SNOW HILL – Parked along Green Street here are the pickup trucks, vans and SUVs – a Chevy Blazer, a Ford Expedition an Oldsmobile Silhouette – that you might expect to find in the commercial hub of a rural Eastern Shore community like Snow Hill
Maryland Unclear On New Driver License Law
ANNAPOLIS – It has been six months since Congress passed the Real ID Act, which seeks to strengthen anti-terrorist efforts by imposing broad new requirements for people getting drivers licenses across the country
Lessons From Katrina Help Maryland Prepare
ANNAPOLIS – The failure of emergency management during Hurricane Katrina has been a lesson for government agencies in Maryland, which are now updating their plans in order to better prepare for such a disaster, officials told a legislative committee Wednesday
Art Exhibit Probes the Paranormal
BALTIMORE – Towson resident Emily Lynch stood hesitantly with her toes just barely touching the black line drawn across the floor
Gas Prices Fall, Heating Costs Remain High
ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s average price for a gallon of gas has dropped below pre-Katrina levels, but the cost of heating homes this winter is still a concern because oil and natural gas prices have not declined as quickly, industry officials told lawmakers Tuesday
Md. Motorists Seek Alternatives To Gas
ANNAPOLIS – Each day before Dave Goldstein walks out the door of his Gaithersburg home and climbs into the front seat of his 1981 Mercury Lynx, he remembers to bring along a stack of papers with written answers to the questions he invariably gets from curious bystanders
Poems For Peace to Help UM Program
ANNAPOLIS -When it comes to international conflicts and peacekeeping, it doesnÕt get more complicated than the Middle East, the war in Lebanon during the ’80s, or border disputes between neighbors like Peru and Ecuador
Legislators Urged Not To Limit Eminent Domain
ANNAPOLIS – Placing restrictions on the government’s power of eminent domain would hinder economic development and growth, a Baltimore City official Wednesday told legislators who are being asked to consider a new law that would sharply restrict the government’s power to seize private property
Republicans Seek To Limit Eminent Domain
ANNAPOLIS – Republican legislators in Maryland said Tuesday they will propose an amendment to the state’s constitution that would ban the seizure of private property by government if it is to be turned over to private developers