Maryland

ANNAPOLIS – Any college recruiter could see that Heather Austin was a prize

ANNAPOLIS – Black students in Maryland are entering college and graduating at lower rates than their white counterparts, according to a report released Tuesday by the Southern Education Foundation

MOUNT VERNON, Va

SOLOMONS – Neighbors of the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant supported the relicensing of the plant at a Nuclear Regulatory Commission hearing Tuesday and told environmentalists to “leave our power plant alone

A federal appeals court has rejected complaints from residents of a largely black Salisbury neighborhood who are trying to block construction of a highway bypass that would pass near their community

ANNAPOLIS – An attempt to breathe life into a bill allowing Sunday hunting was killed Tuesday by a Senate committee

ANNAPOLIS – In the 1980’s Maryland’s nursing homes were filled almost to capacity, then after 30 years of increasing enrollment the 1990’s witnessed an unexpected 5 percent drop

BALTIMORE – Paul Stancil has a nose for hazardous materials

WASHINGTON – Ocean City charter boat captain Mark Sampson’s specialty is shark and his customers willingly shell out up to $900 for a full day of off- shore fishing on his six-passenger boat

JESSUP – The hallways here, with their wide windows into each classroom, are just like those in any high school — only much, much quieter