COLUMBIA – It’s about an hour before the start of the most celebrated high school track meet in recent Howard County history, and clusters of girls are chatting as they put their hair up in ponytails and tight buns to get ready for the competition

ANNAPOLIS – Watch out Maryland

ANNAPOLIS – The battle over control of 11 failing Baltimore schools may have ended in Annapolis, but there still could be some collateral damage

ANNAPOLIS – A panel of the University System of Maryland Board of Regents has concluded that board chairman David H

ANNAPOLIS – A Maryland college team won a national title a few days ago with aggressive moves, tough defense and a win over Duke

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BALTIMORE – Slightly more Maryland children started kindergarten better prepared than last year, according to a report released Tuesday by the Maryland State Department of Education

ANNAPOLIS – They spent only a few minutes testifying before a committee of the Maryland House of Delegates, but to the group of students from the University of Maryland, College Park, it was the culmination of months of work on a foreign cause that hit home for them

LOVEVILLE – Jason Kramer scrunches his 6-foot frame into a tiny wooden chair, as a group of playful four-year-olds serve him plastic roasted chicken, plastic cupcakes and a plastic grilled cheese sandwich

BALTIMORE – Their proposal for an inner-city youth community center may have won first prize, but Elizabeth Cerezo and her teammates from Northwestern High School don’t want it to end there