ANNAPOLIS – The drought may have actually helped the Chesapeake Bay improve its health this year – but it’s only a temporary fix, according to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, which released its annual State of the Bay report Tuesday

BROOKEVILLE – Chuck Sharp’s pumpkin patches at Waterford Farm are a pleasing picture: the basketball-sized globes shine beneath a frilly cover of brown, curling leaves

ANNAPOLIS – The white marlin is not yet an endangered species, but there are so few left that Maryland’s governor is pressing for federal action to save the fish, a favorite of the state’s recreational fishing industry

ANNAPOLIS – Bird lovers and biologists are monitoring rising bird deaths in Maryland after the fourth raptor – a hawk found in Dorchester County – was found last week to have died from West Nile Virus

POPLAR ISLAND – Squatting on a muddy, slippery bank with a group of schoolchildren, Maryland’s governor planted clumps of sea grass into small holes by a shallow marsh pool

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Maryland’s drought may cause trees to shed leaves sooner than normal, but those that keep their foliage should produce their usual cornucopia of colors this fall

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland ranked fifth worst in the nation for ozonepollution in 2002, according to a report released Tuesday by the MarylandPublic Interest Research Group

ANNAPOLIS – Beau Oglesby won the Republican primary for WorcesterCounty state’s attorney Tuesday – but he won’t be running in November