Lessons on Farming and Finance Aim to Help New Farmers Stay in Business

FREDERICK – On a recent Wednesday evening, 26 students filled a stuffy Frederick County conference room for a session on financial management

Looking to Leave Fast Lane, Family Turns to Raising Llama-like Livestock

MOUNT AIRY – Five years ago, the Padgett family didn’t even have a dog on their quarter-acre lot in Severna Park

Stealth is Not a Trait of Potential Invader: It’s 15 Feet Tall and Has Flowers

WASHINGTON – It’s poised at Maryland’s borders, 15 feet tall with sap that causes skin to blister and burn in sunlight

Low-Income Neighborhoods Home to Higher Number of Liquor Stores

WASHINGTON – Maryland’s poorest ZIP code has nine times as many liquor stores per resident as the state’s richest ZIP code, according to a Capital News Service analysis of data from the 2000 Census

Farms in State Drop, But Acreage is Steady, Reflecting Loss of Midsize Farms

WASHINGTON – Maryland lost an estimated 200 farms from 2001 to 2002, but the amount of farmland in the state remained the same for the fourth year in a row, according to a recent report by the U

Bill Makes Taxes More Taxing for Politicians by Moving April 15 to November

WASHINGTON -Tax Day can be painful, but Rep

Liquor Retailer Wins Third Chance to Show that State Alcohol Rules are Unfair

WASHINGTON – For the second time, a Maryland liquor retailer and the state comptroller have been sent back to district court to argue whether state regulations on alcohol prices violate retailers’ rights to fair competition

Coast Guard Makes No-Boating Zone Around Calvert Cliffs Power Plant Permanent

WASHINGTON – The Coast Guard is making permanent a security zone around the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant that was set up in the wake of the Sept

Interest May be Dropping in Power Plants Run on Chicken Droppings

WASHINGTON – Plans to burn chicken manure to produce energy have pooped out for the time being