ANNAPOLIS- Local officials from Maryland’s smaller towns suggested on Friday that more Spanish language resources are needed to cope with the increasing number of immigrants in their communities

BALTIMORE – A group of African American leaders representing churches, business and politics joined forces Friday to unveil a six-point plan to address the needs of Maryland’s black community and pledge to hold the state’s elected officials accountable for meeting them

BALTIMORE – Republican lieutenant governor candidate Kristen Cox paid a visit to Mayor Martin O’Malley’s backyard Thursday, using a speaking invitation at Johns Hopkins University to defend the Ehrlich administration’s record on health care

BALTIMORE – As Baltimore prepares to consider a contentious city-wide smoking ban, two city restaurant and bar owners joined a host of clean indoor air advocates Wednesday in urging Baltimore to follow the smoke-free lead of four other counties

CAMBRIDGE-Gregory Lenz stepped outside the Canvasback restaurant where he works as a chef to marvel at the revitalization of Cambridge’s pleasant historical district

CROWNSVILLE-A state land use commission voted unanimously Wednesday against a proposal to develop environmentally sensitive land near the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Cambridge, dealing a major setback to a controversial $1 billion development that has become a symbol of the struggle to balance growth with environmental protection

COCKEYSVILLE – Baltimore County Councilman Kevin Kamenetz held up a broken DVD-player he cheerfully described as the casualty of a recent encounter with his two-year-old son

ANNAPOLIS-Three environmental groups this week issued grave warnings about the threat global warming poses to Maryland, urging the Maryland Department of the Environment to establish a vehicle emissions reduction program they say would reduce greenhouse gases and other harmful toxins

ANNAPOLIS-Why would a Chesapeake Bay restoration group whose goal is to improve the bay’s water quality give $50,000 to plant trees in a faraway city in mountainous Western Maryland?

“Planting trees in Cumberland,” answers Molly Alton Mullins, communications director for the Chesapeake Bay Trust

ANNAPOLIS-Four businesses from four different regions of the Chesapeake Bay watershed received awards this week for their efforts in a voluntary pollution prevention program