Hanover

KEYW Holding Corp. is making good on an ambitious plan to grow, organically and through acquisitions, into a company that can respond quickly to the needs of its federal defense clients. The Hanover-based company said today it completed the acquisition of Poole & Associates Inc., of Annapolis Junction, for $126 million in cash and stock. The acquisition was announced Sept. 10. It has bought several companies since its founding in 2008, and going public in 2010. The company also is returning to the public market to raise more capital.

Baltimore Washington Medical Center has signed a deal to open a clinic with an ambulatory surgery center in Hanover to serve the growing market in western Anne Arundel County, hospital officials announced yesterday. The center, which will also include a radiology suite, physical therapy center and primary care and specialty physician offices, will be in a150,000-square-foot building at Route 100 near Arundel Mills mall. The project is expected to be completed by fall of 2008. The Glen Burnie hospital will initially lease about 63,000 square feet at a cost of about $2 million for the first year, and sublease space to physicians.

In the 1730s, Hanover was a melting pot of German, Scottish, Englishand Irish settlers, but now the city of Americans is a mix of retail, residential and business areas.The city's diversified economy has brought stability with a healthy mixture of manufacturing, processing and agriculture.The community's retail sector has grown throughout the years to make it a regional shopping attraction. More than a dozen factory outlets offer savings on everything from crafts and food to clothing and furniture.

From the North, there was Hanover, Pa.From the South -- DeMatha.For nearly everyone else in between at yesterday's Raymond B. Oliver Invitational Wrestling Tournament at McDonogh School, there was nowhere to run.The two wrestling giants dominated, together winning nine of 13 individual championships and sending a plethora of top local competitors home empty-handed.The Nighthawks, ranked No. 4 in Pennsylvania, won the tournament with 229 points, followed by the Stags -- ranked third in Maryland -- with 173.But for first-year North Carroll coach Bryan Wetzel -- whose team finished third with 142 points, well ahead of any other local team -- the day wasn't just about winning and losing.

Three Marylanders lead categories of the Hanover (Pa.) Bowling Centre Tournament, which will run every weekend through Labor Day.Wilson Rowe of Greenbelt and Lee Brosius of Fort Meade lead in both the handicap and scratch doubles with 1,358 and 1,298, respectively. Gary Smith and Rhonda Storm, both from Hanover, are second in handicap with 1,357, and George Kostjal and Bob Spaulding, from Mechanicsburg, Pa., are second in scratch with 1,264.Ron Steele of Forestville leads in scratch singles with 884, and Sterling Brown of Philadelphia is the handicap singles leader with 937.The Majestic Bowling Club of New Jersey leads in both the handicap and scratch team event with 3,098 and 2,732.

FORT WASHINGTON -- Western Hanover crossed another hurdle Saturday night in his quest for pacing's Triple Crown, winning the $366,750 Messenger Pace at Rosecroft Raceway.To become the first Triple Crown champion in the sport since Ralph Hanover in 1983, Western Hanover needs to win the Little Brown Jug at the Delaware (Ohio) Fairgrounds on Sept. 24.The 3-year-old No Nukes colt also joined 14 other pacers who have eclipsed $2 million in career earnings, taking home $183,375 for the victory.

A Hanover, Pa., man who was working on his brother's dairy farm on Old New Windsor Road was seriously injured yesterday when he was gored by a bull.Malcolm Smith, 45, was taken to Carroll County General Hospital for treatment about 2 p.m. and transferred to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore about 5:45 p.m.Emergency medical crews from the New Windsor fire company were dispatched to the John Parker Smith farm, in the 2400 block of Old New Windsor...

Someone stole a Coca-Cola vending machine worth $5,000 from in front of a market in Hanover Wednesday morning.An official of Twin Oaks Farm Market told police the theft occurred between 5:30 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. The machine is red, white and black and has a 1993 All Star baseball game logo on it.POLICE LOG* Severn: A woman's 14-karat gold-and-diamond ring and bracelet worth $5,100 were reported stolen from a home in the 7900 block of Paddock Court Tuesday....

The easiest solution, it seems, is to turn back the clock.Back to a time when this town's Main Street -- and the other 28 miles of what is known as the Hanover Pike -- was visited only by an occasional automobile and the loudest sound along the road was the chirping of birds or the laughter of children."