State Recognition Still Eludes Maryland Tribe

ANNAPOLIS – Eight years have passed since Mervin Savoy submitted a petition requesting state recognition for her Piscataway-Conoy Confederacy and Subtribes, one of only two Maryland Native American tribes to do so

Anti-gay Rights Referendum in Jeopardy After Second Look at Signatures

ANNAPOLIS – An anti-gay rights referendum slated for the November 2002 ballot remains in jeopardy after a court hearing Wednesday

Terrapin Athletic Success Paying Dividends in University, College Park Community

COLLEGE PARK – Winning isn’t everything, or the only thing, but it sure is a wonderful thing at the University of Maryland, College Park

State Welfare Cases Drop 68 Percent in Five Years

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s welfare caseload has decreased by 68

Terrapins Celebrate Undefeated Season With Undefeated Season

COLLEGE PARK – The Maryland Terrapins are celebrating the 50th anniversary of its only undefeated season in the 109-year history of its football program with its best attempt at duplicating the feat in years

Terps’ 6-0 Success Long Overdue

COLLEGE PARK – Most current University of Maryland undergraduate students were still in elementary school the last time the Terrapin football team played in a postseason bowl game

Signatures Against Gay Rights Law Questioned; Referendum Imperiled

ANNAPOLIS – A referendum disputing Maryland’s new gay-rights law may be in jeopardy after a special review released Friday indicated more than 7,500 signatures used to get the measure on the November 2002 ballot are “subject to challenge

Report Says Drug Intoxication Contributed to University of Maryland Frat Death

ANNAPOLIS – Drug intoxication contributed to the Sept

Former Terp Hoop Star Offers Meal to Comfort Tornado Displaced Students

COLLEGE PARK – Former University of Maryland star basketball player Steve Francis was preparing for the start of the NBA season, playing pick-up games with former teammates in Cole Field House Monday, when a tornado tore through campus

Clarksville Sisters Inseparable in Life, Death

CLARKSVILLE – Colleen and Erin Marlatt were inseparable – so much so that they died together, victims of the tornado that ripped through the University of Maryland, College Park and across parts of Prince George’s County Monday evening