ANNAPOLIS – Non-native oysters, gasoline additives, black bears and land preservation are just some of the environmental topics lawmakers say will likely emerge the General Assembly session that begins in January

ANNAPOLIS – The rate of hazardous material spills per year in Hagerstown has tripled since the 1990s, due in large part to one shipping site now owned by FedEx that recorded at least 197 spills in the past five years

ANNAPOLIS – Efforts to sell state forest land to developer Willard Hackerman went forward without secrecy and with preservation a priority, Hackerman said in his first public statement since the land deal sparked controversy two months ago

ANNAPOLIS – There is a detailed and trustworthy process in place to identify the state’s excess land, planning officials said Tuesday at a hearing called to shed light on controversial public land transactions

ANNAPOLIS – The state’s inventory of potential excess public lands will be reviewed in public and will not lead to the wanton sale of parks and forests, Gov

BALTIMORE – Upgrades to curb pollution from the region’s largest sewage processing plant could be delayed for years, despite nearly $400 million devoted to the project from Maryland’s so-called flush tax

ANNAPOLIS – In the two years since Maryland’s record-setting Wye Oak died, the tree has yielded furniture, ornaments, landmarks and gavels, all imbued with a trace of history

ANNAPOLIS – A chemical leak at Dickerson’s Neutron Products plant this week has renewed a years-long fight against a facility some say is crippling the town

ANNAPOLIS – When avian flu struck the Eastern Shore early this year, poultry farmer Brent Kenney was stuck in the middle of it all as nearby farmers eradicated flocks – but the flu never hit his business

GRASONVILLE – A partnership sealed Thursday between government and science will research ways to restore oysters and aquatic grasses to a bay literally in dire need of new life