The University of Maryland has fired football coach DJ Durkin one day after the Board of Regents’ controversial decision to recommend returning him to the sidelines. University of Maryland President Wallace Loh announced the firing in a statement Wednesday evening, saying the decision came after meeting with many students, staff and other campus leadership. “The overwhelming majority of stakeholders expressed serious concerns about Coach DJ Durkin returning to the campus,” Loh wrote. “This is a…
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Gov. Larry Hogan said on Wednesday he is “deeply concerned” about the reinstatement of University of Maryland football coach DJ Durkin, calling on the University System of Maryland’s Board of Regents to reconsider its decision and be more transparent about its process. The Board of Regents recommended Durkin return to coaching on Tuesday after reviewing an investigation into an alleged “toxic culture” in the football program under Durkin. Also on Tuesday, University of Maryland President Wallace…
The Boathouse Canton, a waterfront restaurant known for its expansive outdoor space, has closed. A sign posted on the Boathouse’s door announced the closure, and an employee who answered the phone at the restaurant Wednesday confirmed the closing was permanent but declined to provide any additional information. I’ve reached out to the Boathouse’s principal owner, Gene Singleton, for more details. The restaurant opened in the spring of 2014 in the former Bay Cafe space at Tindeco Wharf. Singleton…
A new cyber firm Attila Security Inc. announced it has closed a $2.5 million seed round of funding led by DataTribe, a Fulton firm that has made a name for itself advising and investing in Maryland cybersecurity startups. Bull City Venture Partners, an early stage technology fund in Durham, North Carolina, and Maryland Technology Development Corp. also participated in the round. The company plans to use the funds to ramp up sales and marketing and continue product development. Attila is led by…
Members of the University of Maryland community are saying much of the progress made in economic development during the past decade will withstand Wallace Loh’s departure as school president — but that’s not to underestimate his role in helping revive College Park. Loh, who started his tenure as university president on Nov. 1, 2010, will retire in 2019 in the wake of the death of football player Jordan McNair and an ensuing investigation that found a culture lacking in accountability and oversight…
Help wanted: Amazon.com is looking to hire more than 2,000 seasonal workers for its distribution centers in Baltimore and Cecil County in the coming weeks. The internet retailing giant is on the hunt for the auxiliary workers to help fill what is expected to be an avalanche of orders as the holiday shopping rush gears up. Amazon spokeswoman Rachael Lighty said Wednesday the largest lot of workers are needed in Baltimore where Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is in search of 1,400 seasonal employees for its…
The Maryland Wholesale Medical Cannabis Trade Association has tapped the founder of a business aimed at building a stronger ecosystem around Maryland’s medical marijuana industry as its new executive director. Jacquie Cohen Roth, an Annapolis resident, founded CannabizMD LLC with the goal of increasing education and advocacy around medical marijuana in the state, as well as facilitating connections among businesses operating within Maryland’s growing cannabis industry. She also leads Athena Communications…
Not all Johns Hopkins Hospital nurses are sold on the idea of unionizing. A group of nurses hoping to create a union at the Baltimore hospital have complained that management at the hospital have been … They filed charges against Hopkins with federal regulators in June, and officials with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently told the hospital it would be pursuing allegations that management has been thwarting nurses’ rights to communicate freely about unionizing. Hopkins said in…
