ANNAPOLIS – Scientists hope to get rid of an invasive vine that was accidentally introduced from Asia decades ago by unleashing a vine-eating bug — also from Asia

ANNAPOLIS – About a third of Maryland’s dairy farms have shut down in the last 10 years, the latest in a decades-long free fall that experts believe will continue at the same pace

BETHESDA – Like most restaurants, the Barking Dog tavern fills up a metal drum with grease that has fried its share of wings, then pays to have the old oil hauled away by a rendering company

BETHESDA – People who drive grease cars may be saving the planet by driving a car powered by vegetable oil, but are they breaking the law in the process?

Anyone can modify a diesel engine to run on used vegetable oil, with a little elbow grease and a conversion kit that can be ordered online for about $1,000

UPPER MARLBORO – The line of six men swept small metal hoops through the murky waters of Western Branch, sending an electric current from beeping packs on their backs across the stream Tuesday

ANNAPOLIS – A Maryland court Wednesday upheld disciplinary action against the psychiatrist who leaked details about the sexual habits and mental health of convicted spy Robert Hanssen in 2001

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CAMBRIDGE – Captain Doug West made figure-eights in the Choptank River as a fire hose washed a 5-foot pile of oyster shells over the side of the Robert Lee

ANNAPOLIS – For the first time ever, the state will offer low-interest loans to farmers suffering from what some say is the region’s worst drought in years

ANNAPOLIS – Frank Cleary watched last week as a worker clipped red grapes from a vine under the morning sun and dropped them into a white plastic bin