Maryland

Toddlers Outnumber Licensed Day-Care Slots in the State by 5-1 Margin

WASHINGTON – There are more than five infants and toddlers in Maryland for every one state-licensed child care slot for children under age 2, according to an analysis of state records by Capital News Service

Baltimore Hospital Offers Alternative to Mastectomy Patients

ANNAPOLIS – Baltimore County resident Rosemarie Kaufman believed the worst was behind her

Maryland Sees Growth in Sales Tax Dollars in the Most Unlikely Places

WASHINGTON – Sales tax collections grew at the fastest rate in some of the least likely places in Maryland over the last five years

Peace Corps Offers Seniors an Opportunity to Make A Difference Later In Life

BALTIMORE – Victoria Smith does not fit the typical 20-something, white, single, female college graduate Peace Corps volunteer prototype

Hospital Stays Growing Shorter for Mastectomy Patients

ANNAPOLIS – Women who go to major Maryland hospitals for mastectomies can expect to stay just one night — a stay that in some cases is 75 percent shorter than it was just three years ago

New Manufacturing, Retail Jobs Drive Jump in Dorchester Sales Tax Revenues

WASHINGTON – Dorchester County may not have a big-name department store, but that has not stopped the county from leading the state in the rate of sales growth over the past five years

A Farm Family Combats Cancer in Kent County

CHESTERTOWN – More than 500 people were milling around outside the Dierkers’ tidy white farmhouse and the portable potties still had not arrived

Cemetery Holds Pets, and Their People, Along with Exotic and Famous Animals

SILVER SPRING – Except for the red fire hydrants and plastic poodles, the cemetery nestled inconspicuously on the corner of Aspen Hill Road and Georgia Avenue looks much like any other

Taxes, Economy Send Marylanders to Border States

ANNAPOLIS – Over the past 20 years, Maryland has increasingly lost population to states on its eastern, western and southern borders, even as its economy continues to grow

Reports of Hazardous Spills Fell Sharply in Maryland

WASHINGTON – Reported oil and chemical spills in Maryland fell by half over the past five years, according to a Capital News Service analysis of Environmental Protection Agency data