Much of the rest of the nation saw suburban areas hit harder than rural or urban areas. However, Maryland saw fewer pills per person on average than across the nation.
Maryland continues funding for protective crop plantings
About $5 million the state of Maryland has set aside for farmers to plant protective crops has gone wanting in recent years.
A not-so happy Halloween for Maryland’s struggling bat population
Halloween is known as one of the spookiest times of the year, filled with witches, ghosts, and scattering bats. But Maryland’s flapping, black creatures may be less prevalent this year, like years in the recent past.
Maryland maltsters optimistic industry can grow
In Havre de Grace, there’s a red barn with a white door on Level Road. It looks like your average dairy farm, but on the inside, there are no cows in sight. Instead, the barn is filled with machinery — and bags and bags of barley.
Malted barley’s additional uses
Beer is almost as old as time, or at least the time of ancient civilizations. Ancient Greek soldier Xenophon even wrote about beer and the barley malt floating in it. Though malted barley was utilized mainly for beer back then, its products have expanded.
Annapolis remembers Cummings as ‘giant of a man with a gentle soul’
Elijah Cummings became known to the nation as a Democratic leader in Congress. But his roots in public service are in Annapolis, where he is being remembered fondly by officials from both parties.
Election to fill congressional seat expected for next year
The U.S. Constitution requires that vacancies in the House of Representatives be filled by an election.