REISTERSTOWN – Raising and killing turkeys is a tradition for the Reynold and Lemmon families of the R&L Hay & Straw Farm here
Maryland
Lung Cancer Becomes an Equal Opportunity Killer, As Women Smokers Increase
BALTIMORE – She wheezes a little when she walks, even the few steps from the living room to the front door of her middle-class Baltimore home
Animal Abuse Often Signals Other Family Problems
ANNAPOLIS-A Frederick County boy and girl last month microwaved two adult cats, one of them pregnant
Officer Adds Domestic Abuse to Her Duties
ANNAPOLIS – Domestic violence educator is not her official job title, but that hasn’t stopped Col
Maryland Business Has Knee-Jerk Reaction to Ergonomics Rules
WASHINGTON – Maryland business groups are worried that proposed federal rules to protect against “ergonomic” workplace injuries will open floodgates to more frequent and more onerous regulation
Sorority Sisters Pull Together, Push Away Cigarettes
COLLEGE PARK – On a recent quiet evening, 40 women are tucking into cheesecake at the Alpha Phi sorority at the University of Maryland College Park
Charities Have to Overcome Wariness of Donors, Who Fear Scams
WASHINGTON – Almost 90 percent of Marylanders who are solicited over the phone by an unfamiliar charity worry they might be getting scammed, according to a preliminary data from a survey commissioned by state nonprofits
Heroin Arrests Continue to Rise as Drug’s Popularity Creeps into Suburbs
WASHINGTON – Arrests for heroin, cocaine and opiates exceeded marijuana arrests in Maryland in 1998 for the second year in a row, as heroin continued its spread into the suburbs, authorities said
Hispanics Complain About Pace of Census Bureau Outreach for Census 2000
WASHINGTON – Some local Hispanic leaders are complaining that “very little is being done” by the Census Bureau to reach hard-to-count minority populations in the upcoming census