After months of debate from the community, Frederick County Public Schools officially enacted a policy to allow transgender and gender non-conforming students to be treated as the gender they conform to while in schools.
Preparation continues for the start of medical cannabis sales in Maryland
It’s been years in the making but cultivators and dispensaries for medical marijuana are now in the final stages of preparing for the start business later this year.
Maryland lawmakers move to block Fort Detrick biolab shutdown
Lawmakers are fighting to preserve a long-standing research laboratory in Frederick, Maryland, after President Trump’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2018 eliminated the facility’s funding.
Maryland’s changing faces often are from other countries
SILVER SPRING, Maryland – Christina Getrich has lived in Maryland for most of her life and has witnessed the state’s changing demographics over time. A large number of Salvadoran immigrants began settling in Montgomery County when she was younger, said…
Repopulating rural: Can Salisbury and other small urban enclaves make rural cool again?
SALISBURY, Maryland — Salisbury Mayor Jake Day, 34, has a floor-to-ceiling erasable board dotted with Post-it notes on the longest wall of his office. It’s a jarring display of terrestrial organization for a millennial, but Day is hardly old school.…
Battle over requiring helmets for female lacrosse players
Protective helmets are often required for bicyclists, bikers and some sports, like football. But when it comes to lacrosse young men and boys who play the sport are required to wear them but girls and women usually are not. And some suggest it may time to change those rules.
State comptroller supports local brewers after bill passes that could impact future businesses
State Comptroller Peter Franchot visits Attaboy Beer in Frederick in a show of support for local brewers after legislation impacts future craft brewers. The Maryland General Assembly passed a bill limiting the hours of future craft brewers in Maryland.