, who grew up in blue-collar Highlandtown and Edgemere, proceeded to build 1st Mariner over the next 15 years into a bank with more than $1 billion in assets.
» Ravens promote Pees to defensive coordinator, bring back Cameron Less than a week after the Ravens ended their season just shy of the Super Bowl, the team opted for continuity by announcing it will keep two of coach John Harbaugh's top assistants. Linebackers coach Dean Pees, left, was promoted to defensive coordinator, and the team will retain Cam Cameron as offensive coordinator. The Ravens have not released details of their contracts.
The Towson Circle III development planned for the center of the Baltimore County seat will include a 16-screen movie theater as an anchor tenant, officials announced Friday. The new theater is part of an $85 million project that goes along with existing Towson Circle development that houses a Trader Joe's grocery story and a Barnes & Noble bookseller.
Offensive coordinator Cam Cameron will be back with the Ravens next season. Ravens coach John Harbaugh said Friday, though, that Cameron was never going anywhere in the first place.
After nine productive seasons with the Ravens, linebacker Jarret Johnson faces an uncertain future with the franchise. He is an unrestricted free agent and he knows that the Ravens are trying to get faster and younger on defense.
Aside from former defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano leaving to coach the Indianapolis Colts, Ravens head coach John Harbaugh said at Friday's introdutory press conference for new defensive coordiantor Dean Pees that he’d like the rest of his staff this year to return. However, he didn’t dismiss the possibility that he could still lose a couple of his staff members.
» Ravens keeping quiet about coaching staff changes On a day where Chuck Pagano was introduced as the new head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, the Ravens remained mum on the status of their own coaching staff Thursday.
Mourners of Airman 1st Class Matthew Ryan Seidler said the Westminster man had followed his dream of serving his country, found a band of brothers in the Air Force and died protecting his fellow soldiers in Afghanistan.
Westminster's mayor and police chief denied accusations leveled by a union chief that they misspent money at the expense of public safety, saying the labor representative is trying to drive a wedge through the city's small police force.
Rank-and-file police officers are accusing the small department in Westminster of misspending money seized from drug suspects by buying iPads and iPhones for top commanders.
» Airman from Westminster is killed in Afghanistan A 24-year-old airman from Westminster was killed when an improvised explosive device hit his vehicle in Afghanistan, the Defense Department said Saturday.
