WASHINGTON – For the first time in seven years, crime rates in Maryland are increasing and indicators point to the economy as the cause
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Maryland Faces Challenges as it Nears its 2010 Deadline to Reduce Childhood Lead Poisoning
ANNAPOLIS – When the ceiling fell down in her mother’s two-story Baltimore home, Towanda Malley never considered the possibility of lead exposure
State Expands Pharmacy Programs to Meet Demand
WASHINGTON – Maryland’s state schools are working to meet an increasing demand for pharmacists, officials said
Murphy Homes Gone, Not Forgotten
BALTIMORE – For 20 years, Mary Holmes lived on the third floor of 1058 Argyle Ave
Heritage Crossing Fails to Make Upton Bloom
BALTIMORE – When April Johnson looks out the front window of her house in Heritage Crossing, she sees rows of red-brick townhouses and neat lawns that define the five-year-old development in West Baltimore
Maryland Greens Low-Income Housing
TAKOMA PARK – When Annie Scott moved back into her Takoma Park Sligo View apartment building earlier this month, she thought the new owners would just do a regular paint job, but she was pleasantly surprised
Upton Decay Preceded by Boom=
BALTIMORE – On a Saturday afternoon, Gordon Garrett runs a rag across the surface of a Ford parked outside a block of houses on West Lanvale Street in west Baltimore?s Upton community
Disparity Still Plagues Maryland Corrections System
WASHINGTON – Going to prison is hard, but Alfreda “Frieda” Robinson used her arrogance to get by
Poor Economy Leads Victims to Stay With Batterers
WASHINGTON – For the last seven years, every time “Mary’s” husband came home drunk, he became physically abusive — pushing, shoving and throwing things at her, according to Sharon Schmidt, shelter manager at the Mid-shore Council for Family Violence, who chose a pseudonym to protect the victim
Maryland Schools Notice Drop in Number of Students Suspended More than Once
ANNAPOLIS – The number of students who have been suspended more than once in a school year is dropping slightly after a spike last year, according to data from school districts statewide