GLEN BURNIE – Eric Lisica, 17, remembers his introduction to snakeheads fondly: feeding time a few years ago at the House of Tropicals pet store in Glen Burnie

COLLEGE PARK – Maryland must unite environmentally sensitive development techniques to minimize sprawl and its accompanying vices, state representatives said Wednesday at the nation’s first conference on Low Impact Development held at the University of Maryland

ELLICOTT CITY – Clark’s Elioak Farm has found a way to stabilize the ups and downs of traditional farming

ANNAPOLIS – The state’s first case this year of a fatal disease that can infect flightless birds, horses and even humans was found in a dead emu from Wicomico County Wednesday

ANNAPOLIS – Hunters with their sights set on black bears have until Tuesday to apply to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources for a permit, before the first such hunt in 51 years begins in late October

ANNAPOLIS – The potential for terrorist attacks has Maryland water authorities rethinking their use of potentially risky chlorine for disinfection and seeking alternative ways to make water safe

ANNAPOLIS – Actor George Clooney will film in Annapolis next week for his upcoming movie about the CIA’s war on terrorism, “Syriana

ANNAPOLIS – The Bush administration has weakened restrictions on raw sewage, agricultural waste and wetlands protection, contributing to an unprecedented “dead zone” in the Chesapeake Bay, the Sierra Club said in a report released Thursday in Baltimore