Maryland

Top Maryland CEOs Received Drastic Pay Increases in 1996

WASHINGTON – Income for Maryland’s top corporate bosses jumped 75 percent between fiscal 1995 and 1996, driven by hefty stock options and bonuses, according to Securities and Exchange Commission records

Experts Suggest If You Have the Holiday Blues You Should Relax

Carollers sing with delight

Smart Growth Planning Sparks Interest Around Country

BALTIMORE – “Smart Growth” ideas are gaining momentum among America’s environmentalists, architects and planners, say land- use professionals who took part this week in a major national conference

Maryland Cuts Gonorrhea Infection in Half During Last Decade

WASHINGTON – The number of new gonorrhea infections in Maryland has dropped by half in the last decade, from 24,132 cases diagnosed in 1987 to 11,318 in 1996

Maryland Delegation Racks Up $47,000 in Private Trips

WASHINGTON – Maryland’s 10 members of Congress took 30 privately funded trips worth $47,000 in the past two years, while their staffers went on 28 such junkets worth $27,000, according to congressional travel records

USM Regents Approve Campuses’ Strategic Goals

ROCKVILLE – The University System of Maryland Board of Regents Friday approved strategic goals set by individual campuses to both improve education and keep down consumer costs

Holiday Hazards,530

Deck the halls with boughs of holly — but don’t hang the them by the fireplace or where children might confuse the poison red berries with candy

Vietnam Vets’ Children with Spina Bifida Eligible for Benefits

WASHINGTON – When Wayne Miller served in the U

Grandparents Assume Day Care Roles as Child Care Costs Increase

Every day for about three hours, Sally Wilson forgets she is a grandmother and slips back into her teaching routine while watching as many as six children