Delmarva Could Get Pilot Program That Combines Preservation, Farm Efforts

WASHINGTON – John Hall has seen Maryland farmers try to make sense of conservation programs

Rising Farmland Value Drives Up Agriculture Rents, Squeezes State’s Farmers

WASHINGTON – Richard Hutchison will likely make a little bit of money this year from his farm

Arnold Woman, Kids Make Sure Maryland Christmas Tree is Decked Out

WASHINGTON – Every year for the past few years, Karin Sheppa had gathered her Crofton middle school students in late September or early October and got them started making Christmas tree ornaments

Maryland Performers Light Up National Christmas Tree Celebration With Music

WASHINGTON – When the Girl Scouts of Upper Montgomery County were thinking about performing at the Pageant of Peace on the Ellipse this year, some parents worried about security in the wake of Sept

EPA Orders State to Toughen Clean-Air Permitting; Scores of Companies Affected

WASHINGTON – Forty-seven Maryland companies will have to resubmit clean- air permit applications to the state, after the U

Court Upholds Death Sentence in 1995 Murders of Elderly Prince George’s Couple

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court has upheld the death sentence in the murders of a Capitol Heights couple in 1995, rejecting killer Heath William Burch’s argument that Maryland death-sentencing provisions are unconstitutional

Some See O’Malley’s Many Trips to Washington as an Indirect Route to Annapolis

WASHINGTON – An average of twice a week for the past six weeks, Baltimore Mayor Martin O’Malley could be found in Washington, testifying before congressional subcommittees or attending conferences or luncheons of movers and shakers

More and More Maryland Christmas Tree Farmers See Green in Those Evergreens

MANCHESTER – The Thomas Tree Farm did not officially open for the season until last weekend, but Wayne Thomas said he sold his first Christmas tree this year on Oct

Direct-to-Consumer Turkey Farmers Scratch Out a Niche Market in Maryland

REISTERSTOWN – Tom Reynolds can’t compete with big turkey farms

Appeals Court Upholds Confession, Conviction in 1996 Triple Murder in Laurel

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court has upheld the triple murder convictions of Willis Mark Haynes, rejecting his argument that police lied to him and failed to read him his rights before taking his confession